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| When does finals week need to end? | |
| Man, right now. | |
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Also finals week will actually be over in like one day.
Apparently President Obama's state of mind is telling him to put his Presidential library online. We must not let this occur. President Obama should really have his library here, at the University of Chicago!
But according to this excerpt from Newsweek writer Jonathan Alter's new book, found here, he's been talking about ending a decades-long tradition and letting his library go online.
"In the fall of 2009 University of Chicago officials approached the White House about housing Obama’s presidential library. They were told it was too early. To the extent that he had thought about a library, he mused to a friend that maybe it should be an “online library,” not bricks-and-mortar. This almost certainly won’t happen; the demand for a splashy museum will likely be too great. But it said something about his state of mind."
Let's hope that almost certainly won't happen, and demand for a splashy museum on campus! The University of Chicago, plus its faculty, staff, and students, have benefited a lot from the attention brought to campus by Obama's presidency, and there's no reason the U of C shouldn't just keep on riding those presidential coat tails on into posterity.
Yes we can! Yes we can!
Recently-elected slate Next Generation has allocated funding for two vans to be used by athletics groups, RSOs, and others. The vans will be paid for with funds from the Student Life Fee, which may be recouped through a fee charged upon rental.
That fee is likely to fall between $25 and $50 per rental. Each van will hold seven people, and depending on the system's success, a third may be acquired in Winter quarter.
"Instead of paying a bus company $400 for a weekend, they’ll pay $40 or $50 to check out the van," said third-year and newly-elected Student Government (SG) President Greg Nance, who was speaking about athletics groups, which often rent buses and pay by the hour.
Those fees are hoped to recover the costs of leasing the vans, each of which will cost $5,500, as well as further maintenance costs. If successful, the program could soon pay for itself, Nance said.
RSOs will enter into a lottery system to be able to use the vans, which will be rented based on time slots. Athletics teams and the University Community Service Center [UCSC] will each have priority
Acquiring the vans was one of 10 items on Next Generation's agenda for its first 30 days in office, which do not technically begin until summer. "We worked very hard to persuade Sharlene [Holly], the director of ORCSA," Nance said. "I had nine meetings with people from athletics and people from UCSC."
The system will go into effect in the fall, but it must be signed off on by Vice-President for Campus Life Kim Goff-Crews, as part of SG's annual budget, which she will do tomorrow.
"It's a great investment. They’re going to save a lot of clubs a lot of funding," Nance said.
Item 210: BJ residents convinced President Robert Zimmer to join in the Scav fun and throw a snowball at former President Don Randel. /
Michael Lipkin
Item #210: Zimmer is just no fun. Remind the Judges how good it was to have a prez who would play along by throwing a snowball at Don Michael Randel. Again. [20 points]
Third-year Christina Daly (left) assists Jake Friedman (right) with his road trip costume. /
Tom Tian
Scav participants don costumes and gather to support their teams before the road trip begins.
Sara Elshafie, Captain of the Max P. Scav team, delivers a speech before the reading of the list Thursday morning. /
Tom Tian
The Scav List arrives with much drama and excitement.