Facility Operations took advantage of the semester break to work on and complete numerous construction and maintenance projects around campus, according to a Norwich administrator. New construction projects, such as Doyle Hall, made significant progress over the break. Other projects like Shapiro Field House and Webb Hall […]
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Kreitzberg Library switches its catalog system
The Kreitzberg Library has decided to move its catalogue to an online database system called World Cat. According to library staff, this new system will make research easier and faster for students. More libraries have been moving their collections online in the recent years. The percentage of information on the […]
Policy changes for Norwich Guidon
The administration has decided, with the help of Media Relations Manager Daphne Larkin, to hold journalism students and Guidon staff to the same level of professionalism they do outside media reporters. In the past, journalism students have contacted staff, faculty and students on their own to set up interviews regarding […]
Students chip in to provide aid for Haiti
Several students and organizations at Norwich are heading drives and fundraisers to try and help the people of Haiti in the aftermath of the recent earthquake disaster that demolished much of the country. Ally Manousos, a 19-year-old sophomore political science major from Lowell, Mass., was in Thailand during winter break […]
Norwich adjusts schedule for less crowded mess hall
More classes are being scheduled over lunch because of the lack of classrooms, according to Norwich University Registrar Linda Yeomans. The changes implemented actually started last fall. The university started offering course sections on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon and there are some Tuesday and Thursday classes at noon […]
New policies at Fitness Center implemented
After a one-week informational period that took place the first week of the fall semester the Norwich University Fitness Center has implemented new policies on Jan. 25, according to the head strength and conditioning coach at the fitness center. There is just one entrance to the fitness center now; it […]
Public prayer
At the conclusion of the fall semester a decision on whether public prayer on campus was appropriate had not been decided, according to NU president Richard Schneider. Public prayer occurrs twice a year at Norwich University functions, at convocation and commencement, and while it has been done in […]
Rook-on-Rook assault goes to court
Two Norwich University students are facing criminal charges stemming from an alleged assault on campus that occurred in early October. Norwich freshmen Jonathan S. Philbrook, 18, of Rochester, Mass., and Michael R. Masse, 18, of Hanover, Mass., are scheduled to appear in court on Dec. 10 at noon for an […]
Online registration to start in April
Norwich plans to switch to an online registration system by next April, according to the Registrar’s Office. Registrar Linda Yeomans said that Norwich has been trying to shift to Web registration for a while now. The spring of 2007 was the first time online registration was attempted. “There was […]
Finals schedule a nuisance
With the last day of exams on Dec. 22, students do not have enough time to settle in with their families before the holidays, according to some Norwich students. “I believe we should get out earlier,” said Simon Hugh, a 19-year-old international relations major from Miami, Fla. According to Hugh, […]