In a recent Leader interview, EC President Alan Ray said the College will assist those affected by the potential loss of the MAP grant by helping them find alternative financial resources. Beyond that, there isn’t really much they can do – the College is anticipating a $2 million deficit, and so they don’t have the means to make up the difference.
Six months ago G20 leaders made some unprecedented decisions. The first was to jump start the global economy by pumping nearly $5 trillion into it through tax cuts and public spending. The second was to reform the financial system in order to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
The stereotype is indeed alive and well -- despite the many trials of oppressed minorities and individuals looking to help this country.
Sorority recruitment season has yet again come to pass at Elmhurst College, and once again I was filled with contradictory feelings about the whole ordeal.
I heard something a few days ago that disturbed me so greatly, I must ask the gentlemen of Elmhurst to please listen up and promptly assure me that it is simply not true.
The American media is like an awful opium dream–it makes about as much sense as Alice in Wonderland.
The healthcare debate has taken over the public consciousness.
In a time when much of the world is faced with deforestation, landfills, and fuel shortages, Elmhurst College continues to “Go Green”.
“You don’t forget how to ride a bike,” everyone scoffed at me. “That’s one of those things you only have to learn once.” Still, I had my doubts.
Ladies and Gents, we seem to have a problem on our hands: we can't stop killing our celebrities. Mistakes happen, and I know we can't save them all because some are doomed from the start, but as of late, our neglect as fans has been quite obvious.
Jazz, baseball and the Constitution. They are uniquely American. And they have all been adapted, loved even, by the world. They are, I should say, our gifts to the world.
Oh Elmhurst, thine glory giveth me respite in those moments when I doth protest my woes of contempt of academia. Oh gather young minds, one and all, and place your heart at the steps of the Frick Center as we live those greatest moments …yes, those in which college shall echo forever.
By now I’m sure we’re all familiar with the new and exiting swine flu. We’ve heard about it on the news, from our friends, from the internet, and from the papers.
As the 2008-2009 school year reaches its end, let’s pause and look back, shall we?
There were some hate crimes. Then we found out that those hate crimes may or may not have occurred (probably not), trial pending. Colleges across the US petitioned for a lower drinking age. And this spring, issues with SGA and PR plunders from Res Life were talked about as much as things like that ever get talked about on this campus.
It’s been a year of tumult for SGA, who has had more than their helping of controversy. Members resigned, citing unnecessary gridlock. Shady concepts, i.e. united front, came to light.
It is never fun delivering bad news, but someone has to do it. Just like a doctor informs a patient of their misfortunes, I have been sent to tell you, the Elmhurst College congregation, something that just may shake the very foundation on which you stand:
Jessica Simpson is dying.
On that bright and cheerful day that I walk, diploma in hand, I will forever remember those happy moments that made Elmhurst everything college ought to be. Everything. Sure, the education has been great, but what about everything else about our campus that makes it this land of dreams?
“There was another civil war, another terrorist bomb exploded, and one more plane crashed and all aboard were presumed dead. The crime rate was rising in every city with populations larger than 100,000, and a farmer in Iowa shot his banker after foreclosure on his 1,000 acres."
We know that you’re setting up your tents and that SGA has taken out an advertisement in this newspaper that basically condemns the new Res Life policies. But here’s the thing – Eileen Sullivan recently said, quite bluntly, that the administration isn’t planning on budging.
In case you haven’t heard, Barack Obama told GM that if they want any government aid, their CEO needs to resign.
For weeks now, students have expressed their disapproval and wariness of the new housing policy.
Here in Elmhurst – and its surrounding areas – children are born into wealth. Indeed, their wealth is inherited. And rightfully so, for is that not the American dream?
The kids who we call “Disney Channel stars” aren’t really stars at all. They’re gods. They are worshipped, they are followed, they are loved, they are seen as perfect beings.
Currency is one of those few possessions which both separate man from beast and liken him to it. The bookstore has become a rampaging detriment to currency and the best solution we can think of is to reanimate bartering.
SGA is kind of like a reality show: there’s a lot of bickering, little is accomplished, and it seems like someone leaves the island every week.
Last semester alone, six of their members resigned.
It was on a dreary night in November that then-candidate Obama beheld the accomplishments of our past toil.
It’s amazing just how quickly time will pass you by before you have a second to catch up with it. Right now, for example, you’re roughly 18-21 years old and attending Elmhurst College.
“Our Founding Fathers,” President Obama told us, “drafted a charter to assure the rule of law and the rights of man.” It is upon these rights that America is oftentimes said to be a Christian nation.
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s finally happening. After years of complaining and mothers going mad with rage, our beloved Barbie doll, which Mattel first put on the shelf 50 years ago on March 9, may become banned in parts of the U.S.
Next time you’re taking a stroll across campus, ask a student if they’ve ever experienced a problem with either Student Accounts, Records and Registration and/or Financial Aid – EC’s own Bermuda Triangle over there in Goebel Hall.
On February 11th, thousands of college students awoke to a Facebook Sponsored Poll on their News Feed. The poll asked a simple question: “Do you trust Facebook?”
“Where was the student input?” asked one student. “If we weren’t here, you wouldn’t be here,” said another.
“Employees must wash hands before returning to work.” This sentence is the bane of American existence. It sums up our ideologies, hopes and dreams into a neat little package. The word “employees” suggests that this sign is irrelevant to those patrons, customers, and wandering hobos who enter this restroom.
Check your campus e-mail. Slotted between all of the Daily News e-mails you never bother to read are a number of other important e-mails you never bother to read.
The fact that people use drugs in America isn’t a surprise. However, when one of these people is one of our celebrities or athletes, we go berserk over the ordeal without even looking into the case.
As quiet as it’s kept, our beloved Negro Spiritual was once sung, freedom songs with the soulful eloquence of the liberating North, right here at Hammerschmidt Chapel.
“What are we doing?” asked an SGA representative, arriving late to the organization’s constitutional convention on Jan. 29. Four of her peers were hunched over desks, scratching answers to the several philosophical questions posed by Vice President Paul Shakeshaft minutes earlier.
There is an old Negro spiritual that goes like this: “O a little talk with Jesus make it right, all right / Little talk with Jesus make it right, all right / Troubles of ev’ry kind / Hank God I’ll always find / That little talk with Jesus make it right.”
It’s that time of year again: semester grades. And in honor of the occasion, we thought that – on behalf of the student body – we’d give President Ray a grade of his own, representative of his first semester here at Elmhurst.
The holiday season is here again, encouraging peace and goodwill towards men—unless you want that particular man’s parking space. Then you have full permission to run him over. Two of the most popular American holiday activities are hunting for parking spaces and trampling others in the pursuit of a good deal, both of which are encompassed by Black Friday.
Thanksgiving’s passed and the rest of the Holidays hastily approach. They approach so quickly that they are like—dare I say—a stampede of shoppers trampling over their friendly Holiday greeter. Good riddance.
Congratulations to Mr. Obama. He’s going to be the President of the United States. The most powerful man in the world. It’s a big responsibility and a lot of people are counting on him. So he better make the most of it.
Q: What do Bluenet, overcrowded classes and bad advisors have in common?
With Oscar season already underway, many questions are being raised as to what films will be the front-runners for this year’s big push. And with some pictures already being delayed until 2009, such as Joe Wright’s “The Soloist” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” starring Viggo Mortensen, the doors are being opened for more unconventional films to enter the best picture race, namely Disney/Pixar’s “Wall-E” and Warner Brothers’ “The Dark Night.”
It makes sense that the sun shone that day. Yes, in a world in which the night oftentimes terrorizes our communities, it makes sense that nature yielded to our presence. People often request “happy” articles about “happy” things. But I have problems writing about Louis Armstrong’s wonderful world when humanity suffers throughout the four corners of our world.
You’ve been waiting all year, and now it’s almost time. Time for what? Well, time to go crazy, of course! Time to get up at 4 a.m. to get the best deals at your nearest department store. Time to stand in a zigzagging line for a few hours with crossed legs while suppressing the overwhelming urge to rush to the restroom. Time to race grandma through the jam-packed isles to snatch the last Tickle Me Elmo™ doll off the shelf.
In the beginning, the people used Napster to freely share and listen to any MP3’s they so desired. Eventually, the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) spied Napster’s freedom and decried that file sharing was copyright infringement, so Napster was shut down in 2001. Later that year, iTunes rose to power, but its music was not free and was forbidden to share. Even worse, the music could only be played on iPods, which were expensive.
As you know, many colleges across the country are eliminating or downgrading the importance of the ACT and SAT when considering candidates for admission. More than 775 of them, more specifically.
Here in our comfy home, crime is a rarity. Here, among our plentiful trees and gardens, murder is anonymous. Here, in our “Pleasantville” town: our cobblestone throughways and our red brick dormitories, we live.
In a review for “High School Musical 3,” Peter Travers of Rolling Stone made the following comment: “If you’re gay and/or eight years old, HSM3 is the movie event of the year.”
The library of Elmhurst College is a hotel for books. They are printed from locations around the globe and from there, these books begin their long journey to where they can rest their spine in the grand resort that is the Elmhurst College Library.
There was once a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep. To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, “Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!”
A few weeks ago, Elmhurst College was the blessed entity of eternal knowledge built on a hill along the Tigris and Euphrates by Romulus and Remus who declared independence from England in a storm of tea throwing.
Now there will be those who knew all along. They will silently smile and shake their heads in accusatory vindication. Their keen investigatory sense second only to Detective Holmes himself have failed them not. Indeed, they knew all along.
And there will be those who never knew.
Due to the frequency with which hate and bigotry are expressed on this campus, you would think that we’d have become desensitized to it. And yet, the past couple of weeks have had the opposite effect. It seems that each new travesty has shocked us, if possible, more and not less than the one before it.
The DVD kiosk in the Roost may appear to be a convenient commodity for those seeking a little bit of a break during their busy college schedule, but in actuality it may be posing more of a problem than anything.
New commercials have come out advertising that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is not the unhealthy monster it used to be.
Opened your student e-mail recently? If you haven’t, please do so. You’ll notice about 30 unread messages. All of them are probably “Elmhurst College Daily News.” Just for giggles, open one of these. Scroll down, scroll down, bingo! There will be a survey that reads, “STD Testing on campus survey!” (We don’t know why they put an exclamation point at the end of that.)
The life and leadership lessons that students will learn at Elmhurst College are just as critical as the academic education they will receive. These lessons will not be taught in a classroom, and they will not be learned from a lecture. They are learned through action. Some of the ways that students receive this essential education is by working on campus, forming student organizations, planning events and participating in the day to day running of this institution.
The warm glow of the neon lights against the chilled, dark fall sky. The slick red carpet paving the route to the dark, unknown chasm of art. The awkwardly placed cup holder, the dimming lights, the fury of Dolby surround sound, the blast of the popping film reel against the silver screen. The touch of that special someone’s hand. The airy, buttery taste of fresh popcorn, the thick angel-cloud flavor of the Blue Icee---and all this before the opening credits.
The first impression is usually the one that sticks, or so they say. And for many, the first impression they will receive of one another will be a Facebook picture. This reason alone is why these pictures need to be a perfectly thought out piece of art, brilliantly displaying the perfect angles, colors and lighting that will ensure that anyone who sees it will look upon the person in the picture as a very upbeat and hip individual.
As the decade progresses, it seems as though the term “power pop” is used more frequently and with less intelligence. And with each new generation of pop princes and princesses that arise, a new layer of sugary goodness is added to the pie of pop-culture that feeds the bulk of America. Among these newly chartered icons emerge the sugar-coated, glitter-infested, Disney-magical Jonas Brothers.
As you may have noticed in the previous pages, EC President S. Alan Ray apparently read that The Leader is hiring columnists and decided to try his hand at one. We liked it, but would like him to keep his word count below 12 million in the future. Because of his piece on the drinking age, we almost had to cut the entertainment section.
Maybe everyone wasn’t as concerned about making friends as I was, but I can almost guarantee that a few of my issues have been shared with virtually every freshman on the campus. To you scoffing upperclassmen, with your well-arranged rooms and your stable friendships, I encourage you to remember your first few days at Elmhurst. Terrifying, huh? So I welcome you to join me on a journey through the three biggest transitions of college life.
The drastic change going from high school to college, or even just coming back from a long summer, will almost always take a hard toll on those who are ill-prepared. Which seems to be many students. Amidst all of the parties, classes and everything else that happens around a college campus, it gets difficult to manage yourself with all of the changes that are quickly thrust at new and weathered students alike.
The problem?
Elmhurst is hardly the gritty, shadow-laden landscape that our minds tend to associate with crime. But it’s there, and it might be waiting outside your dorm.