2008 Woodie Awards
View this section's front page!Students who count on caffeine to get through a busy day can now look to a local gourmet coffee shop to get their daily java buzz. Rumors Coffee House, which offers a variety of specialty coffees, is located on Main Street in Slippery Rock and is open for business on weekdays from 7 a.
Faculty and students participated in the first march in support of the Slippery Rock University APSCUF Solidarity Fund on Thursday during common hour, hoping to spread the word about the state of the negotiations concerning the faculty union's contract. "(The march) is to alert the university that contracts have not been settled," President of APSCUF Jace Condravy said.
As temperatures continue to rise and flowers come into season, so do the potholes and road construction signs in Slippery Rock. The spring season brings out the birds and the smiling faces, but it also brings out the frustration drivers feel when hitting yet another pothole on Kiester Road.
As summer approaches, several Slippery Rock University students anticipate a moment they have been working toward for at least the past four years: graduation. For two students, graduation time has long since passed and yet they remain. Helen and Bill Dauberman, both 91, have been taking classes at SRU for more than 20 years.
The Student Government Association voted to approve the motion of following legal advice and remove the original 2007-08 Vice President-elect of Financial Affairs. SGA moved to untable the motion proposed by commuter senator Steve Winslow in order to approve a solution regarding the position of Vice President of Financial Affairs, Michael Combs.
The Macoskey Center wind turbine has been producing 1,044 watts of electricity for the Harmony House since installation on Jan. 15, 2007. According to The Robert A. Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research Web site, "Feasibility and sitting of the system was based on a one-year study of wind speed and direction, carried out by an SRU graduate student.
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