The second politics forum of the semester was held on Feb. 10 with special guest speaker Gregory Golden, professor of Roman history at Rhode Island College. The forum, titled “Crisis Management in the Roman Republic,” dealt with a common theme in today’s society as well as in Ancient Roman society — crisis.
Golden described crisis as [...]

Relay for Life kicked off Friday night in the College’s Recreation Center. Six hundred and twenty three people, divided into 50 teams, from the College and local community attended the event to raise money for cancer research and treatment. sponsored by the American Cancer Society.
Relay for Life is an overnight walk-a-thon with games, food, [...]

In the wake of tragic events such as student deaths on both high school and college campuses around the country, the College has formalized their approach to the reporting of “students of concern.”
According to an e-mail sent out by the College, The Behavioral Assessment and Response Team (BART) has defined “students of concern” as “students [...]

Poonam Alaigh, a Board of Trustees member at the College, was named the commissioner of the State Health and Senior Services Department by Governor Chris Christie on Jan. 29.
When asked about the appointment, President R. Barbara Gitenstein cited Alaigh as an asset to both the College and the state.
“Dr. Alaigh has been an extraordinary trustee [...]

The debate surrounding human embryonic stem cell research incites political questions and moral implications. Ann Hiskes, an American Council on Education Fellow and Director of Research and Ethics for stem cell research at the University of Connecticut presented the opposing perspectives at the politics forum last Thursday Jan. 28.
Hiskes, a “philosopher by training,” [...]

Instead of staying home and hanging out with friends, 40 students from the College’s Alternative Break Club (ABC) departed on Jan. 3 for a service trip to New Orleans.  After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans four years ago, service trips such as the one set up by ABC began to rehabilitate the area.
“It was eye-opening [...]

Education majors at the College will be saying goodbye to part of Forcina hall in the future.
On Oct. 6 the Board of Trustees discussed funding for a new education building to be built on campus. The Finances and Investment Committee allocated no more than $44.5 million to be spent on the building as well as [...]

Students of all grade levels dressed in their finest shirts, ties and heels to tackle the corporate world on Friday morning for the Career Fair in the Student Recreation Center.
Over 100 organizations were represented, including Target, FBI and TD Bank.
The majority of the positions available were in business, finance, accounting and engineering.
Both internships and [...]

Rush Holt, Congressman for New Jersey’s 12th district, spoke at the College Monday night.
Though Holt addressed his stance on the issues surrounding the environment, the education system, financial regulations, the volatile state of politics, gay rights and the state of the Democratic Party, he tackled the nation’s hottest topic at the moment — health care.
“An [...]

The sound of water dripping into buckets is all most students attending classes in Packer Hall have been able to hear the last few weeks, as garbage bags cover expensive pieces of equipment to keep them from being damaged by the dirty water falling from the sky.
“We have to put garbage cans on the floor [...]