SUB Movie Night was “Unstoppable”

Imagine GDH open after hours.  Being able to use a meal, not bonus bucks, from your meal card for food – only not in the meal period.  Being able to watch a movie on the big screen without having to get in your car.  Being able to sit back and not have to think for a couple hours about how busy the last two weeks before Fall Break are going to be.  Plus the added bonus of being surrounded by your fellow PC students and friends.  You must have been at SUB Movie Night.

The Student Union Board hosted its first Movie Night of the year in a new location, our own dining hall GDH, which brought together approximately 75 students, from freshmen to seniors, in a night full of free – free food, free fellowship, and free entertainment.

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Four New Courses Coming Soon to PC!

As exciting as the current course selection available at Presbyterian College currently is, I think we all can agree that a little more variety would be a welcome sight.  Through some intense and MacGruber-esque investigation, I have uncovered a top-secret list of four new courses that are coming to PC very soon.  So clear your schedules and start studying because these new classes are sure to have you excited to stick around for a fifth year!

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PSA Pertaining to Planing Participation in Primary Polls

Every South Carolina resident needs to mark February 28^th 2012 on their calendars. Besides being the 302^nd anniversary of The Battle Helsingborg, it is also the date of the South Carolina Republican Primary. A primary is an election held by the political parties to determine who the party will run on their presidential ticket. These serve as a testing ground for candidates, giving them election experience before the main election. While turnout is lower than the main election, primaries are used to get the base of a party excited about an election.

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PC Improv Won’t be “Underground” for Long

If you missed the Improv Underground show on Saturday then you deprived yourself of a comedy experience. This show reminds one of Whose Line is it Anyways with Drew Carey but the only difference is I actually laughed at the Improv show. They played various games in which rules and a scenario was setup and the actors had to abide by these set guidelines. To give an idea of what they did the topics ranged from a vacation to Harry Potter Land to assassins and honeymoons. No matter what the actors did a fine job of keeping the audiences interest and continuously came up with hilarious things to say. I did not know what exactly to expect when I went to see this because I did not really know what it was but I was entertained the entire time I was there. If I was to review the show and give it a rating it would be 10 out of 10.

Water Crisis Hits Developing Countries

Did you know that lack of sanitation is the world’s leading cause of infection? 884 million people do not have access to safe water supplies. That’s every one in eight people. More people in the world have access to a cell phone than have access to a toilet. Lack of access to clean water and sanitation is killing thousands of people in developing nations, and leaving people with a reduced quality of life.

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PC’s Maymester and Study Abroad Fair

Photo by Yanqin Young

Last Thursday, September 15^th, the Department of International Programs hosted a study abroad fair in Springs Gym. Mr. Viet Ha, Director of International Programs and the coordinator of the study abroad fair, was interviewed.

When asked how he felt the study abroad fair went, Mr. Ha replied that “the staff did a great job organizing it!” He also thinks it’s great that the faculty who are leading the Maymesters were there, because their excitement gave students a more clear idea of what the trips will be like and added a more personal feel to the overall event.

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Palestine’s Appeal for UN Membership

Since the failure of negotiations between Israel and Palestine, the controversial nation of Palestine is looking to make an appeal for full membership in the United Nations on September 23^rd.  If Palestine received membership, it would undoubtedly have a dynamic effect on Middle Eastern politics for better or for worse.  Many nations have been quick to express their stance on the issues, notably the nation of Israel and its ally the United States.

Israel has been quick to state its objections to its rival’s status in statehood.  Benjamin Netanyahu has stated over the past week of his certainty that Palestine will fail in its bid for membership.  Barack Obama has also given his veto and intends for the remainder of the United Nations General Assembly to do the same.  He has stated that the matter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s resolution will not come from the United Nations, but rather from an agreement between the two belligerent countries.  Though few nations have displayed a favorable opinion of Palestine’s UN statehood, some have disagreed with Obama’s decision to simply veto Palestine’s application.

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