News
17 November 2006
Volume 119, Issue 8
Facebook
phenomenon
There is a phenomenon sweeping college campuses across the world, causing students to rediscover friends they have not seen in years, join groups involving common interests, find out about the latest events on campus and have another distraction from doing school work.
With over 10 million registered users on 40,000 high school, college, regional and work networks, it seems as if everyone is “Facebooking.” The site is the top social networking site aimed mainly at college students, and is first amongst photo-posting websites on the Internet. Whenever a person mentions a name not recognized by another, it is a safe bet that person will look up the unrecognized name on Facebook at a later time, trying to link a name with a face. Read More...
Helping alleviate health care problems
This article, the last in a series of three, aims to open a dialogue between the students, faculty and administration of Monmouth College and the people at Community Medical Center (CMC). The first installment, published on Friday, Oct. 6, brought to the forefront the... Read More...
Working to keep students here
According to the Nov. 7 faculty senate report, President Mauri Ditzler reported on three items recently discussed at the college’s trustee meeting: past practices in reporting student enrollment, student retention and the current year operating budget. Read More...
Educational theorist visits Monmouth
Tuesday’s convocation, sponsored by the Monmouth College education department, featured Nel Noddings.
Noddings, the author of thirteen books and hundreds of articles which tackle a wide range of subjects. She is well-known for her contribution to educational philosophy and her presentation focused on some of her... Read More...
Happy “mound o’ meat” day
Thanksgiving is making a comeback this year, at least in my life.
Last November 24, I woke to look out the window of my Oxford house to see a typical English day dawning. It was grey, rainy and incredibly windy. I layered on nearly every piece of sports clothing I could find in preparation for another rowing practice in which my hands... Read More...
The
Wackerle Corner:
Working Together
In career experience you will be asked to work in a group with several other people. Working effectively in groups is a special skill that Monmouth College students develop through their integrated learning experience. Read More...
The Greek ideal
Much has been said and written about the faults of the Greek system. To the credit of those who have discussed those faults, many of them are true, some of them are glaring and some are even dangerous. I do not attempt to dispel or even address those here. Nor do I claim to reveal any profound wisdom. The things I write here may be the... Read More...
Personal experience with politics
I am revolted, disappointed and angered at what I have personally seen this election. Negative campaigning, illogically pitting Democrats against Republicans (and vice versa) simply because of their party stance and using this to oust proper representatives seems to be the norm in election campaigns. And I’m not talking about presidential elections; I’m talking about the mid-terms. Read More...
Letters to the Editor
In regards to your article “Risky Business,” I would like to comment on a few things that were published. While I commend the staff for interviewing the authorities and getting the facts about the police straight, I have to wonder why the staff would use a source that obviously cannot know what actually happened. Your source states that a police officer was... Read More...
Monmouth students tackle open source options
Two Monmouth College students, Freddy Martinez and Edward Miller are holding a seminar to discuss the idea of open source. A very potent idea in the information age, open source is, in essence, the sharing of the specific means of production. That means when a person, business, or even non-profit organization makes a product, they let anyone... Read More...
Prospectives visit campus for holiday weekend
This past weekend, Nov. 10 and 11, the Admission Office hosted over 140 prospective students between the two open houses which were offered on Friday and Saturday. Michelle Carlson, assistant director of admissions, mentioned that the open house offered in November is typically the busiest one of the year due to Veteran’s Day. Read More...
