News
30 March 2007
Volume 119, Issue 16
Annual philosophy lecture instructs on ‘Composing Community’
At 7 p.m. Monday, March 26, 2007, Mary Catherine Bateson delivered the annual Samuel M. Thompson Lecture at Monmouth College.
Thompson served in the philosophy department at Monmouth College for 46 years. Because of his dedication to the College and for his popularity not only throughout the college but also with his two popular textbooks, “A Modern Philosophy of Religion” and “The Nature of Philosophy,” a lecture is annually given in Thompson’s honor. Past lecturers who have come to the college include Sandra Harding of University of California Los Angeles and Ted Cohen of the University of Chicago. Read More...
College plans new parking lot to open in fall 2007
If everything goes through the Monmouth City zoning board correctly, students will have more parking options of the 2007-2008 school year.
According to Don Gladfelter, vice president for finance and business, Monmouth College has purchased a lot, approximately half a city block in area, off Euclid Avenue. The lot, which currently contains a vacant nursing home which has been on the market for nearly seven years, will hopefully be razed and a parking lot for students will be constructed in its place. Read More...
2008 degree applications due now
The word “graduation” can have many different meanings for students. To some students, graduation means moving on to pursue a chosen career, and is the culmination of the college experience. To other students, graduation means facing the “dreaded blue paper” and typing up their applications for degree.
All colleges have a similar process in which each student must file his or her intent to graduate. Students are requested to submit their application for degree two semesters before the expected graduation date. Read More...
Letters to the Editor
Re: Letter to the Editor by Jimmy Vallarta, March 23, 2007
Before I begin, I will state that this response will not reference the Bible or any other articles of Faith because they are impossible to prove or disprove.
I agree that there are problems with the idea that “whatever makes you happy” is the right thing to do. Read More...
Where
will I live next year? Apartments? New dorm? The case of the “Consensus of the Committee” and the “You wouldn’t have won anyway” attitude
There comes a time in every person’s life in which he realizes that something he believed in was a false assumption, and he has to look reality, as ugly as it may be, in the face. I had just such a running revelation over the past 3 weeks. Read More...
As the year winds down, make a more effective study plan to increase success
Studying can be a difficult task, made even more insurmountable by the numerous distractions in the average dorm room: computer with Internet, television, stereo, cell phone, video games, friends, etc. But there are some secrets to success, if anyone wants my advice (not that I think anyone does, but I’m giving it freely anyway). Read More...
Lent receives an upgrade
The originally Catholic tradition of giving up luxuries for Lent has just gone high-tech.
A recent cnn.com article reported many young adults giving up social networking sites for Lent, with Facebook and MySpace being the most popular of the genre. Read More...
‘Facing the Future’ conference topic
Hundreds of thousands of people spend time everyday connecting with friends on various social networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn and Xanga. Users beware: Read More...
Student re-designs Monmouth College homepage
Anyone who logged onto the Monmouth College website in the late afternoon on Wednesday may have noticed a drastic design change. Read More...
Monmouth’s ticketing rate compared
According to research conducted by this newspaper, the alcohol policy at Monmouth College is essentially the same policy which is used by other private, small liberal arts colleges within the Midwest. Read More...
Current adjunct professor to tackle three departments next year
Nick “Dr. Nick” Dobson, current adjunct professor of the Classics department, has not hesitated to venture down a few different avenues. Read More...
The
Wackerle Corner:
Common online job search mistakes
The Internet has made it much quicker and easier to accomplish many of our routine tasks with just the click of a mouse. Read More...
Professor to teach in Japan
Every year, there are always at least a few professors from Monmouth College who leave for career opportunities elsewhere. Some are merely sabbaticals, while others are for institutions entirely different. The benefits they bring to the table are gone. Read More...
History majors publish 2006 works in
conference publication
Senior Joseph Babich and junior Dan Walker, both history majors at Monmouth College, recently had the honor of seeing original scholarly essays they composed appear in a collection of... Read More...
College
adding nineteenth century studies minor in 2007
When you are registering for classes in the upcoming weeks, consider adding a minor in 19th century studies. It is a newly approved program which promises students a dynamic and interdisciplinary approach to a seminal period in history. Read More...
Monmouth College adopts men’s studies minor in 2007 as means for teaching masculinity
In an effort to round out its offerings in gender studies, Monmouth College has decided to adopt a men’s studies minor beginning in the 2007-2008 school year. Read More...
Campus to go dry in 2007
That’s right, and no, the headline is not a typo. Due to recent problems Monmouth has faced with underage and binge drinking, next year all students will be prohibited from having alcohol anywhere on campus. Read More...