More than 11 clubs on campus raised money for the Haiti Relief Fund over the course of four days. James Tanner, coordinator of leadership and Greek life, said that after the first day of collections, students had raised a total of $550. Tanner said that he was happy and surprised about this total, which was higher than he expected.
With prices soaring above $200, students are looking at alternative methods when purchasing textbooks. Many students are well-informed of the used bookstore, Spotted Cow, which claims that it sells college textbooks at lower prices. When researching the prices from the ASU bookstore and the Spotted Cow, there was a small price difference.
It's that time of year again, the time when enthusiastic thespians all over ASU celebrate the Fourth Annual Theater Festival by utilization of individual talents and all appropriate tools of the trade to portray the life of another interesting character. Delighted audiences will be certain to return for the fourth year, but what makes this year even better than the last? "We keep getting better" Professor Davis of the communications Department stated with a slight smile, "the first year we had 15 plays [all over campus], then the next year we had three sets of plays each night.
Many of the internationally oriented organizations at Augusta State University were founded in the 1980s when we were Augusta College. In 1982, I founded the Spanish club, Los Amigos Hispanos, which continues to be very active. Members practice Spanish at weekly conversation groups called tertulias, and they sponsor events such as Hispanic dances, festivals, concerts, contests, movies, literary discussions, picnics and treasure hunts.
If anyone who has ever seen the movie, "Invictus" and has any aspirations to play rugby, now is your chance. There are two chances to play rugby each year with a season in the fall, and one in the spring. The spring season is called Matrix, and is considered important because it allows players to compete for a national title.