Tag Archive | "The Flyer"
The truth behind the Princeton Review
by Corey Nethen When the news surfaced that Salisbury University had been ranked second on a list of “The 10 Schools that Study the Least,” it hit faculty and students hard. The list was conducted by the admissions consulting company The Princeton Review, and the data was then reposted through an online article written by [...]
Continue reading...Lynching case exposes Salisbury’s secret past
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
by Julie Messick Eighty years ago, the rope used to lynch a black lumber worker was cut up into pieces tucked away by some of the 2,000 spectators, and his story remains as part of the hidden history of Salisbury. Matthew Williams was accused of murdering his employer, Daniel Elliott. A mob of around 200 [...]
Continue reading...Camden Avenue covered in college trash
Monday, December 5, 2011
Traveling up and down Camden Avenue is almost like walking through an art gallery. The houses and yards that share a road with the campus are beautiful and are part of what makes Salisbury a nice place to live. However, many of the students that walk up and down Camden are not sight-seeing. People traveling [...]
Continue reading...Holiday 5k supports Kids of Honor
Monday, December 5, 2011
by Brianna Williams Salisbury University students and community members lined up on Friday afternoon in Christmas attire to run for charity. Senior marketing students Sarah Cibelli, Erin Laffey and Calleigh Wootten joined together to organize the first Jingle Bell Run, a 5K walk or run to support Kids of Honor. Founded in 2001 by advertisement [...]
Continue reading...Last Round with Diana and Justin
Monday, December 5, 2011
[twitter style="vertical" float="left"][fblike style="standard" showfaces="false" width="450" verb="like" font="arial"] [fbshare type="button"] by Diana Dwyer & Justin Odendhal The roads are slow and the beer flows fresh at the Delmar, Del.-based Evolution Craft Brewing Co., known affectionately as EVO. Regulars pop into the small, wooden barrel-laden bar to refill their growlers on a regular basis while [...]
Continue reading...Nursing scholarship inspired by son’s condition
Monday, December 5, 2011
It is easy to just give up once the curve balls of life have subsided, but that wasn’t the case for SU nursing student Kevin Harrison. Harrison was one of eight students to win the $10,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Careers in Nursing Scholarship. The scholarship was developed to increase the diversity of the [...]
Continue reading...‘Extreme Makeover’ Jusst Sooup ranch faces legal hurdle
Monday, December 5, 2011
Due to legal hurdles, the Lewes, Del., soup kitchen ranch that thousands of volunteers from Maryland and Delaware helped build for “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” may not open to the homeless any time in the near future. Instead of being a soup kitchen where the less fortunate come for soup, it may act more like [...]
Continue reading...Active Minds aims to de-stigmatize mental illness
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Midterms, finals, test after test, seemingly un-payable fees, tuition, rent and time management are just some of the problems students face. Another big concern needs to be taken into account. Mental health is equally as significant as physical health. Luckily for Salisbury University, a rising national organization is dedicated to the improvement of mental health [...]
Continue reading...Drunkorexia disease: starving for the sake of shots
Monday, November 21, 2011
by Abigail Colby Alcohol: it has calories and lots of ‘em. It is almost baffling to think that those cute little one-ounce shot glasses can hold anywhere from 80 to 120 calories worth of liquor, and a serving of a typical light beer averages at 115 calories. Alcohol probably won’t do much damage to your [...]
Continue reading...Frivolous legislation on Capitol Hill
Monday, November 21, 2011
When the new Republican controlled House of Representatives took office last January, they immediately signed a “Pledge to America.” One of the parts of this pledge included a promise to end frivolous legislation in Washington and focus on “jobs, jobs, jobs.” That is a fantastic idea. However, the Republican-controlled Congress broke that promise. Instead of [...]
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
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