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Next year there will be nine more professors on campus, the first step to accommodating the growing student population. This past year, the freshman class increased in size by 80 to 90 students. The expected increase for next year’s freshman class is around 50 students.

When the 2012-2013 course catalog is released in March, students will see several new classes added to it. They will also see two new concentrations being offered to students: Film Studies and Arts Administration.

It’s that optimistic time of year when the pitchers and catchers report for spring training. Baseball season is returning quickly, and with it comes high expectations, a love of the pastoral, and well-deserved nostalgia.

On many counts, Furman strives to be a conscientious consumer. Through the Shi Center, efforts by individual academic departments, and other such sustainability initiatives, Furman is one of the most “green” campuses in the south. However, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus came to Greenville. FUSAB felt that students would enjoy reduced-cost tickets to the circus, and organized an event to facilitate a small group of students to attend.

Even if this puts me in the minority, I’ll go ahead and say it: I love Furman University. I wouldn’t say that I love everything about this university. There are still some growing edges I would love to see in terms of civil discourse and diversity.

In a press conference on Thursday, Feb. 9 President Smolla announced Furman’s plan to introduce men’s and women’s lacrosse teams beginning in the 2014-2015 school year.

Furman University and Christ Church Episcopal School (CCES) have formed a partnership that will provide scholarships for Christ Church graduating seniors to attend Furman and a tuition discount for Furman faculty and staff to send their children to Christ Church. Several Furman professors and students fear the partnership will decrease diversity and further the university’s reputation as being elitist.

The newspaper industry is dying. The print newspaper industry, to be precise. The New York Times is circulating fewer than a million copies for the first time since the 1980s; overall sales have toppled by 10% within just the past few years. They were already sliding before that.

It wasn’t too long ago now that the Stop Online Piracy Act was brought to national attention. The bill’s ostensible purpose was to criminalize the pirating of copyrighted material, especially film and musical property. However, SOPA was widely interpreted as giving too much power to the government to shut down or remove content from the Internet.