Loud noises beneath the feet of S.N. Pickard diners and plywood walls surrounding the first floor lobby near Starbucks have students wondering what exactly is happening to the commons. Throughout the course of the year, Boldt construction workers have been gutting out what used to be the home to the physical plant department and creating a land for student activity use in the very near future.
All of the changes in landscape and student policy have led to many concerns from the student body at Ripon College. Student Senate President Jim Cardinal, senior, addressed students Feb. 26 in an effort to remind everyone of their obligation to get involved.
Ripon College prides itself in the value of education it provides for students. Now there is an assessment that backs up this train of thought. The Ripon College class of 2007 compiled outstanding scores on the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) survey last year.
At the Feb. 20 Student Senate meeting, four one-funds were presented. The first was for Pre-Med Society to take about twenty of its members to see Body Worlds in Milwaukee at the Milwaukee Public Museum. The one-fund for $385 passed. The second was brought to the senate from BSU, FUERZA, CDC, SSS, and SMAC.
Only in its fourth year, Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) is making a big impact in the Ripon community. As downtown continues to develop with new businesses, the opportunities for a team like SIFE are seemingly endless. Between the consulting business SIFE operates and students who are increasingly eager to help local entrepreneurs, there is no reason for them to not be involved in all the changes.
Every once in a while the teacher becomes the student. At Ripon College, that is exactly what happened with one professor the last two years. In an effort to be a licensed and practicing psychologist, Professor of Psychology Joe Hatcher took night classes at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee four days a week while still teaching full time on his way to an internship he recently earned through the department of corrections.
Author and former Ripon faculty member Ted Pelton will be reading his fiction Wed., March 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Caestecker Gallery. Pelton is the executive director of Starcherone Books, (pronounced 'start-you-own') the fiction press he founded in 2000. He is an associate professor of English at Medaille College of Buffalo, NY and was the winner of a $4,000 Isherwood Foundation Grant, which was established by novelist and screenwriter Christopher Isherwood.
The Office of Community Engagement will be sponsoring the second annual Lucky Dog Cat-sino Night to support the Green Lake Area Animal Shelter. A suggested $10 donation will get students 100 chips, three raffle tickets and drinks. The event will be in Great Hall Sat.
Dr. Edmund Pellegrino will be giving two sessions on Tues., March 25. Pellegrino is the professor emeritus of medicine and medical ethics at the Center for Clinical Medical Ethics at Georgetown University Medical Center. He also serves as chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics in Washington, D.
Congressman Tom Petri, representative of Wisconsin's sixth district, will be visiting Ripon College for his town meeting. The last meeting of twelve throughout central Wisconsin will take place at 10 a.m. in the MLK?Lounge. These meetings provide the opportunity to discuss national issues in a group setting.
Tonight is the last night of the one-act play auditions from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Rodman Lobby. One-act plays are directed by senior theatre majors Amy Dorman, Colette Unger, Allison Winters and Maggie Hill. The one-acts will be performed in April and all students and community members are welcome to attend.
The senior Cap and Gown Party starts at 6:30 p.m. on Fri., March 28 in Great Hall. Seniors have the opportunity to meet Ripon alumni before they become almuni themselves.
The American Red Cross will hold its blood drive Thurs., March 20 in Great Hall. Students should bring their IDs and eat a good meal before donating.