House speaker releases statement about sexual assault allegations
PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY – “If the findings of the grand jury (surrounding former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky and other university administrators) are true,” Pennsylvania Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Samuel Smith, R-Jefferson County, said. “Penn State failed in this most basic obligation and in a most egregious way.”
Smith released the statement Thursday regarding the removal of former Penn State President Graham Spanier.
Tor Michaels, chief of staff for Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Centre, said he agrees with the speaker, but there is more to the case and an investigation should be launched to find out more details.
In addition, Smith said he was “horrified” at the apparent lack of action by some of the school’s administrators, according to the news release.
-The Daily Collegian
By Lynn Ondrusek
Students speak out on proposed tobacco ban
UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA – Warren Queton fought for his religious rights Thursday at a meeting to gather input about a proposed campus-wide tobacco ban.
The anthropology graduate student and other University of Oklahoma community members voiced their opinions to the Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy during a forum in the Oklahoma Memorial Union’s Beaird Lounge.
Issues discussed included a desire for designated smoking areas, a petition for the university to provide tools to help smokers quit and infringements on personal liberties.
But smoking tobacco isn’t just a personal liberty to Queton. He said it’s something spiritual.
As a member of the Kiowa, Seminole and Cherokee tribes, Queton smokes ceremonial tobacco almost every day as part of his culture.
Banning all tobacco on campus would violate the rights of Native Americans and possibly the Native American Religious Freedom Act, he said.
-The Oklahoma Daily
By Chase Cook
MTV career coach offers tips for landing first job
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON – Ryan Kahn, career coach and star of MTV’s hit series “Hired!” offers “essential career advice” for job-seeking college students, including those at the University of Dayton, in his new book, “Hired! The Guide for the Recent Grad.”
Kahn, who received his focus degree in music business from the entertainment studies program at University of California at Los Angeles, said he learned the importance of networking through a series of internship opportunities
Kahn said his best tip for the job hunt is networking, and that he adheres to the creed “network is net worth.”
Because college exposes students to new and creative ideas, Kahn said it is the best place to expand one’s social network in order to “sneak a foot into the door.”
-Flyer News
By Ashley Niemeier