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Thiel Adopts New Core Curriculum Culture Active SI & WL Shock Resident Beloit College Schedules Page 6 Directors Mindset List Page 5 Page 4 Page 4 THE THIELENSIAN the student-run newspaper of Thiel College in Greenville, PA Volume 133 Issue 1 Friday, September 19, 2014 Conference Thiel Adopts New Core Curriculum for SGA by Kristina Cotton, [email protected] by Bri Tiedeman, At Thiel this semester, would have gotten in the be more beneficial for stu- forth to find worth in it. formation out there…with [email protected] a new core curriculum is history of western humani- dents, than the old one, When asked to explain presentation intensive cours- being exercised. There is ties” Professor Brenda DelMaramo said “it’s hard and comment on the new es, you will be picking up a shift from classes that DelMaramo, of the English to predict.” She mentioned core curriculum, Allen Mor- skills along the way,” Mor- study the western humani- department, said. that there are many variables rill, director of the Langen- rill observed. ties to seminar-style classes She pointed out that in the that involve the student’s at- heim Library, emphasized He is very excited for the with varying class subjects, old core classes that re- titude and level of motiva- that the courses in this new research and preparation from Stephen King to Myths volved around the history of tion. curriculum will help stu- that these new courses will Exposed. western humanities, there But DelMaramo conclud- dents develop necessary entail. For the library itself, “The [Seminar] structure was a unifying factor: the ed that education, in any communication skills for the Morrill predicts that there gives more freedom to syllabus and textbooks used case, can have tremendous workforce. will be a spike in the number individual instructors, which by instructors, especially offerings for students, it is “Your generation will be of visitors they will have. is great in some ways, my when teaching the literature, all about what the student presenting their information “We’re going to be in a concern is that it may not with the new core this has chooses to take from each not by writing a paper and position where students are result in even coverage, in been lost. course, be it a well taught handing it in to the boss, going to have to come to us many topics- not just litera- When asked whether or class or one that a student you’re going to be using to get prepared to go to ture, that students maybe not the new curriculum will must put that extra effort other means to get that in- class,” Morill said. Countries Face New Ebola Outbreak 6.0 Students get ready to play chess during the SGA confer- Earthquake ence. Photo Credit: Bri Tiedeman Thrashes In between exploring Ger- California many, lobster-feasting in Maine, interning, and working, by Liz Carlson, your Student Government ex- [email protected] ecutive board members spent a weekend in Orlando, Fl. this At approximately 3:30 in the summer, preparing us for the morning on Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014 – ’15 school year. residents of the Napa Valley in SGA’s 2012-2013 executive northern California were woken cohort discovered the Ameri- and caught off guard as the can Student Government Asso- ground beneath them trembled ciation during their term and and shook. The earthquake was set the trend in motion, allow- recorded at a 6.0 magnitude, ing this year and last year’s making it the strongest earth- boards to go to Orlando. Vice quake to strike the area since President David Waugaman, 1989. The Quake injured nearly Treasurer Yosief Woldegabriel, 200 people, and caused consider- President Kelsey Schneider, able damage across the valley, and Media Board Manager including fires caused by broken Brianna Tiedeman attended the gas lines. As history shows, conference from July 18 to 21. earthquakes such as this one are “After the ASGA conference not unfamiliar to residents of that the E-board gained a lot from area of the country. the trip - Not just as individu- The tragedy does not end with als, but as a cohesive group,” this quake either. As with many Waugaman said. Coming in to large-scale earthquakes, less in- Health workers prepare to help anyone affected with the virus in Sierre Leone, which recently saw the tense aftershock trembles are the conference we knew of death of a fourth doctor. each other, but by the end we predicted to continue for several better knew each other and Photo credit: The Guardian more weeks. As the injured con- will be able to work together a tinue to heal and recover from lot better.” by Sara Toombs, [email protected] what was mostly reported as very Board members agreed that minor injuries, the other resi- the trip not only benefitted dents of northern California must their professional rapports, but You may have seen the word Reynolds said. It’s clear that not everyone is ex- remain alert and prepared in the also enhanced their confidence “Ebola” while scrolling through “It was explained to me as an ex- actly sure what has been occurring incident that another quake in their upcoming roles within Facebook updates, or heard about an tremely aggressive strain of AIDS,” pertaining to the outbreak. The dis- would strike. the Student Government. Sec- “outbreak” recently, but how much an anonymous student said. ease itself is formally known as Ebo- Due to the severity and dan- retary Jenna Farina was not do you really know about the recent “I know that two Americans were la virus disease, or EVD. The dis- ger of the situation, the Napa able to attend the conference. Ebola outbreak in West Africa? To in Africa and that’s where it’s cen- ease was first seen in two outbreaks City area declared a local emer- Through over 20 different get a starting point, the Thielensian tered. And those Americans are back in 1976, one in Sudan and the other gency early Sunday morning in relative workshops and open- asked a few students about their in America now. I think that Africans in the Democratic Republic of Con- hopes that they will get more ing seminars, ASGA official knowledge of the event. Some of the have since destroyed the Ebola cen- go. The outbreak in the Congo oc- help from the State of California speakers preached advice and responses include: ters for some reason,” senior Brit- curred near the Ebola river, giving to clean up and recover. The ma- guidance in direct-correlation “I know that there have been quite tany Patten said. the disease its name. jority of the damage that oc- to leadership in general, as a few cases near the equator in South “Basically, it’s a deadly virus that’s The disease is contracted originally curred affected utilities such as well as specific executive America and Africa. They brought a ravaging Africa and that people can’t in animals, and then passed to hu- gas and electric, leaving several roles. few cases to the US to try and locate contain yet,” senior Sean Oros said. mans who have close contact with thousands of people in the dark. a cure but it’s still spearing from “I think it has to do with food,” the infected species. The quake also left around 100 [cont. pg. 4] what I last knew,” junior Ashley senior Joe Disch said. [cont. on pg. 4] families homeless, completely destroying their homes to the point that they were declared in- habitable. On the positive side, Technology Updates a Double-Edged Sword all bridges are reported to have held up against the force of the by Katie Allgeier, [email protected] quake and main water sources were uncontaminated. Officials As students return to their dorms, Hub also provides an easy way to Perhaps the biggest concern for Ashley encourages any students are continuing to access the dam- classrooms, and lunch tables this reset your network password. Fi- many students is the lack of Wi-Fi having technology issues to contact ages and respond accordingly. fall, they will inevitably notice the nally, we quintupled Internet band- in theme houses and throughout the Solution Center at extension technological updates that have width by replacing our existing two apartment complexes. “I feel as 4000 or [email protected] [cont. on pg. 3] been put in place over the summer. 100 Mbps connections with two though Wi-Fi should be available in for support. The most obvious of these is the 500 Mbps connections. This allows every place on campus and not just presence of wireless Internet in res- for faster downloads and streaming. a select few,” Tyler Beebee, junior, idence halls, a feature that most stu- This also required us to replace our remarked. “Some of the townhous- dents have received with open Internet firewall and router, and es don’t (have Wi-Fi); my RD does- arms. change our public IP addresses, so n’t have Wi-Fi. It’s not just a Greek In an interview, chief informa- this project was quite complex.” thing; it’s affecting more people tion officer Kurt Ashley noted While it is certain that the up- than people realize.” that the Wi-Fi was just the dates help the majority of students, Ashley addressed this, noting first phase of the technology up- the updates have not been without that while a great deal of feedback dates. flaws. has been positive, Information “We completed three large proj- Connectivity has been an even Technology has received quite a bit ects this summer… The first was greater issue this year with the in- of negative feedback regarding Wi- the addition of Wi-Fi in residence troduction of the new wireless net- Fi in theme houses.
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