Students are receiving fines but not the services they need
Having your own personal space during college can be hard to find sometimes, especially at a university such as Central Michigan.
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Having your own personal space during college can be hard to find sometimes, especially at a university such as Central Michigan.
As Central Michigan University’s football team continues to receive media attention, it is only natural the team plays new schools.
Students are constantly reminded of how expensive college is. The mountains of loans, the costly text books, admission to events — all of these things are up to the student to pay. But some expenses are within student control, especially when it comes to issues of morality.
Central Michigan University does have some impressive characteristics.
A chemical exposure cleared students out of Dow Science Complex last Friday. As officials cleaned up the corrosive and flammable chemical, students were evacuated in an efficient and timely manner.
It’s late at night, at an hour most people are asleep. You have a final project that you forgot about due the next day and you scramble to the computer lab.
The Speaker Series, after a one-year hiatus, is coming back with a bang.
As Central Michigan University is facing a tighter budget with each academic year, it is disheartening when students hear a significant amount of money is being spent on something that can wait.
Imagine students sitting next to you in class with a concealed weapon. Or giving a presentation at the front of the class. Or debating over a grade in a professor’s office.
As Central Michigan University expands its campus and strides to be more interactive for students, redesign is inevitable.
The police are no doubt in need during Welcome Weekend. Students are squeezing the last of their summer fun into one weekend and are expected to make questionable decisions. Students drink excessively during this time.
Headlines we want to see in 2009, but probably will not:
The Board of Trustees did students well by keeping tuition increases low.
Board of Trustees Chairwoman Gail Torreano recently accepted a position with AT&T as senior vice president, which moved her to Dallas. While the accomplishments of all our Trustees should be positive for Central Michigan University, the most recent one by Torreano may leave CMU suffering.
While it will be no surprise if the Board of Trustees raises undergraduate tuition for students not under the CMU Promise, the Board has hopefully discussed the implication of a high tuition hike and has limited the impact on students on campus.
Tailgating is a traditional part of the college experience, but that doesn't mean universities should give up safety in lieu of fun.
Kathy Wilbur may the president of Central Michigan University only temporarily, but she needs to use the position to move the university forward rather than keeping it running. She has an entire year to make her mark on the university and she should focus on helping the students.
With classes beginning Monday in the new Education and Human Services Building, it is finally being used for the purpose it was designed for: serving students. Now that it is fully operational, students and faculty on campus should strive to make using the building a priority, especially this fall.
The Board of Trustees held a special session last Friday to approve a leadership statement explaining what they expect out of the next university president.
The state of Michigan is doing everything it can to bring visitors to the Mitten. From TV commercials to bulletin boards in New York, tourism is trying to make a comeback.