Along Came Polly: a romantic comedy without the cheese factor

Along Came Polly is a romantic comedy that delivers a lot of laughs with a lot of heart. Ben Stiller gives an entertaining performance as Reuben Feffer, a senior risk analyst who, as a result of the statistics he deals with every day, is slightly neurotic, likes to do everything according to plan, and is extremely cautious in everything he does.

WQAC hopes to update equipment, bring in digital technology

The College’s radio station WQAC 90.9 “The Duck” provides a variety of music and specialty shows for the entire campus community. Big changes will be happening for this campus in-stitution, as the Federal Communica-tions Commission is mandating that all radio stations crossover to digital transmission within the next few years.

Bursting the Bubble

Native speakers in high demand overseas

The recent recommendation of Luke Steinberg (04) by the United States Fulbright Scholarship panel for review by the panel in South Korea as a teacher brings to mind the interesting point that English is becoming an ever more important language. Steinberg, who volunteered to teach students in Thailand this past summer, illustrates the importance other countries place on learning English, particularly by a native English speakers. In many cases, native English speakers who are not actually qualified as teachers, or in other words who have no teaching certification or degree in English, are still preferred over non-native speak-ers. Steinberg, a History and Political Science major, is one such person, and says of his qualifications, “I qualify because I am a native English speaker.”

Poverty stimulation gathers numerous reactions from students and staff

This year’s Martin Luther King week was meant to be a week of celebration or a “week on” instead of a day off, and thus President Tracy appointed a five-member board, “The Martin Luther King Task Force,” to make sure that happened. As much as losing the day off bothered students, it didn’t compare to the controversy over the so called “poverty lunch.” The lunch was planned by the Martin Luther King Task force and carried out with the campus food service, Sodexho. Students were served their choice of chicken noodle or vegetarian op-tion soups and bread in exchange for a swipe of their meal plan card. The money generated was then to be do-nated to Community Café, a charity which provides free meals to people in the Alma community. Finally, the other food sources on campus such as Joe’s Place were closed in an attempt to ensure participation.

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