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Counseling Centers Overwhelmed; Cite Residence Life Staff Overshooting

Posted on Monday, December 6th 2010
Tags: conflicts, homesickness, mediation, parents, roommate, schoolsickness
Counseling Centers Overwhelmed; Cite Residence Life Staff Overshooting
by Barbara Murphy Freelance Writer As students return from Thanksgiving break to the campus of Whinemore College, staff at WC’s counseling services find their schedules packed with anxious students. While many assumed the anxiety related to impending final exams, counselors were surprised to find another source of student distress: returning home for the winter break. [...]

No More Forms: Housing Administration to Fall Squarely on Students’ Shoulders

Posted on Tuesday, October 5th 2010
Tags: administration, assignments, changes, conflicts, housing, keys
No More Forms: Housing Administration to Fall Squarely on Students’ Shoulders
by Hannah Q. Scott Freelance Writer This fall, Greenhampton College has decided to radically change the room change process for students living in residence halls. According to Emma Waylon, director of housing assignments, “We’ve just gotten so fed up with the forms and the conversations and all of the complaining that we’ve moved to a [...]

Theater Student Voted Out of Arts Dorm for Not Bringing Enough Drama

Posted on Tuesday, January 5th 2010
Tags: arts, conflicts, cutting, drama, housing, major, mental illness, residence life, roommate, theater
Theater Student Voted Out of Arts Dorm for Not Bringing Enough Drama
Residents of the Tharp School of the Arts Theater House voted to eject acting major Coco DeRosa because she did not bring enough drama to the dorm community “She was so boring,” said her roommate Violet Zizzle. “I don’t think I saw her cry once the whole time we lived together.” Zizzle initially reported her [...]

Old Guard Physics Profs Request Secession

Posted on Friday, October 23rd 2009
Tags: college, collegiality, conflicts, department, politics, university
Old Guard Physics Profs Request Secession
Physics professors at Swanson University hope to set a new precedent for academic governance by creating two new distinct Physics departments known as “The Old Guard” and “The Whippersnappers.” “Those new kids, with their innovative teaching techniques and disregard for department traditions are just a pain,” said Evalyn Lovelace, the proposed interim chair of the [...]

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