As the semester – and the 2006 calendar year – comes to a close, here are three New Year’s challenges for the University community:
To the administration: Do something about the housing crisis.
Dorms are overcrowded, students are cramped into triples, and upperclassmen are shoved away to singles in Dolan. None of that is good for anyone, and all of it has to be changed. Our advice: devise a plan for a new dorm within the year, and get moving on a building. This way, everyone benefits: the students, who will have an enjoyable living experience, and the University, which will be able to take on bigger freshmen classes without worrying about overcrowding the dorms.
To the administration: follow through on plans to make the entire campus wireless by next September:
Wireless access is now undoubtedly a prerequisite for a technologically advanced university, so the plan needs to be carried out all the way to its completion. Students report widespread problems with the newly installed networks in the townhouses, making us a bit uneasy. Make sure everything is straightened out, and spend the money to make sure the rest of the expansion goes on without a hitch.
To the students: show some real school spirit, and show up for basketball games at Harbor Yard.
The two games at Alumni Hall were great – it was packed and the Stags men’s basketball team had a bona fide home-court advantage. But last Sunday, there were exactly six students in the stands to see them beat Canisius for their first MAAC win of the season.
It’s one thing to show up because it’s the trendy thing to do. It’s a completely different thing all together to show some genuine support for the team by driving five miles on I-95 to Harbor Yard. And judging by that 2-11 record, the team could use your help.
To the administration: bring spinach back!
It’s been over three months since the E. coli outbreak threatened the nation’s spinach supply. The FDA has already deemed spinach safe to eat and spinach is back on produce shelves and on menus across the country. So, where’s the spinach? A visit to the Stag and Barone shows the green’s absence. Administrators may be hesitant in incorporating spinach back into student food fare. However, spinach has immense nutritional value which some individuals depend upon and it adds to the much-needed variety of the student diet.
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