Spring Break
SRU's radio station, WSRU 88.1 FM, hosted Rock-A-Wish Wednesday night in the University Union's Multi-Purpose Room. The event was a benefit concert to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Western Pennsylvania. About 80 students showed up for the cause and to support the four performances, including Zone Gotti, Remora Deign, Andrea Follmar and the Keister Street Band and Wine & Spirit.
The SRU men's soccer team played its final three regular season games over the past two weeks and set itself up to take on Mercyhurst College in the first round of the PSAC playoffs. The Rock beat the Lakers in a shootout Wednesday to advance to the PSAC championship.
President Robert Smith and the Council of Trustees honored the Department of Exercise Science by granting a day devoted to the adapted physical activity program, the first of it's kind on SRU's campus. First established 20 years ago, the APA program is an undergraduate minor and a master's of science degree program that deals with the education and preparation of students to work properly with special needs people.
The Student Government Association last Thursday, Oct. 29 amended its constitution and adopted diversity training for students that receive a stipend this them. This will guarantee that all staff members will have at least some training in how to be more sensitive toward minority groups on campus.
For a span of two or three weeks before the Nov. 3 mayoral election, both Ken Harris and Frank Monteleone Jr. campaigned heavily in hopes of becoming mayor of Slippery Rock. Both men put time into the campaign and even exchanged in a heated debate online about issues pertaining to the borough.
The SRU cross-country team once again fulfilled expectations while competing at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championship meet at Edinboro. At the PSAC meet, the women's team finished third with 106 points while the men's team placed seventh with 211 points.
SRU is again helping to move St. Jude Children's Hospital closer to realizing the ultimate dream of founder Danny Thomas, who said, "No child should die in the dawn of life." Tonight at 8 p.m., the Aebersold Recreation Center will host 'Up 'til 2 With St. Jude,' a spinoff of the national 'Up 'til Dawn for St.
If you drive, you're afraid of pedestrians. If you walk, you're afraid of cars. But in both cases, you're afraid of a cyclist. I've even had professors complain about moving around campus when they have class in different buildings other than those where their offices reside.
