Spring Break
It didn't take long for President Hogan to make his first mistake. On Nov. 14, 2007, President Hogan and Marc Herzog, the chancellor of the community college system in Connecticut, signed an agreement that unfairly benefits community college graduates. The agreement guarantees acceptance into UConn or any one of its branch campuses for anyone who earns an associate's degree from a Connecticut college provided that the students had a 3. (2) comments
Ni hao from Singapore. This tiny little island - only 270 square miles, making it less than five percent of Connecticut's area - is quite the fascinating contrast to my Storrsian Motherland. For example, while the average UConnite is fighting the cold, cursing the administration and trying to get drunk, the average Singaporean is fighting the heat and humidity, adoring their administration (the People's Action Party has overwhelmingly won every Singaporean election since 1959) and - well, a lot of them are still trying to get drunk, but they've got to deal with their government's incredibly expensive sin taxes. (0) comments
Last week, NBC News sent out a debate dis-invitation to former Democratic candidate Dennis Kucinich, a move later upheld by the Nevada Supreme Court. In this action, the public was sent a disturbing message - the media is a self-elected officiator of the democratic process. (2) comments
The Shame Of A Lost Graduation Cancelling the December graduation ceremony was a travesty. It is a student's right to have a commencement so they can move on to the next part of their life. How would you like to go through all the studying, classes, tests, paperwork and hefty tuition payments only to have your big hurrah swept aside? After four-and-a-half years, I, along with every December graduate am qualified to say that we have paid our dues and earned a ceremony. (2) comments
Dear #34 - after watching the game against Cincinnati, I need to know - who are you and what have you done with the real Hasheem Thabeet? Never before have I seen a line to swipe in that stretches into the actual dining hall. Kind of defeats the purpose. (0) comments