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The Daily OrangeCheers & Jeers: Cantor; poor choice for U Toledo graduation
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Posted: 3/28/08, 12:53 AM EST Section: Opinion
Jeer: The University of Toledo has reminded Syracuse students why they have no right to ever complain about their commencement speaker again. The school will have Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor speak at its 2008 commencement ceremony.
This isn't a jab at the chancellor. Instead of having a politician, writer, scientist or some other noteworthy person, they are having another university's figurehead. Isn't the point of a graduation speaker to be someone from out in the real world? You know, someone with perspective on life outside the academy.
This sure makes Bob Woodruff look much better.
Cheer: Private contractors are building two apartment complexes on university property to be available to upperclassmen in August 2009, according to The Daily Orange on Wednesday. Other schools have already established buildings such as these around campus, and it's a step in the right direction for SU.
Rent for these apartments seem a little steep - $4,500 to $5,000 a semester, according to the DO article - but when compared to the price of dorms, it is actually reasonable. After factoring in electricity, cable, Internet and other such expenses, it's not too bad of a deal compared to off-campus housing either.
And they will be brand new apartments and much nicer than dorms. Since a multitude of other schools have implemented such living arrangements, it's nice to see that SU is finally catching up.
Cheer: An 1860 recording of a folk song - that would have predated Thomas Edison's 1877 device that captured "Mary Had a Little Lamb" - was found, according to The New York Times. Researchers believe it was created on a phonautograph by a Frenchman, Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, according to the Times article.
This shows that people under the radar still do extraordinary things. The Frenchman believed at the time he had created the first recording, but Thomas Edison apparently stole his thunder.
And cheers to science for transposing a 150-year-old device.
As for the inventor, we just hope he is up in inventor heaven rejoicing that he finally is getting some recognition.
Cheer: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrik faces felony charges for an affair with his chief of staff. Kilpatrick, who is married, was caught sending romantic text messages to the chief of staff and lied about it while under oath. Kilpatrick pled not guilty and refuses to resign from his post.
This is a cheer for defiance. Way to not back down, Mayor Kilpatrick. So what if you spent taxpayers money to aid in your affair, according to USA Today. Sticking to your guns takes courage. After all, Gov. Eliot Spitzer quit when his charges were revealed.
This also calls for a cheer to investigative journalism. It's been a good few months for our industry (OK, save The Los Angeles Times' snafu this week), and breaking stories like this is why. Spitzer, Kilpatrick, Patterson, Michigan football, Washington football….what will be next?
This isn't a jab at the chancellor. Instead of having a politician, writer, scientist or some other noteworthy person, they are having another university's figurehead. Isn't the point of a graduation speaker to be someone from out in the real world? You know, someone with perspective on life outside the academy.
This sure makes Bob Woodruff look much better.
Cheer: Private contractors are building two apartment complexes on university property to be available to upperclassmen in August 2009, according to The Daily Orange on Wednesday. Other schools have already established buildings such as these around campus, and it's a step in the right direction for SU.
Rent for these apartments seem a little steep - $4,500 to $5,000 a semester, according to the DO article - but when compared to the price of dorms, it is actually reasonable. After factoring in electricity, cable, Internet and other such expenses, it's not too bad of a deal compared to off-campus housing either.
And they will be brand new apartments and much nicer than dorms. Since a multitude of other schools have implemented such living arrangements, it's nice to see that SU is finally catching up.
Cheer: An 1860 recording of a folk song - that would have predated Thomas Edison's 1877 device that captured "Mary Had a Little Lamb" - was found, according to The New York Times. Researchers believe it was created on a phonautograph by a Frenchman, Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville, according to the Times article.
This shows that people under the radar still do extraordinary things. The Frenchman believed at the time he had created the first recording, but Thomas Edison apparently stole his thunder.
And cheers to science for transposing a 150-year-old device.
As for the inventor, we just hope he is up in inventor heaven rejoicing that he finally is getting some recognition.
Cheer: Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrik faces felony charges for an affair with his chief of staff. Kilpatrick, who is married, was caught sending romantic text messages to the chief of staff and lied about it while under oath. Kilpatrick pled not guilty and refuses to resign from his post.
This is a cheer for defiance. Way to not back down, Mayor Kilpatrick. So what if you spent taxpayers money to aid in your affair, according to USA Today. Sticking to your guns takes courage. After all, Gov. Eliot Spitzer quit when his charges were revealed.
This also calls for a cheer to investigative journalism. It's been a good few months for our industry (OK, save The Los Angeles Times' snafu this week), and breaking stories like this is why. Spitzer, Kilpatrick, Patterson, Michigan football, Washington football….what will be next?
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chris
posted 3/28/08 @ 11:37 AM EST
Rent anywhere near any college campuses in the US seems to be outrageous!
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