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New Building Not to be for First-Year Students

The proposed new residence hall on campus has been changed to house sophomores instead of incoming first year students.

According to the National Sexual Violence Resource Center, “every two minutes, someone in the U.S. is sexually assaulted,” resulting in an average of 207,754 victims each year. In response to this issue, April has been nationally dedicated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. To recognize this month, the University Counseling and Psychological Services will be hosting activities, workshops, and fundraisers to create sexual assault awareness on college campuses.

Students can now add @monmouthulove to their list of Twit- ter pages to follow. Contrary to @ MnmthUProblems, this page allows students to tweet about all the things that they love about being a student at the University.

Documentary Focuses on Crimes Committed by African Warlord

In the sweeping landscape of Uganda, a country in Eastern Africa, the hunt for a tyrant in hiding has captured the world’s attention be- cause of a documentary that went vi- ral on March 7. The film, Kony 2012, had over 20 million views in the first 48 hours of its posting; social net- working sites have contributed to the expeditious exposure that the film has received in the first two weeks of its existence.

Shut down all 104 nuclear power plants operating in the U.S. to build a nuclear-free future.

A recent article featured in The Huffington Post listed the most successful careers and what majors to pursue in undergraduate studies. Titled “What the 1% Majored In,” the article focused on which majors land students in the top one percent of earners in the United States.

The University is again looking to spread a message of diversity through its annual diversity awareness programs. Two sessions of the program took place last Wednesday at the “Let’s Make It Real, A Leap Into Diversity” event, which began with a one hour introductory session at 1:15 pm and an extended two hour session at 2:30 pm on the second floor of the Rebecca Stafford Student Center.

“I heard on a walkie-talkie ‘Sue DePinho needs to come to the office, it’s an emergency.’ Suddenly my heart sank and the hallway became a mile long,” DePinho, a University alumnus, recalled.

Guest Privileges Restored After Temporary Suspension

Incidents of the smelly kind have been plaguing Pinewood Residence Hall in recent weeks. Someone has been depositing fecal matter and urine in random crevices in the building, causing dismay for its residents. These incidents also have led to the discontinuance of visitor privileges among Pinewood residents.