2008 Woodie Awards
Editor's note: Unfortunately, the Massachusetts Daily Collegian was unable to cover chancellor candidate Satish Tripathi's visit to campus on Tuesday. More information on Tripathi can be found online at massachusetts.edu/amherstsearch. Chancellor candidate Martin Hall presented himself as a leader focused on affordability, dialogue and attention to detail when he met with students last Thursday at the University of Massachusetts.
Dr. Harris Pastides isn't afraid to hear the word "no." Pastides, a finalist candidate for chancellor at the University of Massachusetts, spoke with students, faculty and community members on the 10th floor of the Campus Center Friday afternoon. He told the approximately 60 attendees that, upon leaving his previous position as chairman of the department of biostatistics and epidemiology in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, he asked one of his superiors if he could come back if his position at the University of South Carolina didn't work out.
Officials have launched an investigation into an electronic intrusion that has left University Health Services employees using pens and paper rather than computers for the past week. According to University officials, it is not yet known whether any personal medical files had been compromised and accessed from the outside.
The Black Student Union brought forward the double standards women and men face with their sexuality, how the media sells sex and issues of infidelity with a forum last week. Mohamed Vandi, the secretary of BSU, welcomed the attendees to the Malcolm X center, by encouraging everyone to part take in the laid-back conversation about sex.
Most residents of the Pioneer Valley area know about buying local, evident by the farm stands and "Fair Trade" logos found across the region. But Northampton's dedication was recently made official with the passing of the "Buy Local, Buy Fair" resolution - which makes Northampton the sixth Fair Trade Town in the United States.
The executive director of Five Colleges, Inc. will retire next June after a career of nearly 30 years. Lorna Peterson became the group's first development officer in 1980 and 10 years later, assumed leadership of the organization, consisting of 36 people and directed by the presidents of the five colleges represented: Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts.