Articles Tagged ‘ From the Chief’s Desk ’
Farewell from the Chief’s Desk
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
For three years, I have sauntered down to the campus center every Monday night at 8 p.m. Every Monday, I have swiped my student ID across the sensor and opening the club room door as it unlocked with a beep to make msy way to the table where staff writers and editors alike brainstormed and [...]
(Read More)From the Chief’s Desk: A Talk with Joe
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
On Friday, March 5, I was lucky enough to be able to talk to our next College president, Dr. Joseph Urgo, or just Joe Urgo, as he signs his email correspondences. The interview is printed in the news section, but in my opinion, the text of the interview doesn’t tell the whole story. Sure, it [...]
(Read More)From the Chief’s Desk: English/Social Science Majors Rejoice?
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
It’s Feb. 22, Monday afternoon. I’m sitting at a lunch table with a few of my friends, one history major and two physics majors. None of us have checked our email yet, so we haven’t seen who the new president is. Speculation abounds about the new president’s background, which eventually degenerates into a my-discipline-is-more-worthwhile-than-yours dispute. [...]
(Read More)Welcome Back from the Chief’s Desk
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
As semesters change, so do our surroundings, even on this tiny isolated campus. Seasons come and go. Buildings rise on old foundations. Grassy hills become leveled. Docks stretch out over the river. Even on a personal level, things change: as students, we find new housing arrangements, we sign up for new classes in different buildings, [...]
(Read More)From the Chief’s Desk: Urging Students to be More Engaged
By Mariel Saez, Editor-in-Chief
I often hear from students that the administration doesn’t value student opinion when making decisions for the College. While student outreach might not always be consistent, it seems the Presidential Search Committee has tried to give a fair amount of student access to the presidential candidates brought to campus. It seems only a few took [...]
(Read More)From the Chief’s Desk
By Mariel Saez, Editor-in-Chief
I joined the paper in Fall 2006 and found myself amongst ten or fifteen other first-years at the semester’s first staff meeting. I tried not to draw attention to myself as the editors assigned stories to everyone seated at the table in the Club Room. I was waiting for something exciting and interesting to jump [...]
(Read More)From the Chief’s Desk: Students Must Make Themselves Heard
By Justin Perry, Former Editor-in-Chief
Buried amongst official correspondence from the College’s Presidential Search Committee is a simple and staggering fact: There are only two students on a committee of 27.
Obviously, though, I am not the only student to take umbrage with this. In our front-page article “Search for College’s Next President Kicks Off,” sophomore Aaron French – one of [...]
From the Chief’s Desk: Vote…and Vote Yes
By Justin Perry, Former Editor-in-Chief
While conducting interviews for “Academic Budgets Cut,” I was frequently stunned by the amount of discretionary funds that each academic department receives every fiscal year. The amounts, which often hovered around 35,000 dollars, were absolutely dwarfed by the Student Government Association’s budget of about 350,000 dollars per year. Even The Point News’ yearly allocation of [...]
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