On May 14, President Patrick Leahy invited members of the campus community to a reception at the newly-renovated Weckesser Hall. During the past year, the historic building in the heart of campus has undergone an extensive renovation for the building to house the president and members of his central administration. The reception was preceded by […]

The Student Government meeting on April 23 was called to order at 6:00 p.m Treasurer’s Report: All College: $2,867.67 Conferences: – General Funds: $686.40 Leadership:– Spirit: $347.77 Student Government Total: $3,901.84 Club Reports Autism Speaks: Have done restaurant fundraisers, a T-shirt fundraiser; raised close to $600; Applebee’s Flapjack fundraiser raised about $300; participated in the […]

The Supreme Court and its future is the latest topic of the annual Max Rosenn Lecture in Law and Humanities. This year’s lecture will be given by Harvard professor, constitutional law expert, author and “Bloomberg View” columnist Noah Feldman. Feldman was decided upon by the Rosenn Lecture committee, which is composed of law clerks of […]

A small fire occurred on the first floor of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center in a vending room next to the ticket counter last Tuesday at 6:33 p.m. According to the official report filed, the fire was caused accidentally by a microwave in the room becoming overheated when the microwave was inadvertently turned on and […]

Due to the increase of activity online, Information Technology has increased the bandwidth connection of the university from 110mbs to 260mbs this spring, meaning a faster Internet connection for the campus. In an email to the campus community sent March 25, Chief Information Officer Gloria Barlow said the campus use of Internet bandwidth had exceeded […]

The meeting April 10 was called to order at 6:02 p.m. All College: $8,108.44 Conferences: $1,640 General Funds: $2,409.92 Leadership:– Spirit: $347.77 Student Government Total: $12,506.13 Lambda Kappa Sigma Fund Request (Week 1 of 2) ◦Requesting $1,800 to cover half of the registration fee for nine participants to attend the conference ◦Will be using SG […]

At the start of his term, President Patrick Leahy said that one of his objectives in his first year would be to move his office to Weckesser Hall. This month, that objective is nearly complete. Leahy is scheduled to begin moving his office and the offices of members of his cabinet to Weckesser. Leahy explained […]

When Megan Valkenburg noticed a kitten near Passan Hall in the rain a few years ago, her heart went out to her. “She was abandoned and alone and it was raining and she was crying, so I rescued her,” Valkenburg said. The kitten, renamed Dixie and adopted by career services coordinator Lisa Mulvey, is one […]

Students, faculty and staff in Stark Learning Center were evacuated on Thursday, March 21 due to a fire alarm being set off in the basement of the building. Public Safety said dust and debris from construction in the basement of Stark set off the alarm sensors in the basement, triggering the fire alarm to go […]

With the new rule of sophomores being required to live on campus kicking into effect next year, Residence Life is looking into several options to house more students residing on campus next year in addition to existing campus housing for upperclassmen. Director of Residence Life Liz Swantek explains that Fortinsky Hall, next to Schiowitz Hall […]