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Archive for August, 2006

No Exit: a preview

Most people have imagined, if only fleetingly, what hell would be like; others are pretty sure they’re already living it.

Beshears finished

This past academic year Beshears Hall was closed to students while renovations and upgrades were made to the interior. Also with upgrades came policy changes and the intent for more renovations to come.

RAs, RHDs hired

A new semester brings new students living on campus and new students bring fresh residential assistants (RAs). This year, Missouri Western State University interviewed nearly fifty students for RA positions for the fall semester. The Assistant Director of Housing Sean O’Reilly was highly involved with this procedure.

Students expected to spent $10.46B on electronics

Oregon Daily Emerald (U. Oregon) U-WIRE EUGENE, Ore. — For the American college student, back to school basics used to mean number two pencils, notebooks and maybe a protractor — today most are in the market for something substantially more high-tech and expensive.

Back-to-college costs can go far beyond tuition

Daily Nebraskan (U. Nebraska) (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. –
Things were much different when Glen Schumann, associate director of housing facilities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, first stepped into the then-newly-constructed Abel Hall as a freshman in 1965. For one, he was able to “survive” with only two pairs of jeans, a suit, four shirts and a [...]

New college data-reporting system

Daily Californian (UC-Berkeley) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. — Students who identify with more than one race may be officially recognized as “multiracial” for the first time under a controversial new proposal from the federal government.

Personality: Lisa Siudym, Financial Aid Director

When Western’s new Financial Aid Director Lisa Siudym speaks, her vowel sounds give away the Michigan in her. But she disagrees.