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Genderfuck planners to refocus party around gender expression
This year’s annual Genderfuck will be held Saturday, April 26 in Sharples Dining Hall. The main event will still be a party, but organizers say that the student body should move towards understanding Genderfuck primarily as an opportunity for students to play
As colleges hire more admins, critics warn of bloat
According to the college staff reports, in 2011 the college employed 699 full-time employees. Of these, according to Director of Institutional Research Robin Huntington Shores, 242 were full-time professional administrators, while only 162 were tenured and on-track faculty members at the college.
DJ duo White Panda to perform at LSE
This spring, the college will host its first ever Swatapalooza: a weekend of festivities beginning with the Large Scale Event (LSE) on the night of Friday, May 2 and ending with Worthstock on Sunday, May 4. The LSE, which will take place
Two college offices to merge
The Residential Life and Student Activities Offices will be merged in the coming school year to create an Office of Student Engagement. Rachel Head, currently the assistant dean of residential life, will preside over the joined functions as assistant dean and director
StuCo and WSRN to share office
After conversations with the managers of WSRN, Campus Council has obtained the back room of the WSRN station on the fourth floor of Parrish to use as an office space. Use of the large WSRN room will alternate between the two groups.
Political science department hires two adjunct professors
Next year, the political science department will welcome two visiting professors to support its tenure-track staff while several professors go on leave and the college decreases teaching loads. The political science department, which has nine official professors handling around 100 prospective majors,
A Crum Creek meander ends in arrest in New York
A message sent by the college’s alert notification system on the evening of March 7 — the last day before Spring Break — informed the campus community that Media Police were on campus and searching the Crum Woods for a man associated
Phi Psi house, student rooms raided by Public Safety
Public Safety officers and two deans raided two student rooms and the Phi Psi fraternity house after receiving a “credible report of questionable activity,” Director of Public Safety Michael Hill and Associate Director for Investigations Beth Pitts told the Phoenix in an
Community Development Grants awarded to students and staff
This year’s Community Development Grants, $10,000 awards given to projects focused on promoting inclusivity on campus and building community, have been awarded. The grants come from the Community Development Fund, a reserve of $150,000 created last year to be spent over the
SLAP, HR collaborate on childcare survey
Just under a year after the strife-filled semester that President Rebecca Chopp termed the “spring of our discontent,” a student group is working in conjunction with administrators to try and show that both parties are capable of working together harmoniously. Members of