Briefs
Issue date: 4/23/09 Section: News
Office elections draw epic turnout
More than 150 students voted in the 2009-2010 senior officer election last week-a record number, senior class adviser Joanna Wiseley said.
"Our new officers have a lot of fun things to accomplish over the course of their senior year," she said. "I look forward to working with the new officers over the next 12 months," she said.
Election results:
President: Abby Ashmore
Vice President: Brooke Olesen
Secretary: Betsy Peters
Treasurer: Nancy Swope
Social Chairman: James Bild
Alumni Relations Director Grigor Hasted will choose the class' male and female ambassadors before the semester's end, Wiseley said.
-Mark Hensch
Many students still register in person
In the second semester that online registration was available, at least 18 percent of students still opted to register in-person, said Kevin Maurer, information systems manager.
That means fewer students used online registration this semester than last. According to the registrar's office, in the first-ever online registration, only 11 percent of students registered in-person.
"I don't know why so many students are registering in person," Maurer said, adding that the numbers seem high. He said he would only have expected about 10 percent of students to avoid the new system.
Maurer calculates the number of students who registered online generously; if a student signed up for even one class by computer, he counts it as a complete online registration.
Maurer said 1,359 students registered this semester, according to his final count. Of those, 1,101 used online registration and 258 went to the registrar's office.
Nevertheless, Registrar Douglas McArthur said his office has been happy with the transition and has noticed a significant difference since registration went online.
"If there is anything that the folks in my office miss, it's seeing the students," he said. "But overall, online registration is making life easier.
-Jill Melchior
SAI?hosts carwash
Sigma Alpha Iota honorary's pledge class raised about $70 at its carwash last Saturday, SAI President and senior Anna Johnson said.
The 18 pledges, mostly freshmen, advertised for three hours near Hillsdale Street and set up the carwash behind the SAI house. Only about 10 cars came through, said Vice President of Membership and senior Elise Hill, but some patrons gave as much as $20 instead of the suggested $5 donation.
Hill said the honorary requires every pledge class to undertake some project that benefits the chapter, as a means of unifying the new members with one another. The honorary has no plans to make the carwash an annual tradition, she said.
-Kate Brewster
Sundahl gives "last lecture"
Professor of English Daniel Sundahl will speak Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the Knorr Room, giving a re-scheduled "last lecture" sponsored by Delta Pi Nu, the American studies honorary. He has titled his talk "That Day That Larsen Pitched That Perfect Game: Shapes of Philosophical History." The "last lecture" series invites a professor to lecture as if it were his last words, encouraging contemplation on the meaning of life and education.
-Joy Pavelski
Corrections:?
The Collegian corrects inaccurate or misleading information. Please contact us at collegian@hillsdale.edu if you think we have published such information.
More than 150 students voted in the 2009-2010 senior officer election last week-a record number, senior class adviser Joanna Wiseley said.
"Our new officers have a lot of fun things to accomplish over the course of their senior year," she said. "I look forward to working with the new officers over the next 12 months," she said.
Election results:
President: Abby Ashmore
Vice President: Brooke Olesen
Secretary: Betsy Peters
Treasurer: Nancy Swope
Social Chairman: James Bild
Alumni Relations Director Grigor Hasted will choose the class' male and female ambassadors before the semester's end, Wiseley said.
-Mark Hensch
Many students still register in person
In the second semester that online registration was available, at least 18 percent of students still opted to register in-person, said Kevin Maurer, information systems manager.
That means fewer students used online registration this semester than last. According to the registrar's office, in the first-ever online registration, only 11 percent of students registered in-person.
"I don't know why so many students are registering in person," Maurer said, adding that the numbers seem high. He said he would only have expected about 10 percent of students to avoid the new system.
Maurer calculates the number of students who registered online generously; if a student signed up for even one class by computer, he counts it as a complete online registration.
Maurer said 1,359 students registered this semester, according to his final count. Of those, 1,101 used online registration and 258 went to the registrar's office.
Nevertheless, Registrar Douglas McArthur said his office has been happy with the transition and has noticed a significant difference since registration went online.
"If there is anything that the folks in my office miss, it's seeing the students," he said. "But overall, online registration is making life easier.
-Jill Melchior
SAI?hosts carwash
Sigma Alpha Iota honorary's pledge class raised about $70 at its carwash last Saturday, SAI President and senior Anna Johnson said.
The 18 pledges, mostly freshmen, advertised for three hours near Hillsdale Street and set up the carwash behind the SAI house. Only about 10 cars came through, said Vice President of Membership and senior Elise Hill, but some patrons gave as much as $20 instead of the suggested $5 donation.
Hill said the honorary requires every pledge class to undertake some project that benefits the chapter, as a means of unifying the new members with one another. The honorary has no plans to make the carwash an annual tradition, she said.
-Kate Brewster
Sundahl gives "last lecture"
Professor of English Daniel Sundahl will speak Friday at 4:30 p.m. in the Knorr Room, giving a re-scheduled "last lecture" sponsored by Delta Pi Nu, the American studies honorary. He has titled his talk "That Day That Larsen Pitched That Perfect Game: Shapes of Philosophical History." The "last lecture" series invites a professor to lecture as if it were his last words, encouraging contemplation on the meaning of life and education.
-Joy Pavelski
Corrections:?
The Collegian corrects inaccurate or misleading information. Please contact us at collegian@hillsdale.edu if you think we have published such information.
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