Village looking to tax students
By Staff Writer | January 27The South Orange Board of Trustees passed a resolution calling upon the New Jersey Assembly to levy "municipal services" fees on universities.
The South Orange Board of Trustees passed a resolution calling upon the New Jersey Assembly to levy "municipal services" fees on universities.
Seton Hall's efforts to keep pace technology are apparent in many classrooms on campus, yet many of these rooms are also equipped with what may be considered an ancient technology: the overhead projector.
The Student Activities Board Current Issues Awareness committee is hosting a Biggest Loser Competition on campus this semester. The 12-week program began on Jan. 20 and will end on April 7 with the announcement of the "biggest loser."
Gourmet Dining Services has created a healthier environment in the Caf with the addition of a dietician and by introducing the Hydration Station and calorie cards.
Seton Hall 2009 graduate Craig Marcklinger is safe and currently US-bound after experiencing the devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti on Tuesday.
A recent survey published in USA Today on drinking in college co-ed dormitories sheds light on the decrease in Seton Hall's own alcohol-related violations last year.
Diplomacy students were given the chance to mingle with faculty and guests including United Nations ambassadors, consulate members and a former National Security Advisor at this year's Whitehead School of Diplomacy Global Leadership Gala on the evening of Dec. 3 held at the Public Library in Manhattan.
As students pull all nighters, walking out of the Walsh library, a glimmer of lights accompanies the sunrise: Seton Hall's Christmas Tree.
International students make up approximately one percent of the population at Seton Hall, according to the College Board's Web site, and because these students are so few and far between, many find it difficult to adjust to their new culture.
In September of 2000, the smell of death was discovered and revolutionized the mind of graduate student Eric Stroud. With shark attacks occurring on a global basis, Stroud wanted to somehow prevent them from harming people.
In an attempt to keep the Seton Hall community informed about the affects of the Holocaust, Norbet Bikales, one of the Jewish children rescued in Chabannes, France during the devastation will be the guest speaker at the Sister Rose Thering Endowment Colloquium on Dec. 6 in the Beck Room of the Walsh Library.
Seton Hall will be instituting a new schedule for the Summer 2010 session. The decision to institute the new schedule was made to maintain the standard three-week gap between the conclusion of the summer session and start of the fall semester, due to the late end of the Spring 2009 semester.
As Seton Hall continues its efforts to be more environmentally friendly, professors are feeling pressure to minimize their printing, though they are not bound by the free printing limits that the university's Digital Sustainability Committee imposed this semester.
Three new Senators were sworn in during the Student Government Association meeting, Monday night.
In the depths of the Fahy basement lies Seton Hall's very own museum, dedicated to ancient Native North American artifacts.
The Pirates steamrolled past NJIT Monday night, winning by a score of 93-53.
World AIDS Day is on Dec. 1 and the Students Activities Board (SAB) is taking significant steps to spread awareness about the disease to the Seton Hall community.
The Cecil Group, a planning and design firm based in Boston, Mass., presented the final "South Orange Vision Plan" at a town hall meeting in the South Orange Performing Arts Center loft on Nov. 12. The Vision Plan provides South Orange with a plan to encourage future economic growth within the Village's downtown, Valley St. and Irvington Ave. business corridors.
For students that live out of state, or even out of the country, navigating holiday breaks can be tricky.
Data from the Career Center from last year's graduating class, in which the university maintained its graduate employment rate from 2008, as well as the Career Center's new efforts this year to help students find employment, might help quell student worries about their job search.