The U.S. Congress gave lower income students good news regarding financial aid by passing the College Cost Reduction and Access Act last Friday. "The College Cost Reduction and Access Act is the most meaningful higher education reform in more than 15 years," said Luke Swarthout, higher education advocate for the Federation of State Public Interest Research Groups.
Outside of the 23 countries that claim it as their primary language, the global population as a whole is increasingly realizing the importance of knowing and working with Arabic, and many people at USM feel that it is time that the university began teaching the incredibly rich and difficult language to interested students.
In a gesture of appreciation, the Panhellenic Council will be donating $1,300 to the USM Alumni Association in their meeting today, at 5:30 p.m. The donation comes from a newly implemented fundraising program within the formal sorority recruitment process.
President Martha Saunders will give her first State of the University address during the 2007 Fall Convocation at Bennett Auditorium today at 3 p.m. The Convocation is a back-to-school ceremony for the Hattiesburg campus faculty and staff to hear from the President.
Many of you have already noticed that Pillow Talk is missing from today's paper. I can honestly say that this is probably the hardest column I have ever had to write, so I'll just spit it out. Glory Fink will no longer be writing Pillow Talk for The Student Printz.
The outcry against "Reverend" Clifton Nickens has been well documented in the latest edition of the Student Printz and many people have voiced their opinions against the controversial evangelical, but there are a few facts missing from the latest rebuttal articles.