If you're wondering what all the buzz is about, the answer is SAC. The Student Activities Council hosted a Krazy Karaoke contest last Thursday, Jan. 31, in Sykes Student Union Ballrooms, where students from the WCU Community sang their hearts out in hopes of winning $100 in gift certificates to local restaurants and businesses.
The West Chester University Karate club held its annual Shotokan Karate Collegiate Tournament last Saturday in Ehinger Gym. Ten team members competed against Penn State University and Drexel University, in individual and team skill competitions. "There is usually a bigger turnout of colleges, but not a lot of other schools were back in session," Jacquie Turk, a fourth-year student and president of the club, said.
With the days quickly growing colder, what could be better then curling up with a cup of hot chocolate by the fireplace and getting lost in a good book? Well now is the perfect time to do just that because February is National Library Lovers' Month. Many may recognize February as a month of love when Valentine's Day is celebrated, but one can prove their love to more than just the people in their lives; one can love his/her library.
West Chester University educates many aspiring artists everyday. These artists may be musicians, sketchers, painters or poets, and they hope to one day be heard through their work. For one WCU student, that hope became a reality. "Flornography" is a recent publication by two co-authors, Daniella Langianese, a WCU fourth-year student and Chuck Bowers.
February is known for showing declarations of love, specifically on Valentine's Day. Since conversation hearts and other candies take on the heart-shaped form, it is only fitting that February is American Heart Month. According to the American Heart Association Web site, Congress has required the president to proclaim February "American Heart Month" since 1969.
Some of the most influential people in history have been African-American. These people include Barack Obama, Maya Angelou, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Frederick Douglass. Their enormous contributions to history have made February Black History Month. According to www.
Sometimes people wish they could trade everything in for something new, and now they can. There is a new website, and it is called swaptree.com. If a person is looking for something new in his/her life or just want to get rid of some old things, swaptree.
Cold and flu season is in full swing. In every class, there is at least one person sneezing, sniffling, coughing and looking downright miserable. You wonder if you'll be next, and you think, "What will I do if that happens to me?" Some people just reach into the medicine cabinet and pull out whatever antibiotics they have left over from the previous year.
You've seen him on MTV's "Jackass" and "Viva La Bam" and perhaps even around town, but you may be seeing him even more if Bam Margera gains permission to open his own theater in West Chester. West Chester's own prankster is interested in owning "a piece of West Chester" he told The Philadelphia Inquirer.