What You Missed Last Week
Here are all the stories we ran last week while you were all off in paradise:
- 98.5 Provides Diverse Listening Opportunities by Joe Dillon
- Forensics Team Adds Life to College by Allison Holton
- Marietta Gourmet Coffee Shop “Stoked” to Serve More College Students by Jen Emmert
- “Pioneer Pledge” to Replace College Creed by Dave Hood
- Career Center, Internships Help Find Your Passion by Chris Miller
- Resident Assistant Positions Growing Interest by Danielle Staub
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Categories: Campus, Off Campus, Site, Students
Tags: 98.5 WCMO-FM, Career Center, Chris Miller, College, College Creed, Danielle Staub, Dave Hood, Forensics, Internships, Jen Emmert, Joe Dillonm Allison Holton, Marietta, Ohio, Pioneer Pledge, RA's, Resident Assistants, Stoked Coffee, Writing on the Mall
Don't Bring Your Laptop to This Professor's Class
Saw this on Engadget and figured I’d share it with everybody. Â The laptop is broken already, don’t worry.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Sunday, February 21, 2010
Categories: Site
Tags: College, Fun, Laptop, Liquid Nitrogen, Marietta, Ohio, Science, Writing on the Mall
Take Our Survey, Have a Chance to Win an iTunes Card
Want to win a $15 iTunes card? Head to the link to take a quick survey for Writing on the Mall. We want to know what kind of music you like to listen to for an upcoming article.
Only the first 100 entries are eligible for the drawing. Survey must be completed by February 8th at 2 AM EST. Valid e-mail address must be included for winner to receive the prize. Drawing will be held February 8th an Noon EST. One drawing entry per e-mail address. Winner will be contacted within one hour of the drawing. Winner has three days to respond, before another winner is drawn. This process will repeat until a winner is selected. Prize will be presented to winner via mail as a physical gift card. The prize is a $15 iTunes gift card. Writing on the Mall may use the information you provide to compile a list of Marietta College’s Top songs. Your name will not be connected to any song selected to be mentioned as part of the article. The winner’s name may be included in the article to show who won the prize. If you have any further questions, please e-mail patrick_h@writingonthemall.net
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Tags: College, iTunes, Marietta, Ohio, Survey, Writing on the Mall
Writing on the Mall's Top 10 Most Read Stories of 2009
So, we’re doing two Top 10 lists here at Writing on the Mall. Â Here’s the first, which is the Top 10 most read stories of 2009. Â Here’s the list:
#10 – Follow-Up on the Death of Kean Weaver: Kean Weaver was a trustee for the college, who passed away in the Spring of 2009. Â This article was mostly just a link to a story by the Marietta Times.
#9 -UPDATE: MC Student Faces Up To 10 Years for Alleged Stabbing: One of the bigger story lines this Fall was the case of Thomas Robison, who allegedly attempted to rob, then stabbed a Marietta resident. Â He had followed the man from a downtown bar all the way up Pike St. to near where the man lived. Â The man survived, but suffered injuries to his stomach and hand. Â For those looking for an update, the case still hasn’t progressed much since he waived his preliminary hearing in October. Â He faces felony charges with up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
#8 – Marietta College Campus Police Take Heat From Locals: What started out with a series of articles by the Marietta Times led to this article, which strayed off topic severely, and ended up not really going anywhere. Â The Times series had been published as a precursor to Doo Dah Day, in which there are lots of violations and citations handed out. Â Some questioned the need for basically having two police departments in one city. Â The complains never really went anywhere.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Monday, December 28, 2009
Categories: Site
Tags: Blood Drive, Book, Books, Buying, Caleb White, Campus Police, College, CPS, Death, Follow-Up, Forbes, Jean Scott, Kean Weaver, Live Blog, Marietta, Ohio, Relay for Life, Stabbing, Thomas Robison, Top 10, Update, Writing on the Mall
Gift Guide 2009
Writing on the Mall is presenting it’s first annual gift guide for Marietta College students. Â Here are the things that WotM things you should want to bring back to campus for the spring. Read more…
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Friday, December 18, 2009
Tags: Bike, Blu-Ray, BMX, Burger King, Card, College, Del Mar's Mexican Baja, DVD, External Hard Drive, Firewire, Gift, Gift Card, Guide, Helmet, Lock, Marietta, McDonalds, Movie Tickets, Ohio, Regal Cinema's, Sonic, The Hangover, Tim Hortons, Wal-Mart, Wendys, Western Digital, Writing on the Mall
Blog Action Day
Kind of a side-step from the Homecoming coverage, but today is Blog Action Day 2009 (check it out at www.blogactionday.org). This year’s topic is climate change, which Marietta College is helping to prevent with its new recycling program that was instituted this year, and its commitment to lower energy consumption.
If we all carpooled more and drove less, our impact on the earth would be much less. So next time you head to Wal-Mart, call some friends that are heading over there as well and save some gas. It’s that simple.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Thursday, October 15, 2009
Categories: Site
Tags: 2009, Blog Action Day, Climate Change, College, Marietta, Ohio, Writing on the Mall
Drive Safely!
Today is the last day of classes prior to Fall Break, so many people are heading home today. Â Please check the weather and check out your car before making the long haul. Â With rain covering most of the state, remember to give yourself more room to stop and check tread wear to make sure you’re not driving on bald tires.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Friday, October 9, 2009
Tags: Car Care, College, Fall Break, Marietta, Ohio, Writing on the Mall
Computer Repair Complete
Sorry for the absence everybody. Â My Macbook Pro needed a new motherboard and had to be sent back to the factory for repairs. Â She’s good as new now, and Writing on the Mall is back to serve you!
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Monday, September 14, 2009
Categories: Site
Tags: Apple, College, Macbook Pro, Marietta, Ohio, Writing on the Mall
New MC Website Brings New Direction
As in new content that will be updated throughout the year. The new Marietta College website will actually be somewhere that students will want to visit. Â The site launched with six feature articles, including the following:
- Events celebrating the 175th anniversary of Marietta College
- A letter from the Student Senate President, Kyle Thauvette
- A connection piece featuring the importance of resident life at MC
- Matriculation piece welcoming the class of 2013
- Feature article on Jim Tracy, manager of the Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball
- Pioneer Pride day announcement asking all members of the Long Blue Line to take a picture of themselves in their favorite MC shirt
The idea seems to be to incorporate the past, present, and future all into one nice package. Â Visual appearance has improved greatly, with large images and prominently featured 175th anniversary logos. Â Content is more easily accessed and easily added/updated.
According to a press release from Tom Perry, the Director of College Relations, we should expect anywhere from 4-8 articles a month, which should keep things fresh and interesting.
As a side note, we have been recognized by the college as a local news outlet, which is a huge step for us. Â We will continue to provide a look at Marietta College from the student’s perspective. Â Writing on the Mall is still a student owned and operated blog…just expanding our readership and promoting our wears.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009
Tags: 175th, 2013, Class of 2013, College, Colorado, Jim Tracy, K.P., Kathryn Patton, KP, Kyle Thauvette, Major League Baseball, Marietta, MariettaSports.net, Matriculation, MLB, Ohio, Pioneer, Pioneers, President, Residence Life, Rockies, Site, Student Senate, Tom Perry, website, Writing on the Mall
Website Re-Designs
As you may have noticed when you visited Writing on the Mall today, we decided to jump over to a new look. Â I think this theme is much better than the last one, as it has a wider area for articles and makes integration of other items easier. Â This theme is the same used on Writing on the Mall’s up and coming sister site, MariettaSports.net.
Also, if you have a hankering to see the new Marietta College website, here’s a link to what it looks like. Â It is much improved (in my opinion) from the old version of the site. Â I am awaiting its official launch patiently. Â The new website is the third and final part of the college’s web re-development. Â MyMC (Student and Faculty portal site) was replaced with MyMarietta (I was a big fan of PioNet, but that’s just me), and WebCT was updated and integrated better with MyMarietta.
In all, the changes will benefit students (well, maybe all except using Zimbra, which is receiving a lot of complaints now that it is live), but time will tell the true benefit of all services.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Thursday, August 6, 2009
Categories: Site
Tags: College, Faculty, Marietta, MariettaSports.net, MyMarietta, MyMC, Ohio, PioNet, portal, Students, WebCT, Writing on the Mall, Zimbra
