The
Springhillian April 20, 2017
Volume 104 Issue 5 ∙ Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
A GLIMPSE INTO GRADUATION Marian Cook | Reporter
Are you excited about graduation? Well, it is officially only 16 days away. The graduation ceremony for the Spring Hill College class of 2017 will be held on May 6, 2017, at 10 a.m. on the Avenue of the Oaks; however, in case of rain, it will be moved to the Outlaw Recreational Center. According to Linnea Battles (the registrar), 311 students will be participating in the graduation ceremony, but this is only an estimate. The actual number will not be known until final grades are submitted. The number of undergraduates participating in the ceremony are
276. Of those, 17 are fall 2016 graduates, 190 are spring 2017 graduates and 69 are summer 2017 graduates. The top five majors for undergraduates include psychology (13 percent); management/marketing (9 percent); financial economics, health science, nursing and general studies (all tied at 5 percent); elementary education, biology/prehealth, political science/law, early childhood education and public relations advertising (all tied at 4 percent); and English (3 percent). The number of graduates participating in the ceremony are 35. Of those, eight are fall 2016 graduates,
CARS DAMAGED ON CAMPUS
25 are spring 2017 graduates and two are summer 2017 graduates. The student orator will be John Michael Rogers. Rogers is a 2013 graduate of Dallas Jesuit College Prep. He has been a part of the Student Government Association since his first month at SHC, serving on the senate for two years and then winning the presidency alongside Joseph Crapanzano in spring of 2016. His work for SGA includes inspiring the senate to be self-governing, introducing TEDx and implementing the emerging “Delegate System.” Further, he has studied abroad through the Italy Center and served as a LEAP instructor.
As to what he will talk about in his speech, Rogers stated, “Basically, I am going to talk about how the world needs more men and women for others, my gratitude for my years here because of the generosity the community has shown me and how I plan to channel that gratitude to change the world for the better.” The commencement speaker and the recipient of the honorary degree will be Dr. Arthur J. Tipton, president and CEO of Southern Research in Birmingham. He earned a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from SHC and a doctorate in polymer science and engineering from the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst. He has worked in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries for 25 years and helped develop three start-up companies. He even has issued 42 U.S. patents and published 30 U.S. patent applications. According to the Historical Program Completers of 2010-2011 to 2015-2016, the greatest number of degrees awarded was 318 with the class of 2011. Of those degrees, 245 were baccalaureates and 73 were masters. Last year, 241 degrees were awarded. Of those degrees, 206 were baccalaureates and 35 were masters.
Camryn Nethken | Reporter
Spring Hill students have been having issues with their cars being vandalized and damaged in the campus’s parking lots. There has been recent accounts on campus in which students’s vehicles have had eggs thrown at them. A few students have come up to explain that their cars have been vandalized in the parking lot of Skip’s Place. Sophomore Hannah Martin said, “I saw around five cars, including mine, that had egg yolk or egg shells on it.” Sophomore MaKayla Herrin was one of the victims. “I had two [eggs] hit my back glass, but because of my spare back tire, I didn’t see the yolk and egg shells covering everything,” said Herrin. Multiple others had their property vandalized, but was not aware of the situation. They are wondering why this is happening whenever they have not damaged other’s property. Martin had no damages to her vehicle; however, this is not the same case for Herrin. “I was out over $25 for the three car washes and
worried about the paint of my car chipping off because of the eggs,” Herrin said. Martin explained that the worst part about it was that a person could tell that the egging was intentional. The police officers on campus are here to prevent any occurrences like this from happening in the future. According to Todd Warren, director of Spring Hill College’s Public Safety, the department was never notified of the incident. “If they were reported to us, then we would do an offense report for vandalism,” said Warren. “Then we would investigate it like Mobile Police Department would and try to find a suspect.” Warren also explained what were to happen if the crime were being committed by someone from off campus. Spring Hill’s officers would conduct the investigation. “As far as the investigation and taking it to arrest and prosecution would all be done through our police department here,” said Warren. The officers may also consult with
Pre-Med students receive their lab coats. The students are enrolled in BIO 304 or 305 PreHealth Shadowing I and II. | Photo: Sydney Clark other sources, such as the Mobile Police Department. If the situation were to involve a student from another campus, it is beneficial for Spring Hill’s public safety to involve that university’s police department. No one has been found guilty of this act. “This was due to there being no surveillance in the area,” said Herrin. There are no cameras in the area that are able to reach the entirety of the parking lot at Skip’s Place. Therefore, no actions could have taken place because nobody had been a witness to the crime. “There is a lot of traffic that comes through our parking lot at Skips.
Between the little kids that walk to school through our parking lot…the random runners…to our own students walk and drive there,” Herrin said. She hopes that some type of surveillance will be installed in that area due to the constant traffic. When asked if there are any precautions that students can take, Warren stated, “The main thing—especially on vandalism stuff because it is so random—is to keep an eye out for each other.” He also encourages anyone that sees something that is not right or out of the ordinary to notify public safety so that they can investigate.