$3M gift to build track
St. John Fisher College's athletic department will get a major facelift soon.
The College recently announced a three million dollar donation from the Polisseni Foundation that will fund the construction of the new Polisseni Track and Field Complex.
College officials expect the complex to be completed in time for seven new sports to begin competition in the fall of 2011.…
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Fisher bands together for Haiti relief
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the poorest country in the western hemisphere on Jan. 12, a country where 80 percent of citizens live under the poverty line.
Although the search-and-rescue effort has ended, St. John Fisher College, Nazareth College and the local community have decided to continue its outreach to Haiti.…
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Never losing sight of King's dreamStudents celebrate a lasting legacy
More than 40 years have passed since Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a Dream" speech at
the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
Despite the passage of time, more than 100 people of all ages, genders, and ethnicities gathered inside the Cleary Family Auditorium between 11:30 a.…
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Q&AJohn Harman, a political science professor on campus, discusses what led up to his arrival at Fisher, from serving in the Navy for 40 years to working with the DIA (Defense Intelligence Agency).
Q: What is your favorite class to teach?
Introduction to Political Theory, because I have the most fun in terms of getting people to think about political thought. I think that they learn a lot of concepts and things they can use in everyday life and arguments about politics.…
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Brockport scare raises questions about security
As Winter Break drew to a close, students at SUNY Brockport received the chilling information on Jan. 8 that their campus had been locked down due to a security threat in the nearby area.
As it is now known, this threat was generated by Brockport local Scott Pescara who, following an incident at his home, situated nearby the college, alledgedly began erratically firing a loaded gun without any sense of direction.…
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Democrats caught in gridlockA Republican win in Massachusetts strips Democrats from having the 60 votes needed to pass legislation in the Senate
The fate of health care reform came down to the voters of Massachusetts on Jan. 19.
Voters came out in droves to choose which candidate would fill the late senator Ted Kennedy's vacant Senate seat after his death late last August.
With approximately 52 percent of the vote, Republican Scott Brown walked away with a victory, and the unique ability to derail the possibility of a democratic overhaul of health care.…
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Carrying out a father's dreamSon honors late father by raising money for local charities
With a heavy heart and a strong will, junior Lawrence Forte found a way to give back to the community after the devastating loss of his father, Lawrence Forte Jr.
On the morning of Oct. 23, just seven hours after Forte spoke to his father on the phone, he received the news that his father had passed away from a heart attack while on a business trip in Albany.…
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Modeling for loveSecond Annual Gala raises $3,000
The Second Annual Winter Gala was held on Jan. 16, and this year the committee tried some new approaches to this year's event.
As head of the event and Director of Activities for Student Government, junior Erika Cary explained that this year VIP members arrived earlier than the general admission for hor dourves, pictures, priority seating and complementary gifts.…
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Evaluations get gradedStudents reflect on value of assessments
The evaluations filled out by students at the end of each semester can be an important tool used to assess professors and improve courses.
"I think it is useful because students are able to express their views through the evaluations," sophomore Viki Katsetos said.…
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Obama to oversee banks, hedge funds
President Barack Obama announced last week that when it comes to private equity, he would be the one who decides whether or not investment banks take risks.
"This economic crisis began as a financial crisis, when banks and financial institutions took huge, reckless risks in pursuit of quick profits and massive bonuses," Obama said in his proposal to downsize commercial banks.…
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Faculty take leave to give back to Fisher
Many faculty members at Fisher have had the opportunity to go on sabbatical in the hopes of furthering their knowledge and research in their specialized field of study.
A sabbatical is a leave of absence taken once every seven years when they are relieved of their teaching duties in order to engage in scholarly work in their academic field.…
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