Slippery Rock University's budget landscape isn't the prettiest of sights. After dealing with a $5 million deficit in 2009-10, President Robert Smith was left with no other option than to have everyone at the university cut back on spending.
While most college students were spending the end of their summer going back to school shopping and getting their last rays at the beach, SRU football players were enduring high temperatures and long practices as they were preparing for the 2010 campaign.
What do camels, blasting music and rock climbing have in common? The University Program Board's, "Rock Around the World Carnival" held in the Quad from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Wed. "The goal of the carnival was to welcome students and give them time to relax before getting into the grind of classes and homework," UPB President, Marcie Johnson, 20, said.
Ground has been broken at the construction site of the new student union, President Robert Smith announced Thursday at the SGA meeting. President Smith said when finished, the union will span the size of half of a city block.
The Rock finished the 2009 season with 18 wins and won the PSAC Championship in its best season in school history. Following the success of the 2009 season came two obstacles: the resignation of head coach Matt Thompson and the graduation of star player, Jeremy Deighton.
They say that college is the best four years of a person's life, but when exactly does that start? With the jam-packed weekend of welcome, Monday seemed like the only day to really take the idea of college in.
Once again SRU's campus is filled with life as students and professors bustle around from one place to another. We at The Rocket are excited to see these new faces and look forward to informing our school and community in all areas news, sports and feature related.
