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The Daily OrangeBird Library: Read great, even late
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Posted: 8/29/08, 1:01 AM EST Section: Opinion
Cheer:
Bird Library is now open 24 hours on weekdays. No longer will students be forced to pull all-nighters in their chaotic dorm rooms. Instead, students will have a nice, quiet area to write papers and study for tests.
The library will be staffed until midnight and monitored by a Department of Public Safety officer afterwards. On Saturdays, it will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
As an added benefit, if you're bored at 1 a.m., you can hangout at Bird and admire your fellow classmates' productivity.
Cheer/Jeer:
The Great New York State Fair serves a "healthy" portion of meaty goodness with a beef sundae. For $5, fair-goers can enjoy a large bowl of mashed potatoes topped with steaming roast beef, cheese, gravy, sour cream and grape tomato to top it off.
What's not to love? It's an all-American meal packed into one dish.
Jeers to the fact that the sundae is practically a heart attack in a bowl, but hey, at least it's not deep-fried and on a stick.
Cheer:
Juice Jam has increased its reputation this year with two high profile acts. English indie rock band Bloc Party will perform its first college show in North America at the Skytop Field. Accompanying them is Syracuse's own Ra Ra Riot who will return to its roots as event openers.
University Union has also lined up hip hop legend, Talib Kweli. The three musical all-stars are sure to make this year's Juice Jam surpass the previous years with flying colors.
Cheer/Jeer:
Revisions to the Higher Education Act of 1965 are making universities and colleges accountable for the rising tuition costs and textbook fees. The act attempts to make the price of college more affordable for students and open the possibility of a college education to students who are in need of financial assistance.
The Higher Education Act will not only open up financial aid options, it will also regulate the price of textbooks and ensure that professors are informed of the exact changes made to new textbook editions.
Jeers to the fact that we will not see the benefits of this act for a few more years, and students will still be getting ripped of hundreds of dollars. Textbook prices are getting so blatantly inflated that something should have happened sooner.
Bird Library is now open 24 hours on weekdays. No longer will students be forced to pull all-nighters in their chaotic dorm rooms. Instead, students will have a nice, quiet area to write papers and study for tests.
The library will be staffed until midnight and monitored by a Department of Public Safety officer afterwards. On Saturdays, it will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
As an added benefit, if you're bored at 1 a.m., you can hangout at Bird and admire your fellow classmates' productivity.
Cheer/Jeer:
The Great New York State Fair serves a "healthy" portion of meaty goodness with a beef sundae. For $5, fair-goers can enjoy a large bowl of mashed potatoes topped with steaming roast beef, cheese, gravy, sour cream and grape tomato to top it off.
What's not to love? It's an all-American meal packed into one dish.
Jeers to the fact that the sundae is practically a heart attack in a bowl, but hey, at least it's not deep-fried and on a stick.
Cheer:
Juice Jam has increased its reputation this year with two high profile acts. English indie rock band Bloc Party will perform its first college show in North America at the Skytop Field. Accompanying them is Syracuse's own Ra Ra Riot who will return to its roots as event openers.
University Union has also lined up hip hop legend, Talib Kweli. The three musical all-stars are sure to make this year's Juice Jam surpass the previous years with flying colors.
Cheer/Jeer:
Revisions to the Higher Education Act of 1965 are making universities and colleges accountable for the rising tuition costs and textbook fees. The act attempts to make the price of college more affordable for students and open the possibility of a college education to students who are in need of financial assistance.
The Higher Education Act will not only open up financial aid options, it will also regulate the price of textbooks and ensure that professors are informed of the exact changes made to new textbook editions.
Jeers to the fact that we will not see the benefits of this act for a few more years, and students will still be getting ripped of hundreds of dollars. Textbook prices are getting so blatantly inflated that something should have happened sooner.
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