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Written by College Students from Across the Country
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Welcome to U4U
Written by college students from across the country
By the end of this fall semester, the 21st century will be a
decade old. The temptation will be to look back to see how far
we’ve come since the historic arrival of Y2K—as individuals, as
a society.
At U4U, we dig nostalgia and admittedly indulge in fond
reveries of the old school days before Twitter, Facebook and
iPods. But we prefer the future. In fact, we’ve dedicated this
issue to just that—looking forward to the directions our
campus communities are heading.
In this issue, we profile Janelle Monae, the ultimate hybrid
musician, and unveil a new feature, The Next Big Thing, which
introduces us to the video gaming universe of the very near
future. And we take an insightful look at how campus leaders
are steering their schools through the turbulent waters of a
global economic recession (hint—there’s a happy ending in
sight!).
So, as you begin this new semester, we encourage you to take
a moment to dare to dream of the many ways your life may
change over the course of this academic year. Imagine all the
new experiences you’re about to enjoy.
There’s a lot for all of us to be looking forward to. We hope this
issue of U4U helps get you pointed in the right direction.
student writers :
...a sour to sweet bubble
SOPHIA BAIRAKTARIS
TREVOR ROPPOLO
“GREAT EXPECTATIONS”—pg. 17
“THE NEXT BIG THING”—pg. 7
This fall, I will be a sophomore, working toward
a dual degree in Journalism and Political Science,
with a minor in Women Studies and Gender
Studies. In high school, I was very involved in the
student newspaper, and I had my own column
in The Times of northwest Indiana and Illinois.
So far I’ve written a handful of news articles for
Loyola’s newspaper, The Phoenix. I can’t wait to
see my work in print for a broader audience.
I’m an Elementary Education major. Presently, I
write video game reviews for a national music
and culture magazine called REAX. At 29, I
still have no idea what I want to do when I
graduate in 2010 or 2011. I suppose I just want
to experiment with different things that make
me happy at the moment—so the future will
have to wait.
MEGAN BISHOP
“THE GREEN SCREEN”—pg. 4
I’m currently a sophomore Pre-Law
student majoring in Arts & Performance. I
have always loved writing, be it a short fiction
story or a 10-page paper for a philosophy
class. Most recently, I’ve been published in
Celebrate, Speak Out, a collection of student
poems. My other interests include dancing,
piano, Alpha Gamma Delta sorority and my
adorable dogs.
...a warm and cool winter
in their own words
Alexandra
Schwappach
“LEARNING CURVE”—pg. 10
I’m a Journalism major in my senior
year at WSU, home of the Cougs! I
have written stories on everything from
chickens to student government. I even
wrote The Green Screen for the Spring
2009 issue of U4U. Someday, I hope to
write a book that people will read.
KAITLIN CHRISTOPHERSON
ALLISON STROUSE
“DOLLARS AND SENSE”—pg. 3
“OUT OF THIS WORLD”—pg. 19
I’m a sophomore English Literature and
Communications double major. My previous work
has been published in The Wolf magazine, Splurge!
magazine and the Arabian Horse Times. Over the
summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to study
writing and French in Paris. I hope one day to write
for the likes of Vanity Fair and Condé Nast Traveler.
I am a senior at the University of Akron
majoring in Public Relations and News
with a minor in Political Science. I am the
news editor at my college newspaper,
The Buchtelite. I reported on the 2008
presidential election and covered the
inauguration in Washington D.C.
BEN WHITE
LEAH LAUBER
“SMALL SPACEs, BIG IDEAS” – pg. 15
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I just graduated this past May with a degree
in Mass Communications. I’ve loved writing
for as long as I can remember, particularly
feature articles, and especially about people.
Aside from writing, I enjoy art, photography,
the beach and traveling.
“GRUDGE MATCHES”—pg. 8
While attending the University of Akron, I
worked at the university’s independent student
newspaper, The Buchtelite, where I edited and
managed the news and sports sections. This
fall, I will be attending Ohio University as a
sophomore Journalism student and plan to write
for OU’s paper, The Post. I hope to continue on
to law school after graduation.
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FEATURES / Fall 2009
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The Green Screen
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The Next Big Thing
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Grudge Matches
Money management tips that actually
apply to a college lifestyle
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Making a case for college football’s
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Small Spaces, Big Ideas
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Great Expectations
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Learning Curve
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L
et’s be real. One thing college students do well is spend
money. I am no exception to this.
You know how it happens. Whether it’s cash in your pocket,
the money in your bank account or your student cash
card, it goes quickly. A few dollars for a school tee in the
bookstore here, a late night slice of pizza there, and before
you know it, you’re just another broke college student. Even
if your parents help out (a luxury I’ll admit to), if you keep
blowing through money like you’re playing Monopoly, most
are bound to cut you off at some point.
Money management
tips that actually apply
to a college lifestyle
From one student to another, I know it’s not easy to be
conservative with your spending. I also get sick of being
lectured to save my money, because for the most part,
it’s not happening. But I do realize that I should be taking
advantage of my time in college to learn how to manage my
money.
I’ve come up with a few simple, practical tips to help lessen
the blow of being young and irresponsible in college—at
least when it comes to financial matters.
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Dollars & Sense
Kaitlin Christopherson
Loyola University
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The future is now for the indefinable,
indefatigable Janelle Monae
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Have we mentioned that college
students know how to spend money?
A key lesson is that it should only be
money that you actually have. If you
have the cash to spend, that’s one thing.
But racking up credit card debt can be
devastating. Chances are you’ll have
student loan debt when you graduate,
but paying off that bar tab
from freshman year plus
interest once you’re in the
real world is not cool. The
easiest way to stay out
of credit card trouble is
to not get one.
Don’t start a tab
when you go out.
Find a cell phone plan
that has you covered.
Unlike other people who try to tell
students how to manage their money,
I’ll be real with you. We all know what a
majority of college students are losing a
lot of money on. Whenever you decide
to go out, plan a little beforehand. Take
the amount of cash you
are willing to spend that
night and leave your
debit or credit card at
home. That way you
won’t be tempted to
open up a tab later
on in the night.
Honestly, I don’t know how other
generations did it. If I am separated
from my phone for more than five
minutes I start to feel strangely
naked. Fortunately, cell phone
plans have come a long
way, too. The best bet is
to get a decent amount
of minutes (probably close
to 1,000) and unlimited text
messaging. Unless you’re on your phone
five hours a day with someone out of the
country, it’s going to be hard to use all of
those minutes. Unlimited text-messaging
plans are pretty reasonable (around $40 a
month) and that’s one less thing we have
to worry about when the bill comes due
every month.
Use your meal plan and
make your own coffee.
Check your bank
account daily.
While I was blowing all of my Wolfbucks
on overpriced organic frozen dinners and
Vanilla Soy Lattes, my roommate was
eating most of her meals in the dining
room and making her own coffee. I
snubbed the thought of this at first, but
all it takes is a little creativity. Add your
own soymilk or whatever it is you like to
your coffee.
It’s important to always know how
much money you have in your accounts.
Overdraft fees are killer. Once
I got charged $27 for spending
$1 more than I had in
my account. And now
that most banks
have online services,
checking your
balance is as easy as
checking your email.
Practice real life
money management.
In college, we have a cushion.
If we make a financial mistake,
we probably wouldn’t have to,
say, file for bankruptcy. The real world
isn’t so nice. Use the resources available
on your campus. Talk to someone in
student finance or at the career center
to learn how to do things like balance a
checkbook or reduce student loan debt.
Read Forbes or check out youngmoney.
com. My mom probably won’t believe
me, but I’ve learned that managing
money wisely can be rewarding.
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GREEN BABY STEPS
It’s surprisingly simple to adapt your daily life without making any extreme changes.
FOOTPRINTS TO FOLLOW
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t’s not e=mc2, but it’s becoming a pretty common equation.
When the amount of carbon dioxide produced by any activity
equals the amount of carbon removed, you have carbon
neutrality. Most American colleges are aiming to maintain this
balance, and some are even striving for a more significant goal.
Middlebury College—whose Snow Bowl is the nation’s first
carbon neutral ski facility—is planning to become a carbon
neutral campus by 2016. It won’t be the first—the 300-student
College of the Atlantic reportedly went carbon neutral in 2007—
but it took some dramatic steps, such as the introduction of its
$12 million biomass gasification facility. By converting wood
chips into gas, the school estimates it will cut its use of heating
oil in half and its carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent; the
plant will also supply 20 percent of the campus’ electricity.
Then there’s the University of Colorado, where Ralphie’s
Green Stampede is underway. The school is striving
to turn its football stadium, Folsom Field, into the
first sports facility—at either the collegiate or
professional level—that qualifies as a zero-waste
stadium. Some of the initiatives include using
only recycled materials for all food and beverage
containers and recycling or composting 90
percent of all waste generated on site. The
goal is to save up to 455 million BTUs of
energy—the equivalent of the energy
used in a year by four U.S. households.
CC Your college likely has some sort of environmental
club on campus. Seek out this group and get involved.
There are social benefits; it looks good on a resume;
and, of course, you get to contribute to important
environmental efforts by doing things like raising
awareness or petitioning against activities that harm
the environment.
CC The next time you’re at the grocery store, try to
buy products that use recycled materials such as
plastic and cardboard. The slightest effort will help,
even buying the reusable grocery bags at checkout.
CC Think back to the environmental tips you learned
as a kid: Reduce, reuse and recycle. Effortless
things like turning off lights as you leave a room
or not leaving the water running will help as well.
You can even use a carbon calculator (www.
safeclimate.net/calculator) to determine your CO2
emissions.
YOU ARE
WHAT YOU EAT
PUT THAT TV
TO GOOD USE
A vegetarian or vegan diet isn’t just
about making a healthy personal lifestyle
choice. Students who decrease their
animal intake (for vegans, this includes
animal products such as dairy and honey)
and increase vegetable intake are actually
helping the environment a great deal.
Last spring, Indiana University and
IUPUI hosted an electronics recycling
drive. Students—as well as residents
and businesses in Bloomington and
Indianapolis—were encouraged to
bring in their unwanted electronic
products (TVs, cell phones, computers,
digital cameras, etc.) to be either
recycled or refurbished.
The world’s livestock sector is responsible
for 18% of greenhouse gas emissions
(carbon dioxide) and two-thirds of
ammonia emissions, which contribute to
acid rain. There’s excessive deforestation
for the expansion of livestock areas and
various sources of pollution resulting
from livestock, from animal waste and
fertilizers and pesticides.
Most campuses don’t make it easy for
students to pursue a vegetarian or
vegan diet, but there are exceptions.
“All 15 of Yale’s dining halls have catered
to vegetarians and even vegans since
1971,” said Karen Dougherty, Yale’s
nutrition and wellness director. “It’s a
regularity to offer vegetarian soups,
vegetarian entrées, vegan soy yogurt,
and vegan entrées daily.”
Yale’s College Vegetarian Society
has even collaborated with the
school’s Sustainable Food Project (an
organization providing quality food
benefiting health and the environment)
to create its own organic garden
for consumption.
Even more far-reaching, Walla Walla
University in Washington only serves
vegetarian food. Because it’s a SeventhDay Adventist school, keeping a
vegetarian diet is in line with its church
teachings.
GOT GREEN?
Is your campus going green? Whether it’s new courses being offered, new
dining options, new processes or any other ways that life on campus is
becoming more environmentally conscious, we want to hear about it.
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Please let us know about all green goings on at your school. Send us an
email at [email protected], and put GREEN SCREEN in the subject
line. Maybe we’ll feature your school’s innovative efforts in an upcoming
issue of U4U.
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engage in all the time, anyway—walking. By walking
to and from class—or riding a bicycle—carbon dioxide
emissions are reduced. The fewer times you drive a
walkable distance, the better it is for the environment
(and you).
Written by Megan Bishop
University of Texas–Dallas
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E-waste generates toxic substances,
including lead and mercury, which are
detrimental to the environment.
“The wires in a computer
are piled up and lit on
fire in order to get at the
copper found in those
wires. Circuit boards
contain copper and gold
and are recycled using
a process with cyanide and acids. This
is often done next to water sources, so
water sources have been contaminated
by recycling and other processes,”
Eric Williams, an assistant professor
of environmental sustainability at
Arizona State University, said in an NPR
commentary.
You and your college can help decrease
e-waste by not only engaging in
activities like the one hosted by IU but
also donating old electronic equipment
to organizations in need. Also, sending
a device directly back to its original
manufacturer will help too, as that
device can often be refurbished.
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Trevor Roppolo
University of South Florida
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Officially announced in March at the
Game Developers Conference, a start-up
company called OnLive is looking to take
the next step and revolutionize the way
we get our games. OnLive is planning to
launch the world’s first video game-ondemand platform this winter and the
news is causing quite a clatter in the
game industry. And for good reason. The
concept challenges the current business
models of each of the big three console
manufacturers.
In simple terms, the idea is this: instead
of buying a console or a high-end
gaming rig, OnLive will allow you to
instantly play the latest games on any
TV—via its iPod-sized MicroConsole—or
on any PC or Mac by streaming games
to you from a faraway server room.
There are no long downloads, no need
for hardware upgrades and no infuriating
disks to unwrap—all you need to do is
browse, purchase and play.
If OnLive works as proposed, we are at
the beginning of a game-changer. No
disks would mean there would be no
need for game retailers. Eliminating the
middle-man could provide us gamers
with a better value—and possibly
better games. Without manufacturing
costs for software, publishers could
spend their money developing better
gaming experiences for consumers.
So it seems that OnLive is set to change
gaming forever. As with other start-ups
using brand-new technology, OnLive
will have a number of challenges to
overcome if it wants to dethrone the big
three console makers. Given the success
of iTunes and other digitally distributed
entertainment, this is a natural next step
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OnLive could be a
game-changer for gamers
OnLive could prove to be a cashstrapped college student’s dream.
Also, publishers would no longer need
to worry about piracy or second-hand
game sales—constant thorns in their
sides that factor into the cost of games—
given that the digital distribution method
would eliminate both entirely. Though
pricing structure hasn’t been officially
announced, OnLive could prove to be a
cash-strapped college student’s dream.
for the industry to take. But Microsoft,
Sony and Nintendo won’t go away
without a fight. This generation belongs
to the console makers, but with OnLive
coming to play, the next generation
might just belong to OnLive.
OnLive’s success will ultimately lie in the
details. Given OnLive’s proposed features
and low cost of entry, attracting casual
gamers should be no problem; but since
nothing like this has ever been done
before, performance is the big question
mark. Will OnLive offer the first-rate
gaming experience that hardcore gamers
demand with little to no latency? So far,
All images copyright 2009, OnLive, Inc. All rights reserved. Patents, patents pending.
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not enough is known for sure, but after
change without notice.
seven years of stealth development,
OnLive’s engineers have had time to get
a good handle on the technology. And
some pretty hard-hitting publishers
(EA, Epic Games, Ubisoft, Atari) have
Here’s a chance for you to participate
signed on already, demonstrating a
in
the public beta test for OnLive! All
vote of confidence from the industry.
you
have to do is go to www.onlive.
With the beta going public later this
year, we’ll have the chance to see
com and click on “beta sign up” at
for ourselves and run it through its
the top right of the page, fill out a
paces before the service launches.
quick form, prove you’re not a robot
and hope you get chosen.
ARE YOU GAME?
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THE WAGON WHEEL RIVALRY
Oct. 3: UNLV @ Nevada
These Division III programs boast one of the oldest rivalries in
the nation at any level. The colleges first met in 1889 and have
been playing ever since. The Conestoga Wagon trophy was
carved in 1963 by Amish
woodworkers from
Lancaster County as a
miniature replica of the
19th-century wagons the
teams used to travel the
57 miles to and from the
games in the early years
of the rivalry.
Nevada’s two biggest football
programs have been fierce rivals since
1969 and have played for the 545-pound
Fremont Cannon since 1970. College football’s
heaviest and most expensive trophy, the cannon (which
was functional up until 1999) was built using original Army
blueprints of a gun that Captain John C. Fremont took on his
expedition through Nevada in 1843–44.
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Nov. 14: Wabash @ DePauw
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New England, an area often overlooked in
college football, has several versions of The
Game. Harvard-Yale. Williams-Amherst. And
the border war between UNH and Maine,
which features the most unusual prize in the
region: the Brice-Cowell Musket. Named after
two great former coaches, Maine’s Fred Brice
and UNH’s William Cowell, the musket has
been a tradition between the rivals since the
late 1940s, though the rivalry itself dates back
to 1903. The gun, a flintlock rifle with a 43inch barrel made by a Maine gunsmith named
Ebenezer Nutting between 1722 and 1745, is
kept in a glass case and given to the winning
team each year.
Nov. 21: Stephen F. Austin @
Northwestern State
Legend has it that this
Texas holy war began in
the 1950s when a TCU
fan noticed an SMU
student cooking frog
legs during a pregame
tailgate. The infuriated
fan of the Horned Frogs felt
that this act of culinary defiance went too far
and suggested that the winner of the game
receive the frog legs and the skillet. Thus was
born the rivalry of the Iron Skillet. The tradition
faded and the original skillet was lost, but both
schools revived the rivalry in 1993.
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MONON BELL CLASSIC
One of the nation’s greatest rivalries exists between two
Division III programs whose players aren’t even offered
athletic scholarships. The Monon Bell Classic features two
Indiana rivals, each with fewer than 2,500 students. The
trophy itself is a 300-pound locomotive bell from the Monon
Railroad, which connects the two campuses 27 miles apart.
The series dates back to 1890 and currently is tied—53-53-9.
Oct. 3: SMU @ TCU
Northwest Missouri State and Truman State (formerly Northeast Missouri
State) have been rivals since the turn of the 20th century. In 1931, U.W.
Lamkin, president of Northwest, found an old wooden stick on a nearby
Missouri farm where Truman president Eugene Fair was born. He engraved
every score of the teams’ battles since 1908 on the Hickory Stick. Each year’s
winner gains ownership of the Stick for a year (both schools claim original
ownership due to the shared territory in which it was found) and gets to dip
the end in paint of their school color. It is the oldest rivalry
trophy in Division II.
Nov. 21: Maine @ New Hampshire
These next-door neighbors in the MAC, separated
by only 10 miles, have been playing for the Wagon
Wheel since 1946. The story, though, dates back to
1870, when John R. Buchtel, founder of UA, was near
the Kent State campus, looking for a location to start
a college. His wagon became stuck in the mud, burying
one of the wheels. Years later, in 1902, construction
workers found the wheel and gave it to Kent’s Dean of Men
Dr. Raymond Manchester. Manchester suggested in 1945 that the wheel
be used as a trophy for the annual game, which Kent dominated until 1954,
when the tradition was forgotten due to lack of competitiveness. In 1972,
the Wagon Wheel came back, and Akron has held an edge in the series ever
Sept. 19: Dickinson @ Franklin & Marshall
Sept. 26: Truman State @ Northwest Missouri State
The Brice-Cowell Musket
Nov. 7: Kent State @ Akron
BATTLE FOR NEVADA
THE OLD HICKORY STICK GAME
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Most sports fans can recall a few stories from the big-time matchups like Ohio
State-Michigan, Auburn-Alabama and USC-Notre Dame, but some of the hottest
bad blood boils for lesser-known trophies across the nation. Away from the 24/7
ESPN machine and the eyes of most of the country, these battles continue to be
fought with the utmost ferocity each year.
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ho doesn’t love a good college football rivalry? Something about
students sacrificing a normal life to be a part of a generations-old annual
battle seems to represent what American sports are all about.
Hidden within the Southland Conference of the
Football Championship Subdivision lays the
largest trophy in NCAA football: Chief Caddo.
Back in 1960, the NSU (Natchitoches, LA)
and SFA (Nacogdoches, TX) football teams
decided that the loser of that year’s game
would fell a large tree near its campus
and send it to the victor, who would
then craft a trophy. The result: a
bigger-than-life Native American
weighing in at 320 pounds and
standing a stoic 7-foot-six.
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Nov. 28: Ole Miss @ Mississippi State
This year marks the 106th matchup of these in-state SEC rivals. In
the teams’ first 26 games, Ole Miss only won 5. So, in 1926, when
Ole Miss won, its fans took to the field to tear down the goalposts.
Fans of Mississippi A&M College, as MSU was then called, did not
appreciate the Rebel attitude and began fighting the gleeful Ole
Miss fans, even breaking chairs over their heads. The next year,
both schools, desperately trying to avoid a violent repeat, split the
$250 cost of creating a regulation-sized gold-plated football,
coined the Golden Egg, that would become the safer center
of fans’ passions for generations to come.
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“Ohio State stresses educating citizens
for a new economy,” said Ohio State
spokesperson Shelly Hoffman. “We do
this with programs like study abroad,
and by finding beneficial business
partnerships.”
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It seemed there was little hope for the
future.
The economic downturn was
threatening to become a full-blown
depression. The stock market was
grim. Iconic industries were lining up
for bailouts. Businesses everywhere
were closing their doors, and
thousands of people were
losing their jobs every day.
The only place where it
seemed you could find
a safe haven last year
was on your college
campus. Then, even
universities and
colleges started
sharing in the
suffering. Ohio
State suffered
a $28 million
loss in state
funding and
cut almost
600 staff
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positions. Harvard’s Faculty of Arts
and Sciences lost nearly $4.5 billion
in the market value of its endowment.
Schools across the country were
freezing salaries, losing teaching
assistant positions and halting
construction projects. Endowments
plummeted, tuitions were raised, state
funding was drying up, athletic teams
and student activities were being
dropped.
These were all troubling realities that
started to set in around this time last
year. But the turmoil that pervaded
the 2008-09 academic year actually
generated some quick thinking and
impressive decision-making. As it
turns out, many universities were more
prepared for an economic crisis than
we thought, and many have begun to
see the light at the end of this dark
tunnel of recession.
That’s not to say life on campus is
going back to the way it was. Most
American colleges and universities are
going to endure a sustained period of
change. But campus leaders remain
mindful of their mission­—to provide
the best college experience possible.
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Change can be difficult, but sometimes
the best way for a university to ease the
pain of budget reductions is to open
the floor for discussion. That’s what
Elson Floyd, president of Washington
State University, did.
“After I hear student concerns, I am
able to make a list of things to be
mindful of,” Floyd said before the
preliminary budget was released in
May. “Things like safe spaces, transit
Campus leaders remain
mindful of their missionto provide the best
college experience.
availability and university courses are
important to students. I can bring
these things to the table when we have
budget discussions.”
Though Floyd often received earfuls
from students eager to be heard–and
from quite a few “helpful critics”–he
has been wary of leaking too much
information to the student body.
“It’s not appropriate of me to scare
students,” he said. “It doesn’t do
Colleges and universities are a bit more
careful in their spending and much more
innovative in making choices.
into clubs–moves that demonstrate an
ability to think outside the box in finding
unique money-saving opportunities.
Not surprisingly, Ohio State has been
readying for a recessive economy for a
long time.
Harvard has also made sure to take
care of its students by continually
offering various ways in which to obtain
financial aid. The school has doubled
the amount of financial aid offered since
2004, according to Faust’s statement,
increasing need-based undergraduate
scholarships by 155 percent over the
last decade. The result: more than
29,000 students applied to be admitted
to Harvard this fall.
“We have been belt-tightening for
years,” Hoffman said. “We wanted to
be fiscally prudent and spend where we
could.”
“Part of that is because we were lucky
enough to have not taken huge state
cuts,” Hoffman said. “And while these
financial changes are happening,
resources are there for students to
utilize in order to complete their
education.”
As a new academic school year begins,
the world of higher education may
finally have settled. We’ve heard about
the budget cuts, seen how much tuition
has been raised. And we’ve noticed
everything is just a bit different. There’s
something new in the way schools
operate now. Colleges and universities
are a bit more careful in their spending,
much more innovative in making
choices.
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In a letter to students and the
community at Harvard, President Drew
Faust expressed her wishes to slow
the construction of the Allston Science
Complex and simultaneously develop
ways in which to lessen the cost of its
construction. The university also took
measures like closing two campus
cafés, offering fewer hot breakfast menu
items, and turning junior varsity teams
Alexandra Schwappach
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Being given a voice has fostered
greater student confidence in the
administrations that have had to make
tough choices in these troubling times.
And good business decisions have only
solidified that confidence.
For so many universities, preparing
today’s students for an unknown
financial future will begin in the
classroom. At Ohio State, for example,
students will see an increased number
of courses offered in economics,
particularly global economics and
business programs. In these classes,
students will study what has gone on
over the past year. As they emerge
with a heightened understanding of the
U.S. economy, students become better
equipped to face economic challenges
in the future.
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non issues. I have to manage the rumor
mill.”
And because they’ve seen the worst,
they are better able to teach you, the
college student, the next generation,
how to be prepared for the future.
This cautiousness has paid off. Last
year, Ohio State cut about $94
million in cost savings by centralizing
purchases and university benefits. Plus,
this year is the third year in a row that
Ohio State has not raised tuition.
Federal stimulus money will also
continue to help colleges find their way.
But most college leaders are aware
that it is only a short-term aid. Federal
money can cushion a school’s financial
position, but it cannot permanently
address an institution’s long-term
needs.
The University of Minnesota is
well aware of this. In a letter to the
university’s faculty and staff, President
Robert H. Bruininks said the university
plans to use the federal stimulus as a
“window of opportunity for addressing
the proposed reductions strategically,
without sacrificing our core
commitments to excellence, innovation,
and service.”
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University or South Florida
small spaces BIG IDEAS
T u r n y o u r d o r m i n t o a t r u e h o m e a w ay f r o m h o m e
orms. Dull, tiny, lifeless dorms. I’ve lived in the worst of them. I was on the 10th floor when the
elevator only went up to the 9th. My bed was so high off the floor that I needed to climb onto my
desk chair, then onto my desk, in order to get into bed. And I could barely sit up straight without
hitting my head on the ceiling. And it was so . . . drab. Two small windows with a giant
air-conditioning unit between them, boring white concrete walls.
So how does a poor (broke) college kid bring this new home to life? Fortunately, there are many simple,
affordable ways to spruce up such a lackluster space. Here are a few stylish space- and cost-efficient
decorating options that I’ve learned over the course of my college career.
if you’re considering
tearing out this page to hang
on your empty wall, let’s talk.
Put something better on your wall. And on your floors and on your
couch. Or, get a couch. Leave this page where it is and join Pier 1
on Facebook and Twitter to see our newest arrivals and best deals,
so you make your new space, your favorite space.
Rugs are a great way to add some
flair to any room, and they obviously
don’t take up any space. Urban
Outfitters has several unique rugs that
run about $20-30. Pier 1 Imports has
some great
options, like the
pink or green
indoor/outdoor
rug (both are
$24.95). One
important
thing to keep in
mind—before
purchasing a rug, measure your floor
space to determine what size you’ll
need. You don’t want to spend money
on a rug you really love and find out
later that it doesn’t fit in your room. A
standard size between 3’x5’ and 5’x7’
should be fine for most dorm rooms,
and it is a great way to add interesting
patterns and bright colors.
Aimee Beatty,
a stylist for
Pier 1 Imports,
recommends
decorating with
accessories,
like $12 paper
lanterns that
can hang from the ceiling and provide
a great color boost. “Pillows, paper
lanterns, and drapery panels are great
ways to personalize a dorm
room,” Beatty said. I once found some
handmade pillows at a local outdoor
market that were selling for $10 each,
and since they were handmade, nobody
else had anything like them. Check
the local papers in your college town;
outdoor markets and garage sales are
everywhere, and they are great places
to find pillows, cool blankets and other
decorative items for cheap.
Wall art is
another easy
way to liven
up your
room.
Decor, prints,
and picture
frames bring
an interesting
touch to bland
walls. You can
buy a canvas at a local craft store and
some cheap acrylic paints to try out
your own artistic abilities. If the idea of
becoming an artist freaks you out, you
can buy wall decals, which stick to the
wall and easily come off when you need
to move (no holes in the walls is always
a plus). Your campus bookstore sells
wall stickers and decals for less than
$20.
A good rule to keep in mind as you
accessorize is that you can mix and
match patterns as long as you use
the same color scheme. So going to
different stores with a specific color
scheme in mind could be beneficial to
keeping your options open.
Organization in your dorm
is essential. Some good ways
to organize your closet are over-thedoor shoe hangers and canvas shelves
that hang in your closet. These are
surprisingly
space efficient
and hold a lot of
stuff (I have way
more clothes
than hangers
or space in my
closet, and these
canvas shelves
have been a
blessing). Shelves on your wall are a
great space saver, and an excellent way
to store your textbooks and personal
tchotchkes.
The most important thing to remember
is to make the room your
own. It is your living space for the next
year. You’re going to sleep, eat, hang
out and do homework in this tiny space,
so you should feel as much at home as
possible.
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Sophia Bairaktaris
Loyola University Chicago
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS
Majoring in English can lead down a variety of career paths
Before these individuals left college
to achieve success in their respective
fields, chances are they spent an
all-nighter cramming through The
Canterbury Tales or Hamlet. As did Joe
Paterno, the winningest coach in college
football history, and former Disney CEO
Michael Eisner. After all, they were all
English majors.
English majors are
equipped with skills in
written communication
and critical analysis to
set them up to succeed
virtually anywhere.
But what can the average undergraduate
do with an English degree? Worried
English majors may ponder how reading
the works of the Brontë sisters will
translate into a dependable career.
“The major is giving students a set of
developing skills that are applicable to
a wide variety of occupations,” said Dr.
James Biester, associate professor and
director of undergraduate programs in
English at Loyola University Chicago.
Sure, reading Paradise Lost or Emily
Dickinson’s poems might not snag a
job outright. But the skills mastered by
analyzing and interpreting the texts may
tell another story.
“I have never really wondered what I
could do with an English major because
of the major’s versatility,” said recent
Loyola graduate Marie Pabelonio.
She also served as co-president of
Loyola’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta,
an international English honor society
with more than 750 chapters in the
U.S., Europe and the Caribbean. “It is
an extremely rigorous discipline that
demands you to think critically; it’s not a
shelter from the hard sciences.”
English majors are equipped with skills
in written communication and critical
analysis that set them up to succeed in
virtually any field. Besides the presumed
careers in teaching or writing, the major
is an excellent preparation for graduate
school and careers in law, government,
journalism, publishing, communications,
business and medicine. The list of
possibilities is endless­—even if the path
isn’t always clear.
“The skills that English majors develop
by interpreting texts also transfer
in unexpected ways into skill in
understanding the perspectives and
motivations of other people in ways
that are valuable in almost every kind of
business,” said Biester.
The books read by English majors
really stack up, and those students are
developing a sophisticated palate to
interpret the world and its happenings.
“They teach you the value of how to
think critically, knowing how to know
things. That’s an invaluable skill for
anyone in this world,” said Pabelonio.
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What do Geoffrey Chaucer and William
Shakespeare have to do with Renee
Zellweger and James Cameron? Or
journalists Diane Sawyer and Barbara
Walters? Or astronaut Sally Ride?
Indeed, a degree in English can take a
student anywhere he or she wants to
go. As Shakespeare himself might have
wondered, “What to be or not to be,
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University or Akron
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Monae isn’t the only one reluctant to place her music in a
specific genre. She’s been called “bizarro and hyper-stylized”
by ew.com and her act described as a “deeply, defiantly
weird dystopian-diva routine” by the Village Voice. And
those were from gushing reviews.
Each song on Metropolis is distinct in its own way, from
Many Moons, which has an upbeat sound you’d find on an
Outkast album to Sincerely, Jane, which is reminiscent of
Motown. Cybertronic Purgatory sounds like it should be
something out of an opera with her soothing vocals. If you
had to pick one genre, you might go with Urban/
Alternative, since Many Moons was nominated for a
Grammy in that category.
Clearly, Monae’s music doesn’t fit into one genre, as it seems
every genre is incorporated. She’s a state-of-the-art musical
hybrid, with influences coming from everywhere.
“There are lots of people like James Brown, to name one,
and also Salvador Dali, who is a surrealist artist,” Monae
said. “They inspire me to work both the left and right side
of my brain.”
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Monae’s originality is obvious in more
than just her sound. Metropolis takes
listeners through a journey with her
fictional alter-ego, Cindi Mayweather
­­—just your ordinary Alpha Platinum 900
android who has fallen in love with a
human, is on the run from headhunters
and is asking the president for help.
Just another day in the life of the
mysterious Monae, a Kansas City native
who is reluctant to speculate what first
got her interested in music.
“It found me, and I was looking for other
like-minded individuals who were very
obsessed with their imaginations and
where colors fell from the sky and music
surrounded them in night.”
The school trains hypnotherapists,
spiritual counselors and healers, offering
courses in wicca, astrology and psychic
development. Yet Monae even credits
the Mystery School for her style.
“Once you get into the Mystery School,
“When I get into my uniform, I am able to use
my super powers and spread the world with
the color of my imagination.”
“I wish I could tell you that,” Monae said.
“It was given to me.”
So where did all this mystery come from
in the first place?
A good place to look first would be her
school, the Mystery School in Atlanta.
Characteristically cryptic, Monae won’t
go into depth about her time there. But
she did say that she studied mysticism,
surrealism and time travel.
you’re given one outfit, black and white,
that’s it,” she said. “When I get into
my uniform, I am able to use my super
powers and spread the world with the
color of my imagination.”
When asked, she wouldn’t reveal
more about her super powers, almost
apologizing for not being able to divulge
more.
“All of these things found me,” she said.
“I am just really being led, I am kind of
like a terminal.”
She’s certainly being led in the right
direction. Monae has already worked
with Outkast, singing on Big Boi’s Letting
Go from his Got Purp? Vol. II mix tape.
And she’s signed on with Sean Combs’
Bad Boy Records.
So what is next for the newcomer?
“Like the game of chess, I have to
protect my next move,” she said. “I will
be keeping busy and traveling. I will be
giving away a lot of art.”
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