New Media Journalism @ Seton Hill University

This morning I found this in my e-mail in box (no, I'd rather not call it an "inbox").

NAME THE NEW CAMPUS PORTAL! Win CASH for Renaming JWeb Want to leave a lasting mark on the Hill? Now's your chance, and you can win a $100 gift card in the process.

Seton Hill University will be upgrading JWeb and CampusConnect into one new information portal in June 2008, and we want YOU to name it! Submit the catchiest, snappiest, most apt name for our new portal and you'll not only add a new word to our campus lexicon, but also win a $100 Visa Gift Card.

The "J" in JWeb stands for Jenzabar, which is our not-exactly-beloved course management system. Campus Connect is our internal database, where we report grades and see what students have signed up for our courses.

Entering your idea is easy:

+ If you could rename JWeb or CampusConnect, what would you call it? Invent a snappy, catchy title that aptly describes what it is that a portal page combining JWeb and CampusConnect does. You might consider how other large websites (MySpace, Yahoo, iTunes, Google) are named, but originality counts.

+ How will your new name relate to Seton Hill? Names that specifically tie into the college's university's mission, institutional history, and unique identity will be more likely to win. You might turn to the campus catalog, local landmarks, or the university website for inspiration.

+ How will the name be interpreted? Avoid profanity, slurs, double-entendres, or any language that might potentially offend others.

SUBMIT as many entries as you like by e-mail to contest@setonhill.edu. Anyone attached to SHU can enter. The DEADLINE is November 20th at 6pm. Include your proposed name(s) for the new portal, your own full name, and the mailing address to send your prize if you are chosen as the winner!

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Blogs were down for about 8 hours due to a corrupted file in the database. Our internet service provider was able to fix the problem, and blogs should be operating normally again.

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This site is currently running MovableType 3.2. Monday (tomorrow) MT 3.4 is scheduled to come out of beta, and I'm getting ready to do some work behind the scenes in order to get ready for that.

The site-wide Trackback function has been turned off for several months because it had been creating errors, but we're going to try to get it fixed. If you encounter any problems while rebuilding, try disabling trackbacks on your individual blog (Settings -> Feedback, then scroll down).

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Blogs were down from sometime Saturday night until shortly before 5pm today. All should be well now.

The management regrets the inconvenience, and hopes that you will continue to use blogs.setonhill.edu for all your blogging needs.

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Inside Higher Ed :: Quick Takes

A typo on materials sent by Seton Hall University to tens of thousands of foreign applicants gave -- as a phone number to call for matters related to high school transcripts -- the number of a phone sex line promising "hot, horny girls,"� The Star-Ledger reported. Officials of the Roman Catholic institution in New Jersey said that it appears that the error was in place for more than one year.

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AP Wire | 12/15/2005 | Google to open new research facility in Pittsburgh

Continue reading "Pittsburgh is Feeling Lucky" »

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I just got this e-mail. It seemed worth passing on. Thanks, Sr. Vicki, for sending it to me.

As Americans watch the devastation created by Hurricane Katrina unfold in New Orleans, other parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and the Gulf region. Everyone wants to do something to help the victims. Many well-known national organizations have special campaigns in place today that will gratefully accept your contributions. Unfortunately, this is also a time when Americans may find themselves prey to con artists who will take advantage of the emotions of the moment to solicit funds for fraudulent charities that do not exist.

Continue reading "Avoid Fraud When Making Donations For Victims of Hurricane Katrina" »

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If you are interested in getting a news internship next year, the application cycle has already begun.

Internship Guide

The Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Foundation is proud to present the 2005 Internship Guide, which lists a variety of internship opportunities at PNA-member newspapers. We hope that this guide will help you secure a meaningful internship in the Pennsylvania newspaper industry.

The guide is alphabetized by city. Each listing details information about the internships available at that publication, including editorial, advertising, photography and other valuable learning opportunities.

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Campus Minister Cindy Boland sent out this e-mail to faculty and staff:

Hello,

Campus Ministry will be organizing fundraisers and prayer/reflection opportunities to support the victims of of the hurricane in the golf coast beginning next week.

Funds raised will go to the Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans, who themselves are displaced by the flooding and to support their programs that attend to the needs of the very poor of New Orleans. Our own Sr. Alicia Costa is a member of Sisters of the Holy Family.

We will be posting and emailing notices of the events as they are developed. If you would like to offer any assistance (financial or volunteer service) with the fundraisers or prayer/reflections opportunities, you can contact me via email, or by phone 4576.

Thanks for your concern and your willingness to get involved. Peace,

Cindy Boland

Director of Campus Ministry

Seton Hill University

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As the grand finale to the 2005 faculty and staff end-of-year party, the Seton Hill Administration Flyswatter Percussion Ensemble smacks a table to the tune of "The Blue Danube Waltz."

Mary Ann Gawelek, center, looks right at me as if she's thinking, "Uh-oh, this photo's going on the weblog."

More photos inside...

Continue reading "O.S.C.A.R. Awards Ceremony" »

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Come, learn, and discuss a major problem concerning our generation.

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The front page of today's Tribune-Review reads: "Ex-coach charged with scamming students."

An apparent scandal has just been cracked wide open in regards to a volunteer coach on the SHU Men's Basketball team. He allegedly turned himself into the police after being accused of scamming various students out of $17,000 and sexually assaulting another.

To read the full story, click here.

Here are some choice excerpts:

Ranieri joined the school's athletic department during the 2004-05 basketball season in an unpaid capacity, said Molly Robb Shimko, Seton Hill's associate vice president for institutional advancement. In that peripheral position, he was given the courtesy title of assistant coach, Shimko and police said.

Between late September and early March, Ranieri developed bonds with three students in which he promised but failed to provide several goods or services, according to the criminal complaints.

Ranieri also is charged with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, a first-degree felony, because of an accusation that he fondled and sexually assaulted a male student in February after getting him drunk at the student's home. Greensburg Detective Jerry Vernail, the investigating officer, said the victim was unaware of the incident until a videotape surfaced on campus a month later.

Ranieri sent a telephone text message to the victim on Feb. 12, according to court records. Ranieri asked the victim to participate in a business deal involving properties around California University of Pennsylvania. Ranieri allegedly gave the victim liquor, offering to invite young women to the victim's home if the victim finished bottles of Jagermeister and vodka.

After the victim passed out, Ranieri allegedly performed sexual acts on him.

The videotape surfaced when another student, who purchased a television from Ranieri, found it in a bag Ranieri gave him, police said.

The charges against Ranieri are seven counts of theft, four counts of improper use of credit cards, three counts of receiving stolen property, two counts of identity theft, and single counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, indecent assault, furnishing liquor to a minor and invasion of privacy.

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(Latin for �We have a pope!�)

Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 78, has been chosen as the new pope, and has taken the name of Benedict XVI. When I arrived home at about noon, Fox News was covering the chimney from which white smoke was billowing. About ten minutes later, the bells tolled, signaling that a new pope had been selected. A cardinal deacon (from Chile) came out with the announcement, and Pope Benedict XVI stepped out onto the balcony to greet the cheering crowd.

Ratzinger was one of the closest aides to John Paul II, and is considered to be very traditional. The name Benedict means "Blessed One." The previous pope with the name Benedict (Benedict XV) was chosen in 1914.

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Those of you who have read The Color of Water, or attended James McBride's lecture last fall, may be intersted in attending an awards presentation this Thursday. I'm posting below the text of an e-mail I just received:

I am writing to request the support of the Thinking & Writing Seminar leaders in encouraging students to attend next Thursday's Nostra Aetate Award presention. The event will take place in St. Joseph Chapel from 5-6 p.m.

Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM, professor or social ethics and director of Christian-Jewish Studies at Chicago Theological Union, is the award recipient. Professor Pawlikowski is internationally recognized in the fields of Holocaust studies and Christian-Jewish relations. He chairs the NCCHE Advisory Board and his previous presentations at Seton Hill have been well-received by faculty, staff and students.

We hope you will lend us your support! Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Cordially,

Wilda

Wilda Kaylor, Associate Director
National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education
Seton Hill University
Seton Hill Drive
Greensburg, PA 15601-1599
Telephone: 724-830-1033
Fax: 724-834-7131
E-mail: kaylor@setonhill.edu

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This Monday, April 4th at 7:00PM, a representative from Senator Rick Santorum's office will be speaking at Seton Hill. The rep. is Keith Scmidt, who is in charge of Western Pennsylvania correspondence, and a very good public speaker. He will be speaking in Lynch Auditorium on behalf of the SHU College Republicans, however the event is open to the public.

His talking points, amongst club organization and fundraising, will revolve around Social Security Reform. Keith will speak on the problems with the current system, and the proposed means of fixing it. Anyone who is covering social security for a class (be it a religion, economics, or social studies class) would benefit from hearing Keith's presentation. Food and beverages will be provided and the whole event shouldn't last longer than an hour.

Monday, April 4. 7:00PM. Lynch Auditorium.

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Today, the world lost a great man. (The word �great� is an enormous understatement.) It�s been an incredibly long two days, watching people come and go on TV, as they stood vigil at the Vatican at all hours of the day. However, his long suffering is over, and he is now in a better place. He fought the good fight, and enjoyed life to the fullest.

I think the Pope�s greatest achievements were his adamant stances on life issues, his steadfast conservative adherence to the faith (which is no small feat today), being the �Great Communicator� (a name given to him for his fluency in about eight languages), trying to bring peace to people all over the world and visiting the faithful in their home countries, forgiving Mehmet Ali Agca who tried to assassinate him in 1981, his special devotion to Mary and the cross, and of course, his role with Ronald Reagan in the fall of Soviet communism.

He was so filled with the love of God, and he had an awesome ability to reach with understanding and friendship to others (without forgetting who he was and what he stood for) and touch them in the depths of their hearts. He was truly a man of God.

May God bless you, Pope John Paul II. Do widzenia, Karol Wojtyla.

Pope John Paul II Dies at 84

Continue reading "Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) Dies at 84" »

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SHU English faculty member Lee McLain will be giving a writing workshop at the Greensburg Barnes & Noble tomorrow (Tuesday) at 7pm, followed by a signing for her new teen novel, My Abnormal Life.

If you were planning to stop by the bookstore some time in the near future, I'm sure Dr. McClain would love to see you there.

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Bravo, Setonians, for getting this up for us!

Setonian Online: Previewing the new SHU recreation center

The Setonian gets an inside look at the new recreation center at Seton Hill University (SHU).

The focal point of the whole center: the gym. The floor is covered with paper to protect the finish.

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With teen at the wheel, fatal crashes fit a pattern

More than two-thirds of fatal single-vehicle teen crashes involved nighttime driving or at least one passenger age 16 to 19. Nearly three-fourths of the drivers were male. And 16-year-old drivers were the riskiest of all. Their rate of involvement in fatal crashes was nearly five times that of drivers ages 20 and older, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Teen brains not fully developed

New medical research helps explain why. The part of the brain that weighs risks and controls impulsive behavior isn't fully developed until about age 25, according to the National Institutes of Health.

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For those who would like to help more with Eye Contact, but can't find enough time to do so, we, the young, energetic, overachieving, neurotic staff of Eye Contact, have found yet another way to rope in y'all and claim first dibs on your free time.

Eye Contact is in the process of bringing together an Events Organization committee, and the first meeting will be held on Friday, March 25 at 1:00 p.m. in A406. On the agenda: poetry slam at DV8 and increased publicity for Eye Contact.

We realize your free time is precious, but it couldn't possibly be more important than the glory of working with your university's literary review! If you have any questions, you can contact me at nehabawa at hotmail dot com or call me at X2121. We're hoping to see you there!

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New Media Journalism @ Seton Hill University: To blog this unfamiliar way is strange.

To blog this unfamiliar way is strange.
I write, I read, delete, and write again.
My thoughts run far ahead of what I type.
It maketh writing labored, slow, and spare.

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The poetry selections for last Friday and today in "Intro to Literary Study" include a few poems on death and revenge, in addition to poems on love.

If you'd like a broader range of love poetry to sample, try we discussed Friday and

Valentine's Day Help From Poetry Professors

We asked some of our favorite poetry professors -- many of them poets themselves -- for verses of love academics might want to recite for their Valentines. We hope some of their ideas may inspire.

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While our ISP and I were in the process of upgrading to a new server and MT 3.15, we got hacked again. Our ISP, Peter Seebach, took the compromised machine offline.

I don't think we lost any data -- I see entries from late Sunday, just a couple hours before I heard of the problem, and I see that people are already posting comments and blog entries as I am writing this.

As before, if you see a strange message when you type in the URL of your blog, just rebuild the site, and it should return to normal.

Those of you who were expecting to use your blogs for homework: bring the work to class and hand it in the old fashioned way.

Catch up on your blogging and commenting by the next class period.

What remains for me is upgrading to MT 3.15. That'll be a task for another day.

Meanwhile, I seem to remember some people called "family" at a place called "home", and a thing called "sleep". Then there is also this thing called "grading" that I have this feeling I'm supposed to be doing.

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I've just purchased and downloaded Movable Type 3.0.

I've made a backup of all your blogs as of about a half hour ago, and I plan to make another backup right before I do the switch (possibly later tonight, possibly tomorrow).

At some point this weekend, blogs might come down during the transition.

I've never tried to restore a blog from a database backup, so just now I used the "Import/Export" button to "Export" a text version of all the comments and entries posted to my adacemic blogs.

If you've put a lot of effort into your stylesheets and templates, I'd recommend that you back those up too.

I've asked our ISP to make a backup of the whole directory where our blogs are located just before we make the switch, so that if something is wrong we can easily revert to the way things were...

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The deadline--she approaches...

It's time to showcase your creativity, SHU crew.

Pens rolling, mouse scrolling, camera clicking, paint flicking... let's see it.

Turn in that work! The deadline is

Friday, February 18th!

Check the submission guidelines below for all the technical blather--make sure you follow the instructions about submitting.
(It makes my job a little bit easier in the long run--thanks in advance ;-)

Continue reading "Deadline--Consequences" »

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Last night, this site was attacked by a script kiddie (a hacker using a well-known, ready-made toolkit).

If your blog has been replaced by an unexpected message, all you need to do is rebuild your indexes, and your site should return to normal.

I've notified the ISP that hosts this site for Seton Hill University, and I hope the vulnerability will be repaired soon.

If you find that any of my course pages are defaced, or if you rebuild your blog and the vandalism returns, please let me know immediately. Thank you!

Dennis G. Jerz

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Calling All Thinkers!

Entries are now being accepted for the Great American Think-Off. The deadline is April 1st for 750 word essays answering the question:

Cooperation or Competion: Which Benefits Society More?

This competion is FREE to enter and four winners will receive all expenses paid trips to New York Mills to compete in the final debate.

"Is competition the ideal way to allocate society's resources or does it make some people better off at the expense of others? Cooperation provides a way for individuals to accomplish more collectively than they could on their own but does it diminish the individual's incentive to excel. Whether at home or at work or at play, the ideals of competition and cooperation are often discussed.

The Great American Think-Off provides an opportunity for people to share their opinions in a philosophy competition that has become a national phenomena. Readers Digest described the event which takes place in New York Mills, Minnesota each year as 'wonderful'. Forbes listed it as one of America's Funkiest Festivals.

To enter the contest, submit an essay of 750 words or less by April 1, 2005. "Personal experience is the main thing we're looking for", says Think-Off Director, Lina Belar. Essays can be mailed to P.O. Box 246 New York Mills, MN 56567, or emailed to nymills@kulcher.org (no attachments) or submitted on-line at www.think-off.org

The debate will be held June 11 in New York Mills, Minnesota. The four finalists, all of whom receive $500 plus travel expenses, will be announced May 1, 2005.

Last year's question, "Should Same Sex Marriages be Prohibited?" provoked hundreds of thoughtful essays from across the country. Now in it's 13th year, the Great American Think-Off has a history of asking provocative questions such as: "Should Assisted Suicide be Legal?" (2001), "Does God Exist" (1996), and "Is Honesty Always the Best Policy?" (1998) a memorable year that was broadcast live on C-SPAN."

Great American Think-Off

I encourage everyone to blog about the question! Maybe a SHUster will be in the final debate! ;c)

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Why are the Arabs and the Israelis fighting? Do you know why?

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Suspensions without pay, fiesty fans, and uncontrollable athletes. NBA? I thought basketball was a non-contact sport...

Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers proved otherwise on Saturday in a brawl with some fans during the close of a game with the Detroit Pistons (there were 45.9 seconds left on the clock). It began Artest fouled Detroit Pistons center Ben Wallace, who went for a lay-up. Wallace pushed Artest, fouling him. Outside the court area from the force of the push, Artest was pelted with objects like cups and water bottles by fans, who were heckling and jeering as well. Artest responded by lurching into the stands and over seats, pushing, hitting, and yelling at fans. Teammate Stephen Jackson joined Artest, and a chair was even thrown at one point in the melee.

Read more here

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"Some independent scientists are predicting that "Peak Oil" will come at about 2007 - much sooner than "official" estimates of 2037. The oil extracted after this point is going to be more expensive to get out of the ground, furthur driving up the price. The price of oil is due to skyrocket, and more than it has done recently. Soon supply will start to be less than demand.

Look around you. Perhaps make a list of everything that wasn't:

-Made using oil
-Transported to your home using petrol
-Grown using oil run tractors
-Packaged with plastics
-Made with machines running on fossil fuels

It will be a very short list."

Continue Reading "The End Is Near"

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CNN.com - Charges dropped in bogus $200 Bush bill - Nov 15, 2004

GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Charges have been dropped against a woman who paid for clothes with a fake $200 bill that featured President Bush's picture and the serial number DUBYA4U2001.

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Hello bloggers! The Seton Hill Chemistry Club is sponsering a debate tomorrow, November 9, at 9 PM in Admin 206. The topic is Stem Cell Research. I encourage all of you to attend this event! This debate is not just for scientists, but for the entire campus community. If you want to hear a little bit of the scientific aspect of this debate, or if you want to bring up your own concerns, please join us!

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I know it's gonna make alot of people really angry... but as a service to all of those who don't know where Bush stands on the issues, I've written my Decisive Pro-Bush Argument on my blog. I've disabled comments, and have written the largest entry that I can remember writing. If you are curious, please take a look before you vote tomorrow.

Thanks

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Ubisoft's presidential election game, "The Political Machine," is enjoyable, particularly if you're caught up in the political hoopla and just can't get enough of it. The designers have produced an entertaining game that involves making the electoral college system work for you.

By default, the game starts you off as John Kerry playing against George W. Bush, which means your first time out, you are sure to see Kerry crushed by W (at least until you figure out how the game works, or change the settings). My first time through the game, I was impressed to find George W. Bush setting up campaign headquarters in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida -- exactly the battleground states that I as Kerry was targeting.

However, again playing as Kerry, it was far too easy to take Texas away from the Republicans by buying lots of advertisements trumpeting myself as the candidate who opposes crime and supports the war on terror. Likewise, as Bush, I easily took New York away from Kerry with the same message, and wrested California from the liberals by smearing Kerry's record on the environment.

Continue reading "The Political Machine [Game Review]" »

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I just wanted to wish everyone a wonderful Happy Halloween! Check out my blog for more information on this.....

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Calling all SHU College Republicans! This is just a PSA reminding everyone that there is a training meeting for the 72 Hour Task Force tonight at 6:00PM at the Victory Center downtown.

If you planned on volunteering for the Bush campaign during the last 72 Hours of the election, whether it's phone-banking, door-knocking, or lit-dropping, they need your help. And there is a chance you can make some money doing it! If you have any time to give to the campaign, please check out the training meeting tonight:

Victory Center
2nd Floor on the corner of Main and Otterman (across from the courthouse)
6:00PM

If you can't make it, please call the Center to get information on when you can work. 724-837-7694

Thanks

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There's a slight change in the plans folks. The following is the information for the upcoming Eye Contact Judging Session.

We're hoping to see everyone there!

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At this very moment in downtown Greensburg a new business, City Deli, is practising a marketing technique that may prove to be a brilliant visionary tactic, or if the concept fails, a sure step towards the demise of yet-another unsuccessful business venture in Greensburg. The business is City Deli on 124 South Main Street, right next door to St. Vincent de Paul, across the street from Citizen's Bank.

Right now, and until the end of the day, City Deli is giving each and every potential customer who walks in their door a free deli sandwich, no strings attached. When the store opens officially on November 1st, these sandwiches will retail for $5.99. The menu features eight different sandwich varieties on three different types of bread with three choices of cheese.

Continue reading "Free Lunch at City Deli" »

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We've pondered, deliberated, banged our heads against each others and we finally have a date for Eye Contact's judging sessions.

Practice Judging Session

Judging Session

For more information, feel free to contact either Karissa Kilgore at kjk_moi13@yahoo.com or myself at nehabawa@hotmail.com. We look forward to having you on board!

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This is just a reminder, since alot of the members in the club miss my e-mails, that this evening there is going to be a very important meeting of the SHU College Republicans. We will be meeting down at the Victory Center, which is across from the Court House downtown, at 7PM. Anyone who needs a ride should be outside of the Harlan Gallery no later than 6:50PM.

At the meeting we will be discussing presidential debates, debates at SHU and UPG, and other important events coming up. We will also be watching the documentary "Kerry on Iraq," which is a fifteen minute montage of clips showing John Kerry's various positions on the war in Iraq. All this, and we will be back on the Hill before the Vice Presidential debate tonight.

Anyone is welcome! Club members should do their best to attend!

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If you're a freshman, you are probably feeling a little swamped, since the first major assignments are all coming due around now, and your relationships with people back home may be showing some strain.

Last year I found this article, which might be of interest:September E-Bridges: Friendsickness

Realizing that they can maintain their pre-college relationships and still make new friends can help first-year female students overcome “friendsickness,” a major stressor during their freshman year, according to a Penn State study.

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I just got this in my e-mail:

Mark Sterner's "DUI: A Powerful Lesson" will be presented WednesdayThursday, September 30th at 9:00 p.m. in Cecilian Hall. Please encourage students to attend this blunt, honest and tremendously impactful program.

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Holocaust survivor Robert Mendler is a riveting speaker with an important message. Seton Hill University's National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education brings him to campus every semester, and he usually draws a huge crowd.

Several students have blogged about their reactions to Mendler's speech earlier this week.

Chinazom Onubogu observed that even today, Mendler "cannot believe it when he thinks about it and that it was almost impossible for people to survive".

Caroline Jones reports "the one thing that took my breath away was actually seeing the number he had tatooed onto his arm."

Heather Chincotella, who knew the basic facts about the Holocaust before she attended the talk, reflected that "it all became to real when he showed us his number on his arm, B5188."

Jared Grubor noted that the speaker "weighed 75 pounds when he was saved at the age of 18."

Kayla Lucas reacted to Mendler's experience losing members, and admired Mendler's strength.

Jennifer Sherbo had heard Mendler speak when she was in 8th grade, but writes about listening to it again with more mature ears. (I liked that Jennifer made a connection between Mendler's opening statement -- that he is a human being -- and Mommy's joke about "human beans" in The Color of Water.

Last year, Amanda Cochran summed up her own experience attending Mendler's speech: "I don't want to forget; I don't want the children of the future to live with nightmares of gas chambers, mass graves, and lost loved ones killed at the crushing hands of bigotry. It is our responsibility to make sure that doesn't happen. Through education we can prevent it--even through movies. Let us rise to that place. "

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Congratulations to SHU faculty member and blogger Mike Arnzen, whose e-mail newsletter, "The Goreletter," won a 2003 Bram Stoker award.

Some photos are online at Raw Dog Screaming Press.

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Looks like the blog outage is over and the server is back in business.

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Last night I got word from our ISP that blogs.setonhill.edu will be down sometime this weekend.

The reason is that the physical machine on which our blogs reside is being transferred from one owner to the other.

The new owner plans to continue service as usual, so if all goes well, your blogging pleasures will be briefly interrupted, but should continue as usual.

I'm backing up the site in another window as I type this, and the ISP is burning a copy of the whole thing onto a CD which will go along with the machine, but it wouldn't hurt if you backed up your own site, too.

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My EL150 students are reading the play "Wit," about an English professor dying of ovarian cancer. (The artwork for which substitutes a semicolon for the "i", since a semicolon plays an important part in the play...).

CNN.com - Airport guard rejects cancer patient over ID photo - Apr 22, 2004

Airport security screeners refused to let a cancer patient board a flight home to Denver because they said she no longer resembled her identification photos.

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Blogs were down for about 20 hours. Sorry for the inconvenience.

That was not the planned server move -- it was an unrelated problem with the internet service provider.

Students in EL 267 can have until Friday to complete their blog portfolios. Everyone else should still be on schedule.

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For those of you who were worried that the New Seton Hill will leave behind its excellent reputation as an arts school...

PA Governor Rendell Presents $5 Million For New Seton Hill University Center

PA Governor Edward G. Rendell
presented a $5 million check to Seton Hill University President JoAnne Boyle
for the creation of the Seton Hill University Center during a visit to
Greensburg today. The funding was provided through the Redevelopment
Assistance Capital Program (RACP), which helps rejuvenate Pennsylvania's
downtown areas.

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Remember that potential blog outage I mentioned? Looks like it's on the way. I don't know exactly when (that depends on when the old webmaster and new webmaster can fit the transfer into their schedule) but they're preparing now.

To recap: The machine on which all our blogs lives is moving from Chicago to Minneapolis, which is about a six or seven hour drive. I'm not sure exactly when that's going to happen, but while the machine is in transit, when anybody tries to visit our blogs. We won't be able to post or do anything else, either.

As I type this, I am backing up the contents of the archive, and I plan to back up the contents once a day from now until the move is done. I'll try to do the backup in the morning, thus preserving whatever blogging has been done the night before. You might want to create a local copy as well, by clicking "Import/Export" > and scroll down to the section on "Exporting Entries". (You'll get a screen full of text... save it to a word processor file on your diskette... it'll be a pain to read it all back in, but if disaster strikes you'd rather have a record of all your hard work, right?)

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The machine on which blogs.setonhill.edu lives will be changing hands. I've contacted the new owner, who plans to continue hosting our blogs... when I get more details, I'll let you know. But blogs.setonhill.edu might be unavailable for a little while starting next week.

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Hello everyone

Please come to the ABC Variety Show Thursday March 11 @ 9 p.m. in Ceilian Hall. Tickets are on sale are $2 a piece. Check out Ryanne F. from ALD, Kathleen V. from ABC and the ISO office on second Maura to purchase tickets. More are sold at the door.

For those who are not familar with the Variety Show it is a show that is held by ABC (Associations of Black Collegians) that have amazing performances from singers, dancers, skits and more. So come out and enjoy yourself. You never know what you may miss!

God Bless, hope to see you there.

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Crooked Timber: Completely trivial

Tomorrow, at one minute past midnight, in those (sensible) countries which represent dates as day/month/year, the time and date can be represented as the sequence 00:01/02/03/04 .

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I just wanted to wish you all a Happy and Safe New Year. I'll see ya all in 2004!

Tiff

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I just wanted to wish EVERYONE on the New Media Journalism web blog a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope everyone is enjoying their vacation and keeping warm!!

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You all remember the DC sniper shootings, well just in the past week they had the trial for the two convicted suspects in the case. John Muhammad, and John Lee Malvo. They had the trial and they were both found guilty in all counts of all the killings. What I want to know is what possibly drove these two indiduals to do such an injustice. All I have to say is that I hope the youth of the future dose not turn out to be like Malvo or we are in trouble.

Posted by at 10:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

You all remember the DC sniper shootings, well just in the past week they had the trial for the two convicted suspects in the case. John Muhammad, and John Lee Malvo. They had the trial and they were both found guilty in all counts of all the killings. What I want to know is what possibly drove these two indiduals to do such an injustice. All I have to say is that I hope the youth of the future dose not turn out to be like Malvo or we are in trouble.

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So, so , so happy that the twins that are joined at there heads are still making it. how amazing modern medicine is. A team of over 50 doctors and a 2 day operation. Wow i bet there parents were going nuts. Whata decision they had to make in lthe first place. Hope tthey pull through. im pulling for them . 2 heads are beter than one.

Posted by Big Mac at 11:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

I understand that there are some Neil Postman fans on this blog. On the day that California elects Arnold Schwartzenegger governor, the author of "Amusing Ourselves to Death" dies.

Neil Postman, 72, Mass Media Critic, Dies

eil Postman, a prolific and influential social critic and educator best known for his warning that an era of mass communications is stunting the minds of children -- as well as adults -- died on Sunday at a hospital in Flushing, Queens.

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politics-(pl-tks) (n) (latin:poly-many ; English: tics-blood sucking insects) 1) The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs.
2) Political science. (dictionary.com definition, with my own touch)

first of all, what really cracks me up, is that this article I'm linking to and commenting on, is in the New York Times, and that it's discussing California's governor race. Why? How is California's race for governor a "national" topic?

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I took this photo from my next door neighbor's front yard. How do I contact the power company about down power lines. It won't be long before that line comes down. If there is a special number for down or damaged power lines. If so, please email the number or web link to me. --Richard

Hurricane Isabel Blog

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Missing blog entries from before 22 Nov? Don't panic... we had to restore the whole site from a backup, but the more recent entries are easily recoverable.

Continue reading "Blogs Working Again!" »

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