Volume 84 (Fall 2012 – Spring 2013)
One Student Realizes Importance of Helping Others After Experience at Charity Bike Race
There was a time when I thought that volunteering was simply a part of community service. People volunteer or do community to impress schools he or she wishes to attend or in order to fulfill a certain amount of hours for being caught partying a little too hard off campus. Maybe it is so that one fulfills her sorority’s requirements or because the university makes every club and organization pitch in for the Big Event. Regardless, no one volunteers without an ulterior motive.
The Flying Fish Brewing Company released a special brew of beer called Forever Unloved (F.U.) Sandy to help aid victims of Superstorm Sandy. So far, the company has raised over $45,000 for charity and hopes to get the number up to $50,000 when all is said and done.
Paper Examines the 2001 Economic Crisis of Argentina
Samuel Maynard and Alexandria Todd, junior and senior political science majors, were selected earlier this month for publication in the Journal of International Relations after examining the domestic and international facets of the 2001 Argentine economic crisis.
The University has created a task force in October that may be enforcing a new schedule this upcoming fall which will change both the academic calendar as well as time frames. Speaking to a room of 18 students and professors this past Monday, Chair of the Political Science and Sociology Department Joe Patten addressed what he, along with 14 other University professors and students hope to pass. “The problem is simple in that Labor Day causes these issues. If you cannot start earlier and you want to end earlier, there is nothing you can do but change,” Patten said.
At the fourth annual Dean’s Seminar hosted by the School of Science on Friday, Feb. 22, Dr. Robert P. Kirshner, Clowes Professor of Science at Harvard University, lectured on how the universe is not only expanding, but accelerating in the process.
Students Engage in Pen Pal Program to Improve Writing Skills
The Writing Center is teaming up with fifth-grade students at Asbury Park Middle School in a pen pal program which consists of 17 University members including undergraduate students, graduate students and professors. The University and Asbury Park Middle School sent letters to one another on February 14 in a Valentine’s Day project and the program will continue until May.
To the Editors of the Outlook:
Third University Professor to Be Awarded This Title
Sheila McAllister, public relations professor, was recently named the President of the New Jersey Communication Association (NJCA), a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the exchange of information in communication research.
Numerous unplanned occurrences can find themselves wedged between the everyday obligations of a police officer at the University; A suspicious persons report, card access failure, and a fender bender in the parking lot happened last Thursday evening when Patrolman John Noonan was on duty.
The alumni donation rate at the University slightly exceeded the national average for colleges and universities in the United States during the 2012 fiscal year.
