SRU students that receive stipend money for working at student organizations are well paid. So well paid, in fact, that students working for the Student Government Association, The Rocket, W-SRU Radio and the University Programming Board are paid higher than students at eight of the other 13 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education institutions.
Coming into this year's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Indoor Championship meet, the SRU women's indoor track team was projected to contend for the conference title, and the men were projected to place in the middle of the pack. For the women, the predictions might've been to correct.
"Prince Charles made me do it." Professor of communication arts at Marymount Manhattan College (N.Y.), Dr. David Linton's quick response describes his research into the world of female menstruation. The infamous "Camillagate" scandal was started by Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles when an intimate phone call between the two was published in tabloids, Linton said.
When I found out, I couldn't believe it. My jaw actually fell to the floor when I read about President Barack Obama extending an olive branch to congressional Republicans on Tuesday. Obama sent a letter to leaders in Congress. In it, he outlined four Republican ideas he was willing to compromise with and include in his final healthcare bill.
AVI Fresh, the SRU campus coffee and dining vendor, has been filling SRU faculty, staff and students' stomachs for the past seven years and will continue to do so with its extended contract announced last week. According to James Revesz, the open records officer at SRU, the contract is still in the process of being officially awarded to AVI.
Throughout all the years I've followed the National Football League, specifically the Pittsburgh Steelers, I've only wished for one miracle. That was in the 2005 Divisional Playoffs against the Indianapolis Colts when running back Jerome Bettis fumbled the ball at the goal line when he was one yard away from sending the Steelers to its third AFC Championship appearance in five seasons.
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! "Just don't bury my car!" Students living in off-campus apartment complexes have felt negative effects of the cold winter months other than the occasional sniffles and cabin fever blues. After a record-breaking February, the Slippery Rock area wasn't a stranger to snow.
Whenever it was announced that the University Programming Board was getting rid of a full stipend, the real question was where the money would go. The SRU Student Government Association will now be in charge of evaluating which of the "Big Four"-W-SRU radio, The Rocket, SGA or UPB-will get the extra stipend.
