Campus e-book usage increases
By Staff Writer | March 16Students in some classes are now able to use either e-books or Kindles to access their reading materials due to increased availability from the University and its bookstore.
Students in some classes are now able to use either e-books or Kindles to access their reading materials due to increased availability from the University and its bookstore.
In its seventh year at Seton Hall, surveys show Public Service Month has both influenced and rewarded students for commitment to community service.
The Career Center is piloting a "Communication Mentor Program" that pairs 11 Seton Hall University alumni with 11 undergraduate students.
The Student Government Association discussed a tray-less initiative trial run beginning on Earth Day, as well as previous initiatives such as improving library services and extending the honors curriculum to other schools within the University, at their weekly meeting on March 14.
Although storefronts in downtown South Orange have recently become vacant, Village officials maintain that Seton Hall students can make a big impact on bringing in businesses.
The Whitehead School is launching a new program which will allow students to become "e-Interns" for diplomats in foreign countries.
Update, 1:02 a.m.: According to a broadcast e-mail detailing the recent crime incident, a University contractor employee was robbed at gunpoint at approximately 11:10 p.m. Monday.
The Setonian is working on a comprehensive follow-up to the "'Measuring up' parking at the Hall" story from the Feb. 24 edition.
Metal spikes used in the parking deck to keep cars clean, though effective, have gone unnoticed by many students.
The Office of Housing and Resident Life has increased the required priority points needed for the room selection process.
A criminal complaint of unlawful weapons possession on school property has been filed against junior Jordan Theodore, the starting point guard of the men's basketball team, according to multiple reports.
Seton Hall may implement a $50-per-semester student activity fee starting in Fall 2011, according to Karen Van Norman, associate vice president and dean of students, who presented the proposal to the Student Government Association at Monday night's meeting.
Seton Hall will hold its first annual Mr. and Ms. SHU contest at 8:30 p.m. on March 22, in Jubilee Hall.
A Seton Hall official said activities involving Alpha Gamma Delta, which brought national organization representatives to campus last week, did not involve hazing.
The University Engagement Committee is currently working on new projects and revisiting old ones, in order to help bring students into the town of South Orange, according to the committee's chair, Ian Miller.
The Stillman School of Business placed third in the New York Regional Final of the Global Investment Research Challenge on Feb. 17, behind the business schools of Rutgers University and Fordham University.
The annual Women's Conference, in honor of National Women's History Month, will be held on Friday, March 25, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with the theme of "Our History is Our Strength" to generate discussion and reflection on gender studies and women's issues.
In January, "Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think about Marrying" by Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker was published, and found the common perception of a hyper-sexually active college campus is mythical by distinguishing collegians from their non-degree seeking counterparts to show that young adults not enrolled in college participated in sexual activities far more than college students.
Despite much student outcry in the fall semester, any initiatives to amend the guest swipe policy are "currently on hold," according to SGA At-Large Senator and Chair of the Student Life Committee Derel Stroud.
A "strong smell" of natural gas led to an evacuation of Boland Hall around 2:10 p.m. today, according to an e-mail sent to building residents.