What are students complaining about? That's what the SGA Student Action Committee wants to find out with its annual survey. Tops on the list this year include campus safety (specifically lighting, sidewalks and parking); the new student center and what students want out of it; and miscellaneous topics, such as e-mail, the lower-level of the current FSC, intramurals, coin machines, and SGA information.
President Dr. John Sellars has created a campus budget committee after an internal review revealed a budget deficit at Drury. In an interview with The Mirror last week, Sellars said he has put together the committee to work on the university's budget, which took a hit after some alumni gifts were withdrawn and Hurricane Katrina forced utility prices up.
Where can you find heated discussions about racial stereotyping, hormone replacement therapy, and the theology of childhood under one roof? Drury University's Ninth Annual Undergraduate/Faculty Interdisciplinary Research Conference. Each year the conference serves as a forum for both students and faculty to present their own research and ideas as well as have the opportunity to defend their work to their peers.
For several years, senior Sarah Jenkins has been helping gather presents for a project called Operation Christmas Child. The operation's goal: putting together small boxes with presents and small gifts for children around the world. In 1993, more than 38 million gift-filled shoeboxes have been distributed worldwide.
Last weekend I traveled to Leipzig in northern Germany. Mostly, it is a pilgrimage site for music majors, but somewhere between the Mendelssohn House and the Bach Museum, I stumbled upon The British Store. After a day and a half surrounded by people speaking German, I could not resist a store which promised something in English.
"Is this your purse?" "Is this your purse?" asks the woman at airport security. I tell her that it is and follow her to the counter where, after being given permission, she pulls each item out of my bottomless hand bag. Each of these items is given careful inspection, as it is removed with an instrument resembling prongs.