2008 Woodie Awards
'Rockin' for Robbie'Tri-Sig to team with Lambda Chi Alpha for fund-raiser
The Sigma Sigma Sigma women will kick off their yearly philanthropy event, "Rockin' for Robbie," with a live band and games and prizes for kids from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, outside the Tri-Sig house at 101 W. Lindburg. During "Rockin' for Robbie," one woman from Sigma Sigma Sigma and one man from this year's partner fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha, will be sitting in a rocking chair in shifts for 72 hours on the Tri-Sig lawn.…
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Christian groups plan night of music and evangelism
This week blue T-shirts are being sported throughout campus. The shirt describes AFTERdark, a night of music, motivation and evangelism provided by one of the nation's top touring campus ministry groups. The event is being held at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, in the Weede Physical Education building.…
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PSU alum demystifies insurance
While acknowledging that insurance may not be the highest priority on students' minds, Rob Lesson told a group of 20 students that having adequate insurance is important. "Once you get out of school and start a career, it's important to protect your stuff like clothes, furniture and so on," Lesson said.…
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Students return from Katrina relief trip
Members of the Campus Christians who ventured to Mississippi over spring break to help rebuild communities that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina returned with a changed outlook. "One of the things that I took from the trip the most was going down there and seeing these people who literally had everything they own, their lives, destroyed by the hurricane," Adam Reynolds, member of Campus Christians, said.…
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Staff hard at work on 2008 Cow Creek Review issue
Many students on campus know about the Cow Creek Review (CCR), but hardly any of them knows what goes in to creating the annual magazine. The Cow Creek staff is currently working diligently on publishing this year's edition, due out in May. "It's a very long process," Laura Lee Washburn, an English professor at PSU and adviser for CCR, said.…
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Students continue to lobby SGA for Diversity Office move
Members of the Black Student Association and the Office of Student Diversity stood in front of the Student Government Association for their third consecutive week, with a larger group than before. "We are here again to talk about the moving of the Student Diversity Office to a better location," said Anthony Moreno, graduate student and employee at the Office of Student Diversity.…
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AxeDigital puts photos online
A new project at Pittsburg State University's Axe Library is opening some of the library's resources to anyone with access to the Internet. AxeDigital launched this week with two photographic collections pertaining to life in Southeast Kansas. The Ira Clemens Photo Album is a collection of photographs and postcards compiled by Ira Clemens in 1923.…
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PSU grad accepts leading role with Chicago Symphony
Ni Mei, who earned her bachelor's degree in music in 2003, was recently named first chair violin with the Chicago Symphony. Mei, who is originally from China, earned a master's degree at Rice University in Houston after finishing at PSU. She later won a chair with the Detroit Symphony and had been performing with that group.…
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