Hanson hosts 'Meeting With the President'

Last week President Hanson updated students, faculty and staff on the state of the university last week to a near-full Sundin Music Hall.

Hanson spent most of her time focusing on the strategic planning that the university is about to undertake. The plan, which would be a like a “view from 30,000 feet,” will assess the university’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Hanson, using a projector, gave an overview of the process. It involves various committees in addition to the Board of Trustees, a Trustee Strategic Planning Committee (TSPC), Institutional Leadership Teams (ILT) and Strategic Plan Teams (SPT), which will research and consult with each other to work on six to eight issues at a time. “This is where the action is,” Hanson said.

Buses provide entertainment in addition to transit

Good comedy comes cheap. For a small fee of $1.50 to $2.00, Twin Cities residents can experience a show full of drama, suspense, and laughter. Welcome to the Metro Transit bus line. While myths of bus horror stories may float through the air, on routes 84, 74, and 16 in St. Paul, troubles seem to be few, and all there is to take home are good stories.

“There’s definitely some crazy stuff that goes on in the bus,” said driver #1208, known to some as Denny, but admitted that on the bus he’s just a number. “You just have to catch it at the right time, but I like my job because of the people.”

Make peace, not ribbons

Recruiters have visitedHamline’s own law school to entice lawyers into the service (the military needs lawyers!). And of course, while some students spoke out against allowing the military on campus, others, such as the author of a letter in last week’s Oracle, whined about wanting the protesters to be quiet. The letter-writer seems to think military recruiters are bullies who are attracted by anti-war campusesčand besides, allegedly there are better ways to oppose military recruitment, like, apparently, not doing anything (or talking about cigarette butts). Not doing anything certainly seems to be the administration policy, lip service notwithstanding.

The ongoing search for tomorrow's stars

Watching this year’s Oscars, I noticed two things: first, the travesty that is the Best Picture race, possibly the worst decision anyone has made since Julia Roberts married Lyle Lovett, and, two, the bevy of character actors that were sitting happily in their seats, nominations in tow.

Oscar may love to occasionally honor superstars like Reese Witherspoon and George Clooney, but it is the character actors, the people who seamlessly fall in and out of roles and receive buckets of critical acclaim, that typically fill out the rest of Oscar’s lineup.

Track and field command respect at MIAC Indoor Championship

Dominance is a tricky term to pin down. To dominate can mean to control, govern, or rule by the use of superior authority or power, or just to enjoy a commanding position in a field. The word dominance, however, can be dangerous, especially in sports. To say that a team is dominant is also to say that there is another, lesser team or body that is being dominated, and that usually doesn’t sit well. In fact, it rarely sits at all.

Found in the Crowd

Shannon Eckman, Sophomore