Centurion

Can Bucks quit smoking?

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

On April 10, the Bucks Board
of Trustees heard and approved
a proposal for a campus-wide
smoking ban to take effect, if it
meets final approval, Jan. 1, 2009.
What does this mean to Bucks?
It's not clear, because the idea
of policing such a policy is overwhelming
to campus security.

INTG classes irk students

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Virtually every student at
Bucks must, at one time or
another, take an Integration of
Knowledge course. But many
students aren't happy about it.
Many students interviewed by
the Centurion say the courses are
poorly organized and that the
multiple-instructor format is
confusing.

Candidates battle over electoral votes

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

All we ever hear in the
news is which Democratic
presidential candidate does
better in the polls against presumptive
Republican nominee
Sen. John McCain. But it
isn't the popular vote that
elects a president - just ask Al
Gore. It's the Electoral
College.

Hitting the streets for Obama in Bucks

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It's 8:43 a.m. on Saturday,
April 19 and Patty Fennell
should be exhausted. She has
just flown into to
Philadelphia from San
Antonio the night before, and
she has not had sufficient
time to sit down and recuperate
since her arrival.
But as she enters the
Boilermaker's Union Hall in
Newportville on this morning,
she is as jubilant as can
be.

'Poor college students' lack social life

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Adam D'Alonzo wakes up
every morning in his
Bensalem home at 6:45 a.m.,
then drives 20 minutes to the
campus. After classes he goes
home to do homework, and
then returns to Bucks at 2:30
p.m. for tennis practice. In
the evening he has night
classes at the Lower Bucks
campus.

Bucks summer session gets you caught up

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

As the spring semester
winds to a close, Bucks will
once again open its doors to
summer sessions available to
students wanting to catch up,
get ahead, or transfer credits.
It is expected that students
from more than 260 other
institutions will attend Bucks
this summer.

Is college to blame for illegal dump?

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Hidden from the public eye,
an illegal garbage dump fills
the wooded space between
Bucks' Newtown campus and
Tyler State Park.
Photography Professor
Craig Johnson was working
on an Earth Day project a
year ago, taking photos by
the archery range at Porter's
Creek, when he discovered a
heap of rusted metal and cut
branches.

Print circulation still on fast decline

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Newspapers are waning in
sales and general public interest.
With all-news networks,
the internet, and various
radio sources, newspapers
are no longer the vital source
of information they used to
be.
If you read that, then you
are one of the few who will.

Students take a 'W' over an 'F'

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Bucks students are starting
to notice many of their classes
are eerily empty now. The
April 8 withdrawal deadline
has passed, and course withdrawal
forms have apparently
inundated the Admissions
office.
Many students are apparently
deciding to take a 'W'
on their transcripts instead of
an 'F'
The withdrawal is considered
one of the most critical
times for many students as it
can make or break an academic
career.

A Modern Hypocrisy

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Another year at Bucks draws to a close and here's the last
issue...until fall semester. In other words: end of the year
wrap-up!
I started the semester with a column on my being a
Republican. This year's Democratic primary angered me.
Pennsylvanians were stupid for letting Hillary Clinton take
our state.

A Piece of my Mind

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Well, this will be my last
editorial for Bucks. That's
right, if all goes well I should
graduate with an associate's
degree in journalism in a couple
of weeks, and then it's a
little time off to reflect and
then off to a four-year school.
As I sit here writing this, I
remember back to when I first
started this column, my first
story was about how bad
drivers push me near the
brink of going on a shooting
rampage.

Oh Baby!

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

It is the end of the semester
and, as I have done for the
last three years, I have been
trying to wrap up last minute
assignments and prepare for
finals.
The difference being that,
this semester, I am seven
months pregnant and I am
feeling the effects of my condition.

As expected, GTA IV sells millions

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The biggest videogame
release of the year was Grand
Theft Auto IV on April 30.
The most anticipated title
in 2008, GTA IV is one of the
most controversial games in
the history of console
games- with mafia bosses,
prostitutes, drug dealers, illegitimate
business men and
people with very low moral
centers.

Forum focuses on coverage of crime

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Maybe it was because he
escaped from a pointed gun
to his head, has chatted with
Mafiosos or was a finalist for
the Pulitzer Prize for a 60-
part series on the Ohio mafia,
but Bill Moushey, one of
three panelists at the ninth
annual Media Day at Bucks,
captivated an array of students
on Wednesday, April
23.

Student returns from year in Tokyo

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

I spent a good chunk of last
year in Tokyo and I'm finally
back at Bucks for vacation.
Coming back to the States
has given me time to think
about what I've done in my
time in Tokyo.
Tokyo was one hell of a trip;
I don't think that could be
said enough.

Centurion baseball champs

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

They came in as underdogs,
they emerged as champions.
Rookie Coach Mark Bohling
led Bucks baseball in double
wins over the weekend to
claim the Eastern
Pennsylvania Collegiate
Conference Baseball
Championship.
The Centurions were seeded
third in the tournament,
however they beat secondseed
Delaware County
Community College 13-5 on
Saturday May 3, then dismantled
top seed Luzerne
County Community College
9-5 at the tournament that
wrapped up on May 4 in
Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Chase Utley is the Phillies big hitter

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

The nuanced thrill filters
through the wave of excitement
radiating from the
Citizen's Bank Park faithful.
Chase Utley swings completely
through the red stitches
of the white baseball, sending
it deep into right center
field.
The All-Star second basemen's
first long-ball all year
at "The Banks" hallowed
halls.

Manchester U, Chelsea going for title

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Moscow hoteliers, restaurateurs
and bar owners beware:
the English are coming.
In a thrilling week of
Champions League Soccer
action, British clubs
Manchester United and
Chelsea FC secured passage
to the final of the competition,
set for May 21 in the
Russian capital.

Letter to the editor

Mon, 05 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Mark Bennett, let me give you a piece of my mind. As I was
reading your opinion piece in the April 23 edition of the
Centurion, you hit a nerve.
I am Schizophrenic, the paranoid delusional type.
I take as many pills as a cancer patient; if I didn't have access
to my medication, I wouldn't be able to function as a semi-well
adjusted member of society, what most people refer to as
being "normal.