by Mary Konecnik in Features
Ever wonder what your favorite athlete is like off the ice, off the field, or off the court? The time has come to know your Knights! This week I got to sit down with two of the seniors from the women's soccer team. Here is what Meghan Emlaw and Amber Zeher had to say:
Why did you get involved in soccer?
Meghan: "I was actually a cross country runner and it wasn't for me, so I switched to soccer.
by Katie Jones in Features
One great thing about civil engineering is that, in the real world, almost every projects involves field work. Unfortunately, in most of our classes we never get to actually see anything outside of the classroom. However, this week two classes took field trips: the Solid Waste Management and Landfill Design class visited the Rodman Landfill, and the Water and Wastewater Treatment class went to the Potsdam water treatment plant.
by Haseeba Syed in Features
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Muslim calendar, also known as the Hijra Calendar. This year, Ramadan began on Thursday, September 13, and it will end in about 4 weeks, depending on the moon. It is when the Qur'an, the Muslim holy book, was revealed. During this holy month, Muslims fast from dawn to sunset, abstaining from food, drink, and sexual relations with their spouses.
by Greg Jesanis in Features
Everybody remembers that when you used Microsoft Word, it was always Times New Roman, font size 12, and single spacing. However, the new Word 2007 has drastically changed, including a new default font of Calibri size 11 with about double spacing. Personally, I was quite attached to the old settings, but I found it incredibly hard to change the defaults.
by Ben Brown-Steiner in Features
If you only look at the sky once this week, look directly southwest between 7:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday night. The moon and Jupiter will appear to be very close to each other, but the window in which we will be able to see this is small. It will begin to get dark at 7:30 p.
by Alicia Anderson in Features
In 1958, the sophomore class held a contest to name the next two dorms, the 'north' and 'south' wings of the Quad. Bill Armstrong '61 won the contest for the 'north' hall, calling it "Pinecrest" and Alan Havranek won for the 'south' hall, naming it "Sunset Hall.
Age Transition
by Stanley I. Onyewuchi in Features
First, a wee thing, a suckling sucking at his mother's breasts
Crying and shrieking at the slightest provocation
Then the little pilot
Arms stretched, running and whooshing
A torment to his distraught parents
Then the soldier running around
Bang bang bang.
