The μTechnician• •February 16, 2011 Volume 106 Issue 6

Campus AnnouncementsCompiled by Christina Cutler Assistant Editor

OMG! MidtermsLocation: Student Academic Resource Center (3-341AB)Time: Wednesday, February 16, 12:15 – 1:20pmNot sure what to do about your midterms? Come and get all of your questions answered. Barb Huff man, Assistant Director of Financial Aid, will be there. Lunch will be provided. Please plan to attend.

Up ‘Til Dawn Blazin’ Wings Eating ContestLocation: Great CourtTime: Wednesday, February 16, 12:20 – 1:20pmTh e $10 entry fee buys your lunch of blazin’ wings and helps fund St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Midterm Madness in Th ompson HallLocation: Th ompson HallTime: Wednesday, February 16, 7:00 – 9:00pmFood will be served and tutors will be available.

Society of Women Engineers ExpoTh e Society of Women Engineers will hold their exposition Saturday, February 19 and Sunday, February 20 throughout the school.

Cosplay Ball Location: BJ’s LoungeTime: Sunday, February 20, 6:00 – 10:00pmCome enjoy fun, food and cosplay. You may come dressed up as your favorite anime character or just as yourself. Prize goes to the best cosplay. We will also being playing “Guess Th at Character” and “Guess Th at Th eme Song.”

Open Student Forum

Location: BJ’s LoungeTime: Wednesday, February 23, 8:00 – 9:00pmCome join Th e Technician on 7th Wednesday at BJ’s Lounge to discuss the state of aff airs at Kettering University with your fellow classmates, as well as any issues that you may feel are of concern. Food will be provided.

Reminders

Unit Buddy applications due by 7th Friday.

Co-op Student Essay Contest applications are available on the Current Students web page.

Diversity Week begins 7th Monday.

Up ‘Til Dawn FinaleTh e fi nal letter-writing party for Up ‘Til Dawn will take place on Friday, February 25. Th is event is an easy way to help children with cancer. Food will be provided and a concert featuring Ryan Scott, Th e Legal Immigrants, and Syndicate will follow the letter-writing party. For the letter-writing party, be sure to come with your contact list and addresses for the letters. Talk to any of the executive board members for more information, or see their table in the Great Court at lunch on Wednesday, February 16. You can e-mail Ben Karczewski at karc8707@kettering.edu, Trent Johnson at john1756@kettering.edu, or Racquel Lovelace at love7534@kettering.edu with any questions you may have.

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There’s a Club for That?By Dominic JandrainTechnician Writer

Th e Finance Council of KSG post-ed a revised version of the Statement of Operating Policies on the Ketter-ing web site earlier this term. It con-tains, among other things, the quali-fi cations and guidelines for clubs that are funded by KSG. Th e poli-cies clearly state that a club must advertise all events and meetings to be eligible for funding. Th e reasoning be-hind this rule is that by not advertising club meetings, clubs are depriving students the chance to participate in something that they helped fund by paying the activity fee. Although most clubs do an adequate job of advertising, many students can think of at least one club that has violated this rule at one time or another. Clubs that do not adver-tise events risk losing funding relating to that particular event or, if there has been no advertising at all, lose fund-ing altogether.

Th e Statement of Operating Poli-cies defi nes advertising as “available to the entire Kettering University population at least one week in ad-vance of the event or meeting”. While it does not specifi cally state the me-dium of advertisement, it can be as-sumed that fl yers, banners, and the

Kettering University Events Calendar are adequate, as long as they are avail-able to the entire student population.

In addition to the traditional means, there are quite a few other ways of advertising that are used fre-quently around campus. Painting the bulldog, Facebook events, and setting up tables in the Great Court or the

Pool are a few of the more popular options. However, these methods do not give all students an equal oppor-tunity to hear about the event. Not all students have Facebook accounts, so that can be ruled out. Painting the bulldog conveys only a very basic mes-sage for a limited time, as it may be

painted over within hours. Setting up tables and talking with passing students may be an effi cient way of getting new members, but as with painting the bulldog, this is only a temporary way of advertising. Just to be safe, each of the above meth-ods should be used in conjunction with banners and fl yers.

Clubs that choose not to adver-tise may be penalized. If a club does not advertise one event or

meeting, it is considered a minor of-fense, which is punished by a denial of a funds relating to the incident. If a club does not advertise at all, it is considered a serious off ense, pun-ishable by a seizure of all funds and recommendation for removal as a rec-ognized club.

Antonio Riggs Leaves KetteringBy Devin AryanTechnician Writer

Last Th ursday was Mr. Antonio Riggs’s fi nal day as Director of Resi-dence Life at Kettering University.

Deborah Stewart, Director of Stu-dent Life, will be fi lling his position until a new Director of Residence Life has been hired. Students residing in Th ompson Hall should bring up issues with their RA.

Editor’s Note: Read the full version of this article in the next edition of Th e Technician, on the stands 9th Tuesday.