2008 Woodie Awards
Letters to the Editor:
Issue date: 3/1/07 Section: Commentary
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Health center losing its 'comfort'
If you read the PC community e-mail from Rev. Brendan Murphy, O.P. on Monday, Feb. 5, you are aware the Student Health Center is initiating a new staffing model of nurse practitioners. What he failed to mention is that all the registered nurses were fired on Friday, Feb. 2. As a group we want to express our shock and sadness. We hope that many of you were comforted by the care we gave you. We were dedicated to you and we will miss you.
-Barbara Fletcher, R.N.
Pauline Anderson, R.N.
Janice Larkin, R.N.
Kerry Turbitt, R.N.
Singing groups hitting wrong note for some PC faculty
As vice president of PC's A Cappella club, I have to say that I am dismayed at the situation our groups are currently facing. For unknown reasons, we have recently been unjustly limited to one performance per semester in the Smith Center for the Arts.
This arbitrary limitation on our club has unfairly cut our regular performance schedule. Our efforts to secure Ryan Concert Hall for March 24 or 31 have been denied by Dr. Christopher T. Kelton, assistant professor and chair of the music department, regardless of the fact that it remains empty both evenings. There is no logical reasonto be denied access to it.
While we are aware that many members of the department (as well as the administration) stand behind us, we lately feel that most of our efforts have been in vain. Our upcoming concert, the Providence College A Cappella Invitational, gives us the chance to host groups from other schools all across New England. Last year, we hosted three fantastic groups, and were proud to show off the Smith Center as our home stage. Now, we face the threat of having no venue at all. What is the purpose of having a brand new arts center if it sits empty? Personally, I'm baffled.
Our club has been made aware that other clubs on campus have been denied access to the hall by Kelton. Enough is enough. The students and alumni have paid too much money to this school to let that $17 million space go unused.
-Jenny Mackintosh '08
If you read the PC community e-mail from Rev. Brendan Murphy, O.P. on Monday, Feb. 5, you are aware the Student Health Center is initiating a new staffing model of nurse practitioners. What he failed to mention is that all the registered nurses were fired on Friday, Feb. 2. As a group we want to express our shock and sadness. We hope that many of you were comforted by the care we gave you. We were dedicated to you and we will miss you.
-Barbara Fletcher, R.N.
Pauline Anderson, R.N.
Janice Larkin, R.N.
Kerry Turbitt, R.N.
Singing groups hitting wrong note for some PC faculty
As vice president of PC's A Cappella club, I have to say that I am dismayed at the situation our groups are currently facing. For unknown reasons, we have recently been unjustly limited to one performance per semester in the Smith Center for the Arts.
This arbitrary limitation on our club has unfairly cut our regular performance schedule. Our efforts to secure Ryan Concert Hall for March 24 or 31 have been denied by Dr. Christopher T. Kelton, assistant professor and chair of the music department, regardless of the fact that it remains empty both evenings. There is no logical reasonto be denied access to it.
While we are aware that many members of the department (as well as the administration) stand behind us, we lately feel that most of our efforts have been in vain. Our upcoming concert, the Providence College A Cappella Invitational, gives us the chance to host groups from other schools all across New England. Last year, we hosted three fantastic groups, and were proud to show off the Smith Center as our home stage. Now, we face the threat of having no venue at all. What is the purpose of having a brand new arts center if it sits empty? Personally, I'm baffled.
Our club has been made aware that other clubs on campus have been denied access to the hall by Kelton. Enough is enough. The students and alumni have paid too much money to this school to let that $17 million space go unused.
-Jenny Mackintosh '08