|
Everybody’s got a little geek in them | 04/19/08 |
Since I’m graduating in May, this will be my last chance to share my passion for all things geek with you. I could get sentimental, but no one wants to read a weepy goodbye. So let’s dry our collective tears and get down to business, because I’ve got a good question for you.
What does it mean to be a geek? |
|
Social Security: wouldn’t you like to keep it around? | 04/04/08 |
Take a look at the last paycheck you received and note how much was taken out for Social Security. Now multiply it by all the paychecks you ever expect to receive, and multiply it again for the fact that when you’re making more than minimum wage, you’ll be paying out more for Social Security.
But that’s alright, isn’t it? All the money that you’re paying out will come back to you to sweeten your retirement, won’t it? |
|
Put some spring in your step | 04/03/08 |
Greensburg is gleaming, the robins are chirping, and daylight has become longer. Spring is in the air. The time of year that makes a rough transition from the harsh cold to a warm splendid breeze. The groundhog, Phil, was not wrong when he saw his shadow in Punxsutawney on February 2, 2008, predicting 6 more dreaded weeks of winter.
Sarah Leonatti, a freshmen at Seton Hill University (SHU) said, “Spring makes me happy because that means summer is on its way.” |
|
Show incoming students the real Seton Hill | 04/03/08 |
Last week, there was a scholarship dinner for prospective freshmen. I was able to find out what it was that the future students ate and when I did, I was astonished. They had a seafood bar available to them, which was stocked with crab, oysters and shrimp. They also had other goodies such as a dessert table and steak. A friend of mine who helped wait tables for the dinner told one of the prospective students that this would be the best food they would ever get here.
My point of this little story is not about the school’s atrocious food. My point is that I think the incoming students should see exactly what they are getting into when they think about applying to Seton Hill University (SHU). When they get here, they might not see what they get during a visit to the school. |
|
Digital technology frames new moving pictures | 04/03/08 |
You settle into your seat with a bucket of popcorn and a soda, and in minutes you’re transported to the year 10,000 B.C. You’re standing beside a young Spartan warrior as he faces off against a fearsome wolf, so close you can see the saliva dripping off of its fangs. You’re cringing while massive tentacles hundreds of feet long rise from the deep and smash a pirate ship to pieces.
What makes it possible? Digital technology. |
|
This one’s for the girls: Straight talk about sexism | 03/14/08 |
Recently I was compelled to read and discuss for class an article (from a textbook billing itself as The Best American Magazine Writing, 2006) that was driven by this assumption: American women are the oppressed victims of a sexist society.
The article cited statistics about the low numbers of women working in the fields of news-writing and political commentary, taking the numbers themselves as proof of unfair hiring practices and refusing to acknowledge any possibility other than that mean, bad men were refusing to hire women for these positions. It dragged up the old statistic that the average woman earns only 75% of what the average man earns. |
|
Greensburg provides healthy organic options | 03/13/08 |
Greensburg, the little town that could. The city offers a variety of restaurants, bars, and boutiques to choose from. It also offers several tattoo parlors, coffee shops, a natural food store, and a skateboard shop to satisfy Greensburg’s sub-culture. There is something for anyone in the “Burg”.
Nature’s Way, located on 796 Highland Ave., is an independent grocery store that caters to the likes of health-nuts, vegetarians, and vegans (yes, there is a difference). |
|
