May 31, 2007Student newspapers fight for right to advertise boozeNearly a year after student newspapers at Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia sued the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control over the right to publish ads for alcohol, the case is being heard in court. Continue reading "Student newspapers fight for right to advertise booze" » May 29, 2007Provost candidates loomRadford University has set aside three days to interview prospective Provost candidates next month. Faculty and members of the "university community" will get a chance to meet them in forums on June 14, June 18 and June 21. May 23, 2007Get to know your local stripperHow far would you go for the sake of research? A sociology student in Nebraska wrote her honors thesis based on her after-school job as a stripper and earned a degree. Her professor says the idea could help shed light on the life of sex workers. College at the mallAlong with finding out where to buy sneakers or clothing, people who swing by the New River Valley Mall's information area can now learn more about community college -- and even sign up for classes. New River Community College plans to move its Christiansburg satellite campus to the mall in August and has set up a temporary information offfice across from Henebry's Jewelers. Staff from the school are on hand Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 18, 2007Video game of the Virginia Tech shootingsA homemade role-playing video game of the Virginia Tech shootings produced by an Australian man has, as expected, met with a great deal of outrage this week. Ryan Lambourn's website has been suspended but the game is still available on the Internet through Newgrounds, a "flash portal" company based in Pennsylvania. Continue reading "Video game of the Virginia Tech shootings" » May 17, 2007The fate of Norris Hall
The future of Norris Hall remains uncertain Tom Tillar, Tech's vice president for alumni relations, is chairing a committee of 18 students, faculty, alumni and administrators to make memorial recommendations to Tech President Charles Steger. Those are expected to reach the president's desk by early June. But Tillar explained the various complications involving what to do with an entire campus building have led the committee to stay away from the Norris Hall question. "I didn't see a realy comfort level from anyone in talking about Norris," Tillar said. Earlier this week Tech spokesman Larry Hincker said university leaders are informally gathering information to make a decision on Norris but have not set a timeline for a decision and are not ready to go public with a list of options. A week after the shootings, Provost Mark McNamee said classes would never again be held in Norris. May 14, 2007National media coverage of Virginia Tech graduationNow that Virginia Tech graduation has come and gone, it would seem that the first chapter of the April 16 shootings are complete. There will, of course, be plenty of follow up stories -- from the one-month anniversary coming up this week, to the first day of classes, to the first home football game, to the actual anniversary next April. But the commencement ceremonies, held about four weeks after the shootings, seem to offer a natural break in the coverage -- news on memorials and investigations notwithstanding. And while Tech's PR department did brace for the worst last weekend -- preparing 600 press credentials, they only issued about 350. And the media presence didn't seem anywhere near as thick as it was the week of the shootings. Director of News and Information Mark Owczarski said that was somewhat deceiving because, rather than travelling in packs, the media was more spread out, with reporters following specific students or families to the various events associated with commencement. Below are links from news stories about graduation from around the world, with media outlets ranging from the BBC to MTV. Feel free to post your own links to stories from graduation and your comments about the coverage. Continue reading "National media coverage of Virginia Tech graduation" » May 10, 2007Virginia Tech bracing for media invasion at commencement
Media on Tech's campus April 23 Mark Owczarski, director of news and information at Tech, said earlier this week he had prepared 600 media credentials for commencement. He began to have an idea of what the media rush would be like when his first request came in, from CNN. They asked for 25 credentials. MTV will also be on campus, he said. Continue reading "Virginia Tech bracing for media invasion at commencement" » |
About this blog
Rhode Island native and Virginia Tech reporter Greg Esposito posts on everyday college life, trends and issues affecting the 35,000-plus students in the New River Valley and beyond.
Tim Thornton, who is old enough to have children attending college, is still taking classes and is still fascinated by colleges, the students who populate them and the bureaucrats who operate them. His reporting beat is Radford University.
West Virginia native Anna Mallory blogs on student life topics at Virginia Tech, Radford University, New River Valley Community College -- and beyond.
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