A new quarter brings a lot of new events from the Student Activities Committee (SAC). Today, Monday January 24, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., the SAC will be holding a fiesta for the evening students. There will be free taco salads, and chips and salsa, with lots of entertainment from Tony Brown. […]

Applications for RWC’s Summer British Study Abroad Program and also RWC’s Intercultural Language Institutes/Heredia program in Costa Rica this summer are due by February 1, 2005, along with a $100 deposit. The British program, which runs from June 11 to July 5, offers students the opportunity to visit historical areas […]

Students applying for scholarships should log on to the RWC website to learn their scholarship award(s), which will be available after March 1.

Students may find their exact dates by logging onto One Stop Student Services.Web registration for Winter Quarter 2005 is now only available for dropping classes. The last day for students to drop without a grade entry to their permanent academic record is January 23.

Dear Activist Staff:I would like to respond to the article “Nursing Shortage Contradicts RWC Waiting List,” which was published in the November 29, 2004, edition of The Activist. Thank you for raising the RWC community’s awareness about the nursing shortage and for the opportunity to share additional information. Most people […]

Although I consider myself a fairly well educated person who is striving to improve myself here at RWC, I find that many lessons are learned the hard way. I learned such a lesson when the little message light on my car flashed “change engine oil” each time I started the […]

Is it the end of the world or just some fluke weather patterns? In the past month alone, almost 200,000 people have died due to weather related incidents. The ironic part of all of these disasters is that they are a global issue. Countries cannot blame each other for the […]

The Bearcats dropped a heartbreaker on the hardwood against the Cardinals of Louisville on January 15. After holding a 17-point lead, the Cats allowed Louisville to come all the way back with eight minutes to go and traded the lead from there on. Louisville put the final nail in the […]

On the ice, the UC Bearcats improved their record to 10-8 after defeating the EKU Ice Colonels 8-3 in Lexington on the 13th to snap a 3-game losing skid. The close rivals battled for the “Golden Water Bottle” trophy, and UC improved to 5-0 over EKU this year. The Bearcats […]

On January 12, eBay announced its plan to change fees. With this declaration, eBay bid customer satisfaction adieu. The changes eBay is making will not be effective until midnight Pacific Time on February 18, 2005. Any item beginning after that time will be charged with the new fees. Though the […]