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Editorial: The constitution strikes back

By
Editorial Staff
02/27/2010

If there has been one recurring theme to the last few years of recurring problems for Student Senate, it’s been the AU Student Senate Constitution.

No document has aroused more passions, delayed more events and hindered the general happiness of the student population than this document. Consider that while you're just trying to find the Constitution on the Alfred website (and also when you've found that its out of date).

Editorial: What we want from a student president

By
Editorial Staff
02/12/2010

With Student Senate elections rapidly approaching, the editorial staff of the Fiat Lux found itself in a peculiar predicament. In some previous years, the staff not only covered all candidates, but also endorsed one in this section.

The current staff, however, has realized that there is something of greater importance regarding Student Senate nominations. That is, that we express to the community in general and the candidates specifically what it is that we are looking for in a Student Senate president and vice president.

Small world, even smaller school

By
Ian Cramer
02/09/2010

We all chose Alfred University for a reason. The beautiful campus (at least in the fall and spring), the academic programs, the reputations of professors, the friendly atmosphere and even athletics may have contributed to your decision. Many students also pick AU because of its size. Going to a smaller school generally means that class sizes are smaller, you get more one-on-one time with your professors, you’re treated as a person rather than a number and the experience isn’t as overwhelming compared to a larger school.

Editorial: SMCR does not stand for Smart Media Card Reader

By
Editorial Staff
01/31/2010

In communication studies classes, students are taught a basic structure of communication that consists of source, message, channel and receiver. Another element of this basic structure is noise, or interference, between sending a clear message from the sender to the receiver.

Faculty Soapbox: The Abby Code: Don’t leave Alfred University without the following

By
Mark McFadden
01/28/2010

The Career Development Center is housed in the Steinheim (castle) that was built by Alfred University’s second president and his wife, Jonathan and Abigail Allen. What appears to be a headstone for Abigail can be found on the second floor of our building and we like to think that Abigail’s spirit remains. In fact, a ghost hunter who visited Alfred University last semester visited the Steinheim and noted the presence of a benevolent older female and a mischievous male child (but that is another story for another time).

He said what?

By
Ian Cramer
02/21/2010

My inspiration for this piece stemmed entirely from the reactions of my peers to my last article printed in the Fiat Lux. It was entitled “Small world, even smaller school” and to summarize, it was about immature students who don’t seem to understand that attending college should go hand in hand with maturing. It tackled the question: Is the amount of education one receives inversely proportional to one's maturity level?

The Gentleman Saxons?

By
Robert Stein
02/12/2010

“Gentleman Saxons Win Thriller over Fisher.” That headline seems odd, doesn’t it? Not the beating of Fisher, of course, but the use of the phrase “Gentleman Saxons.” Just “Saxons” should suffice. If you are referring to one of our women’s teams, though, “Saxons” does not cut it. We call our female athletes “Lady Saxons,” apparently so no one will confuse them with the real “Saxons”—our male athletes. We are not alone in doing this, incidentally. Women’s teams at Winston Salem State are the Lady Rams. Johnson C. Smith University fields the Lady Bull’s.

Lovebug, shnookums, sugarpie - shenanigans

By
Jericho Shackelford
02/11/2010

It begins with cards, cupcakes and quite possibly the most hollow mirth to cascade through elementary school halls the nation over. Two adolescents entwined in puppy love looking doggedly into one another’s gaze walking awkwardly in a daze – they shuffle; pull a card from their back pocket, out of their back pack or somewhere more innovative, exchange, hug and live happily ever after as swooning astronauts and doctors.

The Alfred Computer Guy: Apple iPad Disappoints

By
Mike Stone
01/30/2010

This past Wednesday, Apple confirmed many months of internet rumors by announcing their new portable product, the iPad.

Technically not a tablet (the general consensus is that a “tablet” must have a physical keyboard, otherwise it is a “slate”), the iPad allows you to browse the web, check e-mail, read Word and Excel documents, read E-Books and listen to your music.

All of this is offered on a 9.7-inch multi-touch touchscreen with WiFi, affordable 3G Broadband (on certain models), built-in speakers and a 10-hour battery.

So what’s the problem? As it turns out, everything.

My New Year’s Resolution(s)

By
Ian Cramer
01/28/2010

Over Christmas break, I engaged in a very scholarly, yet rare, activity for me: leisure reading. I was given a non-fiction book written by commercial pilot Capt. Chesley Sullenberger called "Highest Duty." Sullenberger landed US Airways flight 1549 in the Hudson River last January without a single casualty and was instantly crowned a national hero. After receiving the book, I immediately began to read and, 5 days later, finished the 321-page novel, giving me inspiration for my first resolution: to do more leisure reading.