September 2009 Archives

I haven't been able to reproduce the login errors people have been reporting, but I've asked my off-site web host and the SHU Help Desk to look into it. --D Jerz

Several users have reported problems with the blogs. Testing... testing...

Update: 11:30pm

I haven't been able to find any problems with blogs.setonhill.edu, but I'll put in a support ticket with the hosting service that runs the blogs and see what's up.

Meanwhile, if anyone who encounters problems would please contact me with details, I'd be grateful, so I have a little more to go on.

Students at Seton Hill took turns today reciting from the text of the Constitution of the United States of America, as part of Constitution Day.

Clever lead and very upbeat coverage.

Seton Hill University is going downhill … in a most positive way.

The venerable Catholic institution, on a bluff overlooking the rest of Greensburg, has expanded its campus, its academic offerings and its reputation -- while further rejuvenating the cultural climate of its city. --Rick Shrum, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The Seton Hill community's summer reading book selection was This I Believe: The Personal Philosophies of Remarkable Men and Women. Every freshman received a copy of the book. Thursday afternoon, small groups led by faculty and staff members led a discussion of the book over a box lunch. Afterward, participants packed Cecilian Hall, where panelists read their own statements of personal belief.
		"Let me acknowledge at the beginning that the summer book discussion is a kind of strange event.... Instead of your normal Thursday routine, you end up spending two hours talking about this book instead. It's almost rude that we should interrupt your learning like that. But I'm not here to apologize. There's a lesson to be learned from this. Don't be fooled for a minute thinking that your classes are the only time around Seton Hill where you're allowed to learn things." --Geoffrey Atkinson (2.5Mb MP3)

This profile has an interesting introduction and it makes me want to read the rest, but it just seems so serene and serious.  I almost want the author to make it more gory and detailed.  I am told that the ducks are being bred to be eaten, but it just seems like it's supposed to be an everyday occurence.  I am definitely not a vegetarian, but I have not ever eaten duck before.  Alice Waters is described to be this God like restaurant business connoisseur, but she just seems like a duck killer to me.  I am not saying she is a bad person, but why try to hide the details of what she is doing to make her successful. 

 

Most obituaries that I have read have been short and sweet.  This obituary seems to go on to tell the entire life story of Marie Byrne.  I am not intending to say that Marie Bryne's life should not be celebrated, but I believe that her obituary should emphasize the importance of her life rather than the fact that she had a family friend that the kids called "Uncle Mary."  Her obituary should be entirely dedicated to her and not the lives of others.  Obviously her surviving relatives are important to her life, but I do not think that a newspaper should print anything else about them.

However, I do believe that showing how Marie Byrne was a down to earth, "tough" woman was very important within the context of the obituary.  Readers should be able to comprehend the impact of someone's life on society without having to know what they made for dinner every night.

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