Have you ever wondered about all the enthusiastic older students who appear on the RWC campus on Tuesdays and Thursdays? They are students taking courses offered not by RWC but by the Institute for Learning in Retirement.Stephen Appel and Diane Decker co-direct the Institute. Mr. Appel has had an interesting […]

RWC Dean Barbara Bardes is seeking volunteers for an ad hoc committee to look into three projects that involve campus landscaping and forests. According to the Dean, the projects include but are not limited to: joint projects with Blue Ash School for educational landscaping around the school planning to landscape […]

RWC will host the State Competition of Business Professionals of America (BPA) on Friday and Saturday, February 22-23. Students from various colleges in Ohio will assemble at RWC and compete in various events from Interviewing to Visual Basic Programming to Advanced Accounting. Students may choose to participate in up to […]

On February 4 in Room 100 of the Science building, RWC hosted a poetry reading by Irish poet Eilean Ni Chuilleanain. Eilean is the author of several collections of poetry,including “The Second Voyage,” “The Magdalene Sermon,” and “The Girl Who Married the Reindeer.”Eilean’s mother was a children’s book author, so […]

I am writing in response to “Where is Student Government?” written by Brandon Farmer in the February 5th edition of The Activist. I would like to start out by stating my elected position and describing what it entails. I am Vice President of College Committee Representation in Student Government, and […]

Mr. Farmer: I would like to respond to your editorial, “Where is Student Government?” that appeared in the February 5th edition of the Activist, in which you complained that you knew little about Student Government, its’ accomplishments, the candidates and the election process. Let me start off with saying that […]

Mr. Brandon Farmer,I am writing in response to your editorial, “Where is Student Government?” which appeared in the poorly prepared February 5th edition of The Activist. When I use the term poorly prepared, I am saying: ‘I have a hard time taking your edition seriously.’ The pages were misnumbered and […]

Is Brandon Farmer an elementary school student? His immaturity was displayed by the lack of research and disregard for accuracy in his “Opinion: Where Is Student Government?” column in the February 5, 2002 edition of The Activist.A mature journalist takes the time, and expends the energy, to collect facts before […]

As a student Mr. Farmer believes he should be concerned with the activities of his Student Government. He is absolutely correct. His concerns about government activities, elections, and committees are founded.Let us be thankful that the Raymond Walters College is blessed with very capable students studying Ophthalmology. They will be […]

Over the weekend I made the mistake of seeing the very long, very vivid, and very real movie “Black Hawk Down” with my girlfriend. The film is a true story about the Battle of Mogadishu, the longest sustained ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War. The movie begins […]