Abby Epstein – News Writer Twenty-four hours before the spot is gone. Southern now offers a waitlist students can be put on if a course they want to take is completely full. “The purpose is to help students with the whole registration process that if they wanted to wait for a class to see if it opened, that [waitlist] would
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Abby Epstein – News Writer More space means more manpower. Southern has increased its square footage, but has not increased the number of facility workers needed to maintain it. “I went back 14 years ago and in facilities we had a total staff of 134 people and last year we had 135 and have almost double the square footage to
Read moreTamonda Griffiths – Editor-in-Chief On Wednesday, Jan. 29 the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities’ Board of Regents’ Finance and Infrastructure committee approved an average overall 3.8 percent increase in tuition and fees for the four state universities for the fiscal year of 2020. “What is important to understand,” said President of the CSCU System, Mark Ojakian, “is that every year,
Read moreJacob Waring – News Editor The University recently instituted a policy where students much declare a major at 60 credits, and transfer students have a one semester grace period before needing to declare. Faculty Director of Undergraduate Academic Advising, Helen Marx said the creation of the policy started back in the fall of 2018. Marx also said when the University hired
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Joseph Vincenzi – Reporter Professor Leeah Joo, an adjunct professor in the Art Department, wanted to share her immigration story of the her transition from South Korea to the United States. She prepared herself for a discussion of her heritage and an explanation of her “human book” — that is, a story about her personal experiences — that revolves around
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J’Mari Hughes – Copy Editor Every February, Black History Month is celebrated to commemorate African Americans throughout U.S. history. To business major Simon McIntyre, a senior, Black History Month showcases black creativity and culture and what strong black men and women have done in the past. “Inventions and innovations [have] brought us to where we are today, providing the space
Read moreJessica Guerrucci – Managing Editor Haljit Basuljevic – Contributor Jackson LaMar – Contributor Benji Ruscoe – Contributor Faith Williams – Contributor Light pours into the building, illuminating old file cabinets and papers as dust dances in the sunlight. The doors are chained shut, the grass overgrown — what was known as the Student Center is empty. The main question —
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