Today is Friday, February 10, 2012
Today is Friday, February 10, 2012
University of California officials announced that the UCs will implement a waitlist policy for the first time as of Wednesday, January 21. All UCs, excluding UCLA and UC Merced, will adopt a waitlisting system for the fall 2010-2011 freshman admissions.
The waitlist is designed to allow the universities more flexibility with student enrollments for the upcoming 2010 school year.
For the universities that are using the waitlist policy, campuses will send letters to freshman applicants on the waiting list to ask if they are interested in being on the waitlist. Students may receive waitlist offers from multiple campuses and can accept as many as they want.
Campuses will make their final enrollment decisions for students on waitlists and send out acceptance offers by Tuesday, June 1.
The Banff Film Festival will be held in the Eagle Theatre this Friday, March 12 and Saturday, March 13 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The tickets cost $15 for REI members and $18 for non-members. Student tickets cost $15 at the door.
The Banff Center, located in the heart of Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, produces an annual film festival to inspire creativity and care for the planet. Independent and outdoor gear-sponsored filmmakers from both the United States and Canada create and present their films at the festival. The school has hosted the film festival for the past four years.
On each night, the festival will present approximately five different films that highlight various outdoor and adventure themed films. Certain featured films are expected to attract larger crowds.
The annual Black Student Union (BSU) Week was held from Monday, February 22 to Friday, February 26. The week was organized by the club in order to educate the student body about African- American contributions to American history.
This year’s theme was musicians and how their work has affected society as a whole. For each day of the week, BSU composed a slideshow and played it on the announcements, highlighting one male and one female African-American artist.
BSU organized several other activities for the week including cupcake sales and musical chairs at brunch. The proceeds from this week went toward earthquake relief for Haiti. Also, BSU members partook in a potluck.
