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Hiring process for new vice president for academic affairs underway First-round interviews scheduled for next week
By Madison Dennis Editor-in-Chief After whittling down a list of over 50 applicants for the vice president for academic affairs position, an FSC search committee has invited 12 candidates to campus for first-round interviews. The interviews are scheduled to take place on Sunday and Monday of this week. Student Trustee Julie Cormio, one of the two student representatives on the search committee, said, “I think the process is going well so far. We had a good amount of people apply for the position and narrowed it down to about 12. ... The president would like a decision made by mid-April, and we seem to be on track for that.” According to Director of Human Resources Rita Colucci, the FSC search committee is comprised of 21 members of the college community
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and includes professors, staff members, administrators, board of trustee representatives and students. Colucci is co-chairing the committee with Dr. Richard Milaszewski, professor of chemistry and food science, who declined to comment. President Timothy Flanagan said administrators made a genuine effort to ensure the committee “represented all constituencies on campus.” He also noted the five or six faculty members on the committee were from a broad range of majors and disciplines. SGA president Steve Whittemore is also a member of the search committee. He said the process has been going very well so far, but added that trying to find the right candidate for FSC “can be overwhelming.” Overall, the committee is responsible for reviewing applicants and
Obama's First Year as President
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Survey finds students unsure of Obama’s first-year policies’ effectiveness By Roya Bahrami Assistant News Editor By Matthew Bushery Editorial Staff
According to an unscientific Gatepost survey of 400 students, conducted in February, many survey respondents are unsure whether President Barack Obama’s policies in his first year in office were effective. Students were asked to rate the president’s performance in areas such as economic policy, health care reform and international affairs. When asked about the effectiveness of the $700 billion bank bailout, 221 students were “Unsure.” One-hundred sixteen student respondents - 29 percent - said the bailout was “Very Ineffective” or “Ineffective,” while 62 students - approximately 16 percent - found the bailout to be “Moderately Effective” or “Very Effective.” One student did not answer. Economics Professor Michael Enz said
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the definition of “success” is subject to individual interpretation. “To start off, we have to determine what it means for the bank bailout to be effective,” Enz said. “If you look at the plan in preventing a complete financial meltdown, and no credit flowing anywhere, then it was an unbridled success. We prevented failure. If you look at the bailout plan as some sort of new system that will be in place where this problem will never happen again, then no, so far, it’s not a success.” Enz believes Obama implemented the bailout as a preventative measure to halt the economic meltdown. “We’re talking about financial feasibility, but at the same time, we’re also talking about political feasibility. It will take time. … Do we need a second round of stimulus? Let’s wait and see what happens with this one.” One hundred eighty-one of the 400 student respondents were ambivalent about
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