Published February 5, 2010
As most of us know by now, our beloved local grocery store P&C will be closing its doors in February as its parent company, Penn Traffic, has filed bankruptcy for the third time in 10 years. However, a surprising twist has surfaced. An article in The Watertown Daily Times reports that a [...]
Published February 5, 2010
The reduction of work study opportunities for St. Lawrence students has been proposed by the Recession Response and Planning Task Group, a collection of deans, department directors and managers, and professors. The Group’s platform for campus spending change was submitted on January 8, 2010. The RRPTG has scrutinized all programs and operations, [...]
Pubslished January 29, 2010
On January 25th, 2010, President Fox addressed the St. Lawrence community with the report from the Recession Response and Planning Task Group; the scope and magnitude of the recommendations were, expectedly, significant. The university, like many other institutions of higher education, is facing a dire forecast of shrinking endowments and budgets stretched [...]
Published January 29, 2010
Starting the new semester off with crowded classrooms and students begging professors to be admitted to a myriad of courses is not ideal. In difficult economic times, this effect is amplified in student’s eyes as professors are forced to turn students away in the interest of maintaining quality education here at St. [...]
Published January 29, 2010
Besides the stress associated with finding a job post-graduation, current seniors are also struggling to figure out how they will be insured once commencement from St. Lawrence University occurs. Currently, normal health insurance packages (not associated with SLU) cover individuals until graduation from a higher institution of learning. For a payment of [...]
St. Lawrence University sophomores John Calero and Oscar Rodriguez, both 19, were arrested Tuesday by Canton Police and charged with fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Offensive linemen of the football team, and roommates, Calero and Rodriguez were arraigned in Village Court and sent to St. Lawrence County jail. Calero was jailed on $20,000 cash [...]
Next year, one room in each of the Steiner Senior Townhouses will be converted to a double so that 24 more seniors can live in each townhouse. The townhouses, which opened in 2003, were originally designed for five students. According to Assistant Dean and Director of Residence Life Matha Thornton, one of the primary reasons [...]
Fifty-five miles from campus, military base Fort Drum prepares for further deployment to Afghanistan, as stated in President Obama’s recent speech. The 10th Mountain Division, stationed in Fort Drum, is the most heavily deployed division in the US Army. As the demand for troops increases, the size of the 10th increases and families and soldiers [...]
While Canton has always prided itself on supporting local businesses, the community may find itself thrown for a loop with recent rumors of Canton’s P&C food chain being bought out by a larger company.
According to the Watertown Daily News, Price Chopper wants to buy out four of Penn Traffic’s St. Lawrence county P&C supermarkets. Last [...]
Canton has switched their downtown Christmas lights from the usual incandescent bulbs to LEDs, a more efficient type of lighting.
The new lights were purchased from Coakley Carpet Ace One Hardware, a 107-year-old family business owned by Bill Coakley, brother of SLU Vice President of Administrative Operations Tom Coakley. The cost of the new lights was [...]
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