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[31 Oct 2008 | No Comment | 368 views]
Centralia – A Ghost Town?

Polcovich, Timko, Maddox, McPeak, Shemonski, Hoskie, Wasil Fedock, Chudeovich, Zaluskex, Baroway, Oryniack, Kreptock, Ryan, Curran, Brennan, Callahan, Kane, Wyne, Lavelle, McGinlley, McDonnell, Conrey, Lagaz, McHale, O’Donnell, Bosche, Horan, Mumford, McCullion…
Gravestones with Russian letters, Irish and Polish names and orthodoxies crosses full the old and dessert cemeteries. A feeling of longing, melancholy and memory floats above the graves, touched by the distant sound of the orthodox church bells from the top of the hill. Small columns of smoke come out of the ground in a threatening dance as a constant reminder …

2008 Election »

[31 Oct 2008 | No Comment | 218 views]

With the generous support of the faculty union APSCUF, and the tremendous help of Residence Life, I am very happy to announce that on November 4th–VOTING DAY–a contest will be held for each of the dorms and all three BU apartment buildings to compete for the title of which dorm/apartment can turn out the highest percentage of voters.
When you go to cast your ballot, look for posters in Multi-Purpose Room B (Kehr Union’s voting location) titled with the name of your dorm/Apartment. When you receive your “I voted” sticker don’t …

BU Life »

[30 Oct 2008 | 3 Comments | 314 views]
Andruss Library: Haunted or Just Full of Really Big Books?

 

For some Bloomsburg University students Andruss Library is a frightening place.  Understandably so.  Four floors of thick tomes and dusty dictionaries is enough to give anyone the shivers.  Yellowing newspapers and stacks of unwatched foreign films further add to the horror.  Come on a weekend or Thursday night and the building is deathly quiet.  Aesthetics aside, however,  a more logical fear lies within the library’s massive walls; the legend of the Andruss Apparition.
Some say its the tortured spirit of a past BU student.  Some say its the restless ghost of scorned librarian.  Still …

BU Life, BU News »

[30 Oct 2008 | One Comment | 295 views]
While Huskies Head Forward, We Look Back

This weekend marks Bloomsburg’s 81st consecutive Homecoming celebration. The Bloomsburg Huskies are matched up against West Chester this Saturday with hopes of declaring their 10th win of the season. They are currently ranked #1 for the week of October 27th in the NCAA Super Regional 1. Before we even begin looking into the future though, take time to look back at the beginnings of the tradition that we all know as Homecoming.

Book Reviews »

[30 Oct 2008 | 3 Comments | 292 views]
Empire Falls – A Book Review

Empire Falls is also relatable to every person who reads it because outsourcing is at its center, and how many people know someone who has been negatively affected by such a practice? Read Empire Falls if you feel you’ve been screwed over by a place to which you’ve been loyal.

Gaming, The Voice »

[29 Oct 2008 | One Comment | 327 views]
Dead Space: High Caliber Horror

The combat is this game’s most innovative feature. While the monsters are undead, the classic “shoot them in the head” method will not work here. In order to dispatch these monsters, you must strategically dismember them. This adds a sense of complexity to the game as the player must figure out witch limbs to remove in order to kill a particular creature.

BU Athletics »

[29 Oct 2008 | 2 Comments | 989 views]

Take a look at how the season has progressed for the BU Cross Country team.  The slideshow below consists of photos from the Husky, Iona and Penn State Invitationals, and are all provided by a team parent, Cathy Moyer.
The teams are scheduled to compete this Saturday in the PSAC Championships at Lock Haven University. After a fifth-place finish for the men and a first-place finish for the women in 2007, the two teams hope to follow up with two more impressive performances this year. To do so they will need …

BU Now »

[29 Oct 2008 | No Comment | 275 views]

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BU Now, Sports »

[29 Oct 2008 | 5 Comments | 384 views]
A Winter Wonder-land

With the end of the championship drought hanging in the balance, the city of Philadelphia is left covered in a blanket of snow and doubt. As brutal winter weather pounds the city, everyone is left wondering when there will be some closure to Game 5 of the World Series. Take a look into the mind of a Bloomsburg Phillies fan trapped in the most frustrated city.

BU Now, Headline »

[28 Oct 2008 | 6 Comments | 1,378 views]
Jim Thorpe Old Jail: haunted or just my imagination?

Opened in 1871, the Old Jail in Jim Thorpe still looms over the town today, as if not wanting to be forgotten. Entering through its large wooden doors offers a journey to the past, a view of history many people cannot get enough of. As for me, I just wanted to get out.

Within the jail lays a little more than just seventy-two rooms that once held murderers, rapists, and the accused innocent. Hidden beneath its deteriorating structure lay secrets and strange happenings, all without an answer. With so many deaths, …

BU Life, Opinion, The Voice »

[28 Oct 2008 | 2 Comments | 1,120 views]

With more and more people joining social networks like Facebook and Myspace everyday, we are seeing a rise in one of the worst social offenses a person can commit.  Creeping.  Before the usage of such sites became prevalent, creeping was restricted to things such as hiding in bushes, peering in windows, and eavesdropping, but since these sites have become increasingly popular, a drastic rise in creeping has been noted.  Creeping now includes (but is not limited to) Facebook stalking, which is when the individual doing the creeping (the creeper) be-friends …

Opinion, The Voice »

[27 Oct 2008 | No Comment | 221 views]

By Mike Graziano
 
Watching humans, and the way we act towards one another has instilled in me a great sort of fear that we have towards ourselves. The human mentality is a scary and unjust thing. Many of you would say that I am wrong and that we are creatures of reason who are intelligent and know how to work out our problems. In some cases you would be right, but most of the time this is not the case. We are animals, and we act as such, plain and simple. …

BU Life, Community Events, Featured »

[27 Oct 2008 | One Comment | 340 views]
Meter Madness

Alright so, it was a Thursday and I drove up to campus and parked at the meters by the gym.

BU Life, Community Events, Featured »

[27 Oct 2008 | 2 Comments | 338 views]
While I was sleeping…

Well, I have all evening classes this semester so I refused to pay for a parking pass when I really did not need one.

BU Life, Community Events, Featured »

[27 Oct 2008 | 3 Comments | 361 views]
The Endless Battle

So I quickly wrote the check, finished the appeal, and ran out of the office screaming, “I HATE THIS CAMPUS! WHAT A BUNCH OF BEAUROCRATIC BULLS&*T!” … right in front of the president.