News
3 November 2006
Volume 119, Issue 6
Architects
will compete to design new academic complex
It is no surprise to the students of Monmouth College that the campus could use another academic building. The good news is that there is a new complex in the planning process. “This is the beginning of a long path,” said Mauri Ditzler, president of Monmouth College, regarding starting the process of this new proposal.
The new proposal for the academic complex has been submitted to “three nationally known architects who have a great deal of experience with constructing academic buildings and laboratories,” said Ditzler. Read More...
Pomp
and new circumstances
This year’s graduating seniors may be the first to experience some new regulations as the Monmouth College faculty and administration are looking to formalize some aspects of commencement. The proposal for these changes came from the curriculum committee, but has since been sidelined until a consensus can be reached. Read More...
Politics of dancing
On Oct. 20, a dry foam “dance” was hosted at the Science House located at 308 College Place.
According to Kiel Krause, a resident of the house, “it was a friend’s birthday, so we said that we would have a dry get-together and start up the foam machine. Word spread around campus and more people started showing up.” Read More...
Registration problems may be fixed
The messages of political opposition which were composed in spray paint on several college landmarks last Tuesday were cleared just in time for Family Weekend, but their impact and hauntingly eye-opening impression are still surfacing around the campus, leaving a bad taste in the mouths of some while even receiving acclaim by others. Read More...
Give until it hurts... literally
Does it seem as if, every time you turn around, there is another group on campus raising money for a good cause?
Sure, I support these causes as much as I can, especially the ones really important to me, but sometimes all the asking can get a bit excessive. We give to cancer research, breast cancer, AIDS research, suicide prevention, abuse prevention… The list goes on and on. Read More...
Cereals are killing our children
Parents of the world, hear my truths. I have seen the world inside and out, and I have sought far and wide the answer to my question. I once wondered why it was that the generation growing up was being presented as such a danger to society, and now I know the truth. The truth lies not in video games or violent movies, but in the subliminal messaging of commercials. Read More...
Living in an electronic world
The art of writing is dying, my friends.
No one writes letters anymore. Our communication has been reduced to a series of quick-fix, instant-gratification e-mails where grammar and proper rules of English fly out the window. What’s made things worse is the even more fast-paced world of instant and text messaging. Read More...
The red, grey and blue: a glance at American terrorism
The U.S. led War on Terrorism, also called the Long War by U.S. officials, has been commonly accepting as a defining conflict for contemporary America and much of the rest of the world. Immense political, military and economic power have been mobilized by the United States in order to prosecute the war. Read More...
Seeking to keep students healthy
This piece, the second in a series of three, aims to open the dialogue between the students, faculty and administration of Monmouth College and those people at Community Medical Center (CMC). The first installment, published on Friday, Oct. 6, brought to the forefront the concerns of two Monmouth College students who... Read More...
Diversity
and community service
On Friday, Oct. 27, Nadinne Cruz gave a Service Convocation in the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.
The convocation began with a one minute reflection. The speaker asked the audience to write down names of individuals who have taught them to be good people. Read More...
College explores new transportation options
The constant headache of parking on a campus whose student
population is growing more quickly than the amount of available
parking spaces may be alleviated by the office of student affairs
sometime in the future.
According to Mauri Ditzler, president of Monmouth College, the
administration began looking at...
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The
Wackerle Corner: Writing a fantastic resume
Lloyd B. King, music faculty for the ACM Chicago Arts Program, will be hosting an information session and presentation about off-campus study in Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 4 in McMichael, Rm.107. He will also be available at an informational table set up in the Stockdale Center from 11-1. Read More...
Up ‘Til Dawn
If you are interested in participating in St. Jude’s Up ‘til Dawn
letter writing program, your last chance to register is coming up.
To register your team of five or individually, please visit
http://www.stjudeheroes.org/.
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Chocoholics
anonymous
The Highlander Room of the Stockdale Center was packed to the brim with students, faculty and guests on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., where the audience listened to Amy Caldwell de Farias, assistant professor of history, give her lecture, “Tales of Chocolate.” Read More...
Monmouth
names Lincoln Laureate
“The Courier’s” own editor-in-chief and senior Michelle Anstett was one of 52 students named by the Lincoln Academy of Illinois as Monmouth College’s Lincoln Laureate on Oct. 28 at the Old State Capitol in Springfield. Read More...
Please
to remember the Fifth of November
“Remember, remember the Fifth of November, the gunpowder, treason and plot; I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.”
These are the opening lines of a popular nursery rhyme regarding... Read More...
