SGA senators take no action despite talk of future plans
By Staff Writer | February 2At their weekly meeting on Jan. 31, SGA discussed ways to get students involved in February, as well as other business.
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SGA senators take no action despite talk of future plans
By Staff Writer | February 2At their weekly meeting on Jan. 31, SGA discussed ways to get students involved in February, as well as other business.
Google grant assists in information-seeking research
By Staff Writer | February 2Three Seton Hall University library staffers were recently awarded the Google research grant, totaling $15,000, to research and track undergraduate students' information-seeking behaviors.
Controversy at Cryan's
By Staff Writer | February 2The closing of Sacred Heart Church in the Vailsburg section of Newark on July 1, 2010, was surrounded by controversy. Parishioners were upset, mostly because they felt that a better attempt should have been made to save the sacred building.
Study abroad in exchange for CORE
By Staff Writer | February 2The Center for Catholic Studies is offering two courses in which students will take spring lectures at Seton Hall and spend two weeks abroad, qualifying for CORE requirements.
Hall student leaves Cairo due to protests
By Staff Writer | February 2The whereabouts and safety of a Seton Hall student studying abroad in Cairo were unknown as of Monday, according to Mary Kirk Rawn, a University spokeswoman, as reported by The Star Ledger.
Skating to class
By Staff Writer | February 1In the wake of Tuesday's ice and snowstorm, many students felt campus was comparable to a "sheet of ice."
Women return home to face Hoyas
By Staff Writer | January 28The women's basketball team will look to put an end to their season high six game losing streak this Saturday at 2 p.m. when they return home to take on No. 19 Georgetown.
Refillable Fountains
By Staff Writer | January 27Two new water fountains have been installed in the main lobby of the University Center with new features that allow the user to refill a cup or bottle while simultaneously learning how they are saving plastic water bottles from being put into landfills.
New fellowship honors Sheeran
By Staff Writer | January 26The University is offering a new fellowship, the Eric F. Ross Undergraduate Research Fellowship, dedicated to research in chemistry, according to John Sowa, associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry.
Wankel: Slow economy hurting retention rate
By Staff Writer | January 26From 2009 to 2010 Seton Hall's retention rates (measured by the amount of freshman who return in the fall of 2009 for their sophomore year), dipped slightly from 82 percent in the 2008-2009 school year to 80 percent in 2009-2010, according to Dr. Laura Wankel, vice president for Student Affairs,and a member of the University's retention committee.
Former University chancellor checks in
By Staff Writer | January 26In the history of Seton Hall presidents, perhaps no story is more unique than that of Dr. John J. Petillo.
Afghan women's organization founder brings advocacy to Hall
By Staff Writer | January 26Sunita Viswanath, founder of Women for Afghan Women, will be speaking at 6 p.m. on Feb. 3 in Jubilee Hall to discuss the current status of women in Afghanistan.
Students can now snack while studying
By Staff Writer | January 26Over Winter Break, two vending machines were installed in Walsh Library, close to Walsh Gallery. The machines were put in due to a lack of food and drink availability in the building.
Students get plastered
By Staff Writer | January 26The door frame and lock of room 1310 in Serra Hall were covered with spackle early Saturday morning, leaving the resident students trapped inside the suite once they awoke.
Foundation seeks to remember 'AK'
By Staff Writer | January 26In honor of late Aaron Karol, one of the three victims of the Jan. 19, 2000, Boland Hall fire, a foundation exists called AK, standing for both Aspiring Kindness and Karol's initials, which were his high school nickname.
A day of "Remembrance and Hope"
By Staff Writer | January 21The University held an 11th annual prayer service for the victims of the Boland Hall fire on Thursday in Seton Hall's chapel.
"Aspiring Kindness" in Aaron's name
By Staff Writer | January 21Aspiring Kindness Foundation is having an inaugural event to launch their new charity at Beckett's Bar & Grill in New York City on Jan. 22 at 7 p.m.
Spirit week arrives at the Hall
By Staff Writer | January 21To generate "Pirate Pride" and excitement for the basketball game against state rival Rutgers University, the Student Alumni Association is holding its sixth annual Spirit Week, from January 18 to January 22, with events ranging from a t-shirt swap to Bounce ‘N Trounce.
Women's losing skid reaches four
By Staff Writer | January 19Seton Hall's struggles against Big East teams, and St. Johns in particular, continued this past weekend, as the Pirates dropped their fourth consecutive game to the Red Storm, 58-48.
