SRU Fall Career Expo

Students at the entrance to the career fair exploring possible job opportunities.



Taylor Reed, public relations major inquiring about a job at the career fair.



Students talking to potential future employers and exploring their options at the college fair.



Andrew Worth, safety management major explains why he chose to come to the career fair.

What SRU Does During Common Hour

Do you ever wonder what SRU students do with their common hour?  It appears that most students take advantage of the time that SRU so kindly gives us by using it to study.  During common hour you can find the majority of students either at the library, in the quad (while it's nice out), or at the Union grabbing lunch and socializing with friends while they wait in line at Starbucks or Rocky's.  Walk into Bailey Library during common hour and practically every computer will be occupied as students hurry to try to finish assignments that are due in their next class or are pretending to study as they socialize with friends. If the library isn't your scene, you can find the other half of the student body at the Union or in the quad where people wait in long lines to get their coffee fix and lounge around in the quad.  Whatever you do during common hour, take advantage of the break and enjoy!

    Sean Melvin doing his only studying for the day as he sits in the quad during common hour.

    Ashley Lamanna (left) and Robyn Tyszkiewicz (right) soaking up the sun that will sadly be      

    disappearing shortly as they prepare for a test during common hour in the quad.

    Emilie Klinger enjoying a pumpkin spice latte as she goes through her flash cards at Starbucks 

    during common hour.

    SRU loves their Starbucks coffee and appears to need a pick-me-up halfway through the day as 

    many students wait in the long line during common hour.

    Taylor Reed seems to be enjoying her common hour while trying to figure out her communication  
     research methods project in the library.

    Sarah Peterson enjoying her downtime at Starbucks during common hour with a nice book.

Should We Remove the Electoral College?

First things first-what is the Electoral College?  For those of you who don't know, or are just simply confused on what it is, here's an overview;  the Electoral College is basically a population of voters from each state that essentially have the final say on who becomes President.  You may be thinking, but doesn't my vote count?  Your vote counts in the popular vote that elects electors who have pledged to vote for a certain party, so you're not directly voting for who you want to become president.  Click here! for a list of electoral votes and popular votes presidents have received.

Believe it or not the electoral college has been around for about 200 years!  What do you think about the electoral college?  Should it be removed? Let's take a look at some of the pros and cons about the electoral college system.

CONS- Get rid of it! Out with the old!

• It fails to accurately portray the national popular vote;
• It may make voter turnout decrease at the polls;
• Doesn't allow a minority candidate to come into power;
• Said to be "fixed" and dysfunctional;
• Complicated system;
• It's an old system-time to change tradition?;
• Winner of popular vote might lose electoral vote (fair?);
• Power to swing states

"No one likes the Electoral College, except perhaps those who were elected because of it."

~Kevin Bleyer

PROS-Keep the system! 

• Enhances the minority of small state interests;
• Provides political stability by encouraging a two-party system;
• Maintains system of government representation;
• Allows states to play a vital role-Click here! to see a map of electoral votes and results
• Offers framework for organized campaigns;
• Aids in directing power to states;
• It's tradition;
• Candidates with lower popular vote will still have a chance if they get the electoral votes.

Want to learn more? Click here! and here!

Do you think that the electoral college is fair?  Regardless of whether you think it's fair or not, it has been used for roughly 200 years and will probably continue to be used for many more years to come because it is tradition and the United States is largely built upon tradition.