Week of November 8, 2010
Party in Hell this weekend, page 13
Vol. 83, Issue #11
Roy handed keys to SCG coffers For our in-depth profile on newly elected Treasurer Roy, turn to page 4
By Rita Nerney News Editor
A special election was held for Parliament treasurer in the wake of former Treasurer Nicholas Bernardo’s resignation. At a special election held immediately before last week’s meeting, Parliament elected Rep. Robert Roy the new treasurer. The election and meeting were held Wednesday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. in Parliament Chambers, Student Union 307. The other two declared candidates for the open position were veteran Rep. Michael Hartley and new Rep.
Student Activities now blowing up your phone By Luisa Murillo Anchor News Writer Anchor Photo/Devin Noll
New SCG Treasurer Robert Roy at Parliament last week.
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Adolfo works closely with Angell, Darcy and Micaela Black of VetSuccess, a Veterans Affairs pilot program to which RIC was recently added. The program offers vocational testing, career and academic counseling and re-adjustment counseling services. Adolfo said that the obstacles he faced at the end of his service are partially what drove him to help others in the same situation. “It took me almost a year to get into college after getting out of the military,” said Adolfo. “There should have been someone there to help. I definitely
Most students are guilty of pulling out their phones in the middle of class to fight fatigue during boring lectures. All over campus, too, students can be seen on their cell phones before, during and after class. After noting the popularity of texting on campus, Rhode Island College decided to implement a new way of informing students about upcoming activities – by going mobile. The option to receive messages informing you of the time, date and location of specific Student Activities events is now available to all RIC students who wish to have the information in the palm of their hands, literally. David Bradley, part of SA Marketing, had the idea of coming up with a system to inform students about upcoming events. Marissa Weiss, assistant director of Student Activities, said, “We know that students
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Student Veterans Organization reaches out to former soldiers By Soren Sorensen Anchor News Writer
Ed Angell, president of the Student Veterans Organization, wants the Rhode Island College community to know that inclusion is the number one concern of the new organization he is leading. Angell, speaking of his early efforts, told The Anchor, “We have over 160 veterans enrolled at Rhode Island College. In the beginning it was kind of tough for me. I didn’t understand. Why isn’t anybody showing up? This is a free thing. We should have 35 or 40 people here.” Monica Darcy, the SVO’s
faculty advisor, echoed Angell’s concerns and framed a primary SVO aim: “How can we provide the camaraderie a veteran might seek when RIC is very much a commuter campus and veterans perhaps feel older than the 18-22 undergraduate age group?” Some veterans, as Angell and Darcy have learned, do not want to connect with anyone, much less an organization that might occupy their time, threaten their anonymity or remind them of some of the unpleasantness of military service. With concerns like traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress order in the foreground of the public perception of veterans,
SVO events and activities make an effort to shift the focus. “We’re not ignoring that TBI and PTSD are challenges that some veterans face,” Darcy said, “but, sometimes the strength that vets bring to campus – maturity, world perspective, willingness to do hard work, service orientation – can get lost in press coverage.” For incoming vets considering a RIC education, the Veterans Resource Center might be their first impression of the college. Joe Adolfo of the VRC addresses student veteran concerns like transcript evaluation, activation of educational benefits and even choosing a course of study.
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