The ongoing search for budget savings and Ryan Kellett’s excellent post on MiddBlog prompt a question: at what point will student leaders consider tapping the funds that flow into SGA Finance coffers through the Student Activities Fee ($380 per student in 2008-2009) to help pay for programs that may be redlined out of the College’s operational budget?  [...]

I don’t know how many times one can revisit a topic before it collapses under the weight of words, but today’s announcement by President Liebowitz that accepted the Budget Oversight Committee’s recommendation that 51 Main continue—under significant qualifications—has brought me back to this subject one last time.  I believe strongly in the mission of 51 [...]

This week marks the anniversary of Nick Garza’s disappearance, and the beginning of the almost four-month search that led in May to the discovery that Nick (class of 2011) died during the February break, after apparently walking off from campus and falling into Otter Creek. We have mourned Nick’s passing, and struggled to understand how [...]