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Quad quandary creates confusion
Rushed renovation of the Quad forces Campus Activities to relocate Homecoming concert featuring
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Renovations to the Quad will begin Sept. 24 and continue throughout the next seven to eight weeks, Facilities Manager Dave Stone said after the Student Government Association's Delegates' Agenda Sept. 18. "We're going to take out six to 12 inches of soil across the surface of the Quad, treat the soil beneath and put in new topsoil," Stone said.
Convocation honors former president
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Jacqueline Grennan Wexler started a revolution. As the president of what was then Webster College, Wexler used her power and connections to remove Webster from control of the Catholic church in 1967. As a celebration of her work and a tribute to the 40th anniversary of the annexation, President Richard Meyers held a convocation to give her an honorary Doctorate of Laws.
WU leaders push to 'green' campus
Environmental concerns are the top issue at the Sept. 18 Delegates' Agenda
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University officials are taking a look at how the school can help reduce some of the world's environmental pollution and waste. This issue was the first item on the Sept. 18 Delegates' Agenda, where student representatives from various organizations presented the issues they feel are most important at Webster to President Richard Meyers and his administrators.
SIGGRAPH plans Sverdrup's future
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Animation students are showing the WU administration what they want in the language that they speak best. Rather than write a proposal about changes they want made to the Sverdrup building once the business school offices have moved out, the Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH), a group comprised of interactive media, digital arts and animation students, is creating an interactive 3-D model of rooms 202, 204, 206 and the Lantern Lounge, which are on the second and first floors of Sverdrup.
NEWS BRIEFS
HEC shows Success to Significance Series Throughout September, the Higher Education Channel and the School of Business and Technology will present tapings from the Success to Significance Speaker Series. The next showing will be of Patricia Woertz, Chairman/President/CEO of Archer Daniels Midland Company, at 9 p.
SGA election results
Graduate Senator David Grijalva- 100 votes Business and Technology Senator Austin Albert- 102 votes Education Senator Emily Means-11 votes (write-in) At-Large Senator Josh King- 86 votes Amanda Shaver- 85 votes Stela Moric- 73 votes Jacob Gossage-
MISDEMEANORS AND MISHAPS
Sept. 11, 5:00 p.m.: A student reported losing a ring in Webster Hall, but was not sure if it was lost on campus. Sept. 11, 6:25 p.m.: A student had a seizure in the University Center and was transported by paramedics to the hospital. Sept. 12: A fire alarm went off in West Hall.
WEBSTER GROVES BLOTTER
Sept. 11: An unknown person threw a brick through the window of a business. Sept. 11: Three unidentified suspects took liquor from a store and were last seen running east on Lockwood Avenue. Sept. 12: A robbery was reported early Wednesday evening. The female victim was walking on the sidewalk of Lockwood Avenue when she was approached by three teenagers.