Yoga Club received probationary status at the Student Federation meeting March 11. Student Federation President Brandt Siegfried said the new club, like all clubs seeking to be recognized by the college, first begins with a one-semester trial period called probation. “We don’t want to create a bunch of new clubs that then fall out of...
During the spring of my senior year, my high school band director asked me about my post-graduation plans. “I’m going to a liberal arts college and majoring in English,” I said. “Good. That way you’ll be grammatically correct when you ask people ‘Do you want fries with that?’” he replied. Insulting, yes. But also a...
The Student Federation granted full funding to the first club proposals of the semester at its meeting on Feb. 25. The Lyceum and Catholic Society both received the funds they requested. “The clubs do hard work to get their funding proposals to us and then we go through it and find that, unsurprisingly, the clubs...
The protective measures people are taking to keep themselves safe from COVID-19 may be harming the health of the environment. The coronavirus has worsened the problem of plastic pollution, according to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In the United States, the amount of trash has increased at the domestic level. In June...
The Student Federation impeached its elected treasurer and instated a new treasurer at its meeting on Feb. 11. Because former treasurer and junior Frank Vitale is a part-time student this semester and was unable to attend the federation meetings, members voted unanimously to impeach him. “We don’t like to do this, but it’s important for...