Shouts of "Si se puede" echoed through Valley College's Main Stage Theater Wednesday as guest speaker and organized labor advocate Dolores Huerta lead the 300 students and faculty in attendance in the chant she helped make famous during her time working with the United Farm Workers.
Complaints made by a small number of students regarding the nature of a logo used in a club flier forced Club Psyche to remove the advertisements from around campus. Student Services approved the fliers, which featured an anonymously drawn double-image of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and a nude woman, on April 1.
Armed with a power point presentation, Rinaldo Veseliza, senior project director of URS, gave a lecture on "The Basics of Sustainability: An Introduction to Green Practices" at the Main Stage Theater Thursday to shed light on the benefits of sustainable building.
Much like public radio, public schools compensate for the state's financial shortcomings through private philanthropic donations. The governor's impending $4.8 billion in education budget cuts force public bodies to seek private assistance, and that's just what's happening.
As part of Valley College's ongoing construction, the school's new pools are expected to be finished by July. The date of completion was pushed back due to minor setbacks. "The new pools will be great for the athletic programs, classes and the community," said Diedra Stark, leader of the Building User Group.
Students were lined up from Monarch Hall all the way to the Horseshoe Tuesday morning; they weren't waiting for Indiana Jones tickets, but to be the first to sign up for fall classes in Valley College's One Stop Registration. The annual event allows students to get a jump on their online registration appointments and meet with financial aid representatives as well as talk with real life counselors.
After a marginal win in Indiana and a loss in North Carolina May 6, Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York vowed to stay in the Democratic race, despite Illinois Sen. Barrack Obama's lead in the pledged delegate and superdelegate counts. "I'm staying in this race until there is a nominee, and obviously I'm going to work as hard as I can to become that nominee," Clinton said after an event in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, where she was campaigning for the state's May 13 presidential primary.
In what could be the greatest natural disaster in South Asia since the Boxing Day Tsunami that struck on Dec. 26 2004, the death toll from Cyclone Nargis may exceed 100,000. However, those who managed to endure are still at risk, due to lack of food, sanitary water and medical supplies.