Instant messaging and chat rooms have switched from entertaining students to answering their technological queries. Bryan Lucas, executive director of Technology Resources said customer service came up with the idea and implemented a chat room program last February. (0) comments
When Taryn Davis found out her husband lost his life in the Iraq war in 2007, she was a 21-year-old student at the University of Texas at Austin, and her life's dreams had been shattered. Davis founded The American Widow Project in the wake of her husband's death just a few months after he was killed. (0) comments
Students may have more difficulty securing internships during an economic downturn, an official with Career Services said. John Thompson, executive director of University Career Services, said downturns typically result in an increase in internship opportunities as well as increased competition because graduate students and people who have been out of school for years are also applying for the internships. (0) comments
A billionaire energy tycoon told about 800 people Monday afternoon in the Brown-Lupton University Union Ballroom that if the country does not begin using its own resources, the current crisis will only get worse. T. Boone Pickens, chairman of hedge fund BP Capital Management and author of "The First Billion is the Hardest," said that in two years the United States could be paying $200 to $300 a barrel for foreign oil if it doesn't cut foreign oil dependency. (0) comments
Proposed meal plan changes for 2009-2010: -Residential Services will add a new feature called Campus Cash. Campus Cash will be similar to Frog Bucks, but the card will not be pre-paid and students will only be able to use Campus Cash at on-campus locations like 1873 Sports Bar & Grill, The Corner Store and Sub Connection. (0) comments
Some hate the distraction iPods create in the classroom, but podcasts are quickly becoming a tool in the 21st-century classroom.. According to business magazine FastCompany.com, psychologists studied students who listened to lectures on podcast versus lectures in class to see who performed better on a test. (1) comment
The creator of a plan to ease the country dependence of foreign oil will speak to the Energy Club as a way to boost the club's membership numbers and give students and the community a better grasp on the current energy crisis. T. Boone Pickens, chairman of the hedge fund BP Capital Management, is not only one of the richest men in the U. (0) comments
The university will be more proactive in alerting students of future safety issues, a university official said Thursday. University officials sent out a campuswide alert via e-mail Thursday informing students of the tainted peanut butter cracker packages removed from Bistro Burnett on Feb. (0) comments
Graduation guaranteed, but maybe not in four years. Provost Nowell Donovan said that the flat-rate tuition implemented in 2001 has had limited success because many students are not taking advantage of the system and still graduating in more than four years. (0) comments
Facebook's initiative to compile users' opinions and to help establish the future terms of use can be considered unusual in the business world, a media law professor said. Chip Stewart, associate professor in the Schieffer School of Journalism, said it's unusual for any company to negotiate with its users what the legal relationship between them is going to be. (0) comments
The Student Government Association House of Student Representatives unanimously approved a resolution on Tuesday to support a lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender resource center on campus. Su Harz, a junior social work major who introduced the resolution to the House, said the purpose of the resolution is to show that LGBT students have the support of SGA in seeking needed resources. (0) comments
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