Spring Break
On Wednesday evening, students gathered in the Puerto Rican and Latin American Cultural Center's Program Room to watch a debate between the College Democrats and College Republicans. The debate is held annually by the Multicultural Greek Council. Two members from each party sat facing the crowd for each of the six questions argued. (1) comment
After a heated debate last night, the Undergraduate Student Government passed a position of statement regarding an art display in the Homer Babbidge Library some felt was controversial. The statement called for an art showcase by Randall Nelson to be moved to a more non-public area. (3) comments
NEW BRITAIN - The firing of the opinion editor at Central Connecticut State University's student newspaper has ignited a debate between student activists and the paper's editorial board, revealing a tense relationship between minority groups on campus and The Recorder. (2) comments
USG convened a judicial session Wednesday night to determine whether USG presidential candidate Jason Ortiz had violated the organization's canvassing policy. The judiciary found Ortiz to be not guilty by a vote of 2-1 . The petitioner in the case was Jason Gamache, a 6th-semester actuarial science major who serves on USG's Judiciary. (4) comments
On Wednesday, "Out to Lunch," the interdisciplinary lecture series that focuses on queer studies, invited Mary Crawford, a professor of psychology here at UConn, to lecture on lesbian and bisexual women in the eyes of scientific psychology. Students gathered at the Rainbow Center to listen to Crawford describe her research project on the social construction of homosexuality. (0) comments