Everyone makes promises during their campaigns, and it’s not often those promises are kept. Michael Baldwin acknowledges that he has not fulfilled all the promises he made while running as a reform candidate for SGA treasurer. During his campaign he made two big promises: create a student union and put 100 percent of his treasurer pay back into student organizations.
Nearly three months after the incident, USA Police have arrested three suspects in the Nov. 7 Beta 2 robbery, USA Chief of Police Normand Gamache said. Jamie Devon Johnson, 19, and two minors, both of them 17, were charged with first degree robbery in connection with the incident.
2/28 - Criminal Mischief, 3rd Degree A student’s vehicle was damaged in the Delta 2 parking lot by an unknown person. The damage was estimated at $500. 3/1 - Criminal Mischief/Theft of Property, 3rd Degree A perpetrator broke into a vending machine and the HPELS building.
The Office of International Services will hold its annual Spring Festival April 8-9. The festival will highlight the different cultures and traditions of USA’s international students. The African, Latin American, Nepali, Saudi Arabian, Vietnamese, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Associations will each take part in the two-day event, which will take place at the Student Center and the Mitchell Center.
Of Philosophy Professor Dr. Kevin Meeker
Life is full of big questions – “Why are we here?” and “Is our fate predetermined?” For help in answering these kinds of questions, Dr. Kevin Marshall Meeker would be a good person to see. Meeker is a philosophy professor here at USA, and he took a moment away from answering deep questions to sit down with The Vanguard and talk about the man behind the philosophy.
More than 50 teams competed at the second annual Gumbo/Chili Showdown benefiting the Regan Robinson Young Scholarship Fund Saturday afternoon. “We came to have a good time and raise money for a good cause,” a member of the Department of Medicine team said.
With the final drop day for spring classes coming up March 26, it may be decision time for some students. For whatever reason students decide to drop a class or withdraw for the semester, Cynthia Porter, senior associate registrar, urges students to think twice before clicking “drop course.
Informal Survey Reveals More Than Half of USA Students Use RateMyProfessors.com
Named as one of Time magazine’s best Web sites of 2008, ratemyprofessors.com has done nothing but grow since its arrival in 1999. The site allows students to rate their college professors based on easiness, helpfulness, clarity, hotness, and overall quality.
On March 1, SGA Treasurer Michael Baldwin updated his Facebook status. “People who think the treasurer is ‘mostly done’ after the budget meetings should read the minutes from tonight’s and last week’s meetings,” he wrote.
Alumnus Pledges $25,000 Gift to Shelby Hall Neil Henderson, who earned his master’s degree in Computer Science from USA in 1990, will have a laboratory in the new Shelby Hall named in honor of his $25,000 gift. “There have been few relationships in my professional life that have been more rewarding to me than that with the University of South Alabama,” Henderson said in a press release.
