Spring Break
Governor Ted Strickland appointed a new student member to the Shawnee State University Board of Trustees, pre-med junior Mallory Saltsman, of Wellston. Her two-year term will begin July 1, 2009. "Having students on our Board of Trustees helps ensure that all decisions are made with the student perspective represented," SSU President Rita Rice Morris said.
The fifth annual Shantytown fundraiser and homelessness awareness event took shape April 21 in front of Massie Hall in the form of a multitude of cardboard hovels. Students lived in their makeshift shelters through April 23 in order to simulate the hardships that the homeless often endure, while collecting donations for the local homeless shelter.
A bright, professional display for Earth Day met students in front of the cash register entering the Bear's Den April 22. Jonathon "Top Hat" Minelli, business major, was the man behind the table. Minelli's goal was to promote awareness for Earth Day with an "Earth Conscious Scavenger Hunt.
I admit it. I'm a sports writer. Actually, I've never denied that fact. It's what I do, and what I plan to continue doing for a long time. I came to school at SSU to pursue a sports writing career, and did so at a great time. The most common question I've heard since taking over the Chronicle in 2007 has been "why do you cover sports so much?" Yes, I am a sports writer, but the answer to this has nothing to do with my background.
My message in brief: removing the Coffee Café from the Clark Memorial Library is a wrong-headed decision. As we plan for the future, the call is to develop infrastructure to enrich our academic standing and our student life. Killing the library café-strangling the coffee baby in the cradle, so to speak-would be a giant step in the wrong direction.
1.) What is your full name? Ann Gilles Linden 2.) Where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born in southern California and grew up mostly in Phoenix. 3.) What was your favorite childhood memory? Summers spent at my grandparents' cabin, which had no running water or electricity, on a beautiful lake in Maine.