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"Will it ever end?" is what many students are asking and in some cases swearing over with all of the construction happening, pretty much, in every direction one turns. EC's answer to that is, "Not yet." There seems to be a New Master Plan arranged to take place for what Bob Gann, director of facilities and planning and services, said will only make the college a more student-centered campus.
The Pennsylvania statewide ban of smoking on campus is a step in the right direction for all college campuses. In fact, all 14 of Pennsylvania's state university campuses are smoke-free environments. Students now have to walk all the way to the parking lots outside of campus if they want to smoke a cigarette.
We live in a free country where we have free speech and can do almost whatever we want. However, where in the books is there anything saying that people cannot or shouldn't smoke? Many U.S. colleges and universities are considering bans of smoking on campuses.
With so many things going on around the campus to stress students out, such as building construction detours, crowded classes and hard-to-find parking, students have now been granted an easier way of dealing with financial aid disbursements. The Financial Aid Office is now offering students the opportunity to receive financial aid disbursements through a direct deposit system using the Sallie Mae Debit MasterCard.
If I can describe my time on the Union, it would be as Cyndi Lauper says in her classic song "Time After Time;" it's a suitcase full of memories. A year and a half ago I could never have pictured myself being editor-in-chief of this award winning publication.
What is The South Pacific Islanders Club? The South Pacific Islander club is an organization made up of many cultures, not only South Pacific Islanders, established to raise cultural awareness, promote higher education and restore our culture and our roots.
Time to hit the books and study during the last mile of this marathon we call a semester. We are finally in the last stretch and what's a proper goodbye without finals, we will all be taking one or more. It is tough to saying we are looking forward to the most difficult test of the semester, but I can say I am, along with a hand full of other students.
The holidays are rolling around quicker than ever, once again. It seems like everyone is trying to figure out how they are going to make it financially through the holiday season. The main topic on most people's minds is whether to save their hard-earned cash or splurge for the season.