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Townies Make Preemptive Strike On College

Posted on Monday, October 11th 2010
Tags: drunk, gown, noise, public relationships, relationships, town, townies, vandalism
Townies Make Preemptive Strike On College
by Brody K. Truce Senior Staff Writer Town/Gown relations in Norwich, CT deteriorated in record time this year when students returned to campus. For over fifty years, tensions between “townies” and college students have centered around student vandalism of locals’ mailboxes, cars and homes. But this year, the townies took matters into their own hands. [...]

Computer Scientists Discover Way to Use Facebook to Test for True Love

Posted on Tuesday, June 29th 2010
Tags: college, facebook, love, relationships, status
Computer Scientists Discover Way to Use Facebook to Test for True Love
Technology experts at the Galveston Institute of Technology (GIT) have made significant advances in the search for empirical proof of true love. In collaboration with GIT’s department of interpersonal psychology, the following data will be published soon in Emotiscience Monthly. According to Dr. Guillermo Ovechkin, “While we haven’t found evidence of true love, we have [...]

New First Year Experience Class: How To Not Be An Asshole

Posted on Thursday, April 22nd 2010
Tags: behavior, citizenship, civility, fye, gown, relationships, town
New First Year Experience Class: How To Not Be An Asshole
by Brody Truce Senior Staff Writer The First Year Experience curriculum has been a part of Parker Gates College for over 15 years. Upon matriculation, freshman students are enrolled in a series of four six-week classes designed to help them succeed at the small private college located in Parker, NJ. “Our curriculum has been wildly [...]

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