As outgoing seniors, Chris Coraggio and Lucy Qian hope to give back to their school by creating a peer-mentoring program that will hopefully launch in the fall.   “In our own separate ways, we thought of the same kind of program,” said Coraggio. “We are both graduating seniors so we wanted […]

McDonald’s will hire 50,000 new employees in one day on April 19th, it’s first ever “National Hiring Day”. They will be hiring for part-time and full-time positions, as well as both crew and management positions. The company is looking to add staff as business improves and more restaurants are staying open 24 […]

Students of the supply major met with professionals last Tuesday to understand the different career paths they could take once they graduate.   The four speakers were from various different jobs that ranged from online marketing to the development for the military.   “In this career, you are not boxed into […]

Southwest Airlines is inspecting a large number of their planes after a considerable hole was found on a plane during a flight to California.   Flight 812 had to make an emergency landing in Yuma, Ariz. after a hole opened up on the top of the plane. The hole was caused […]

After the new club point system was implemented early this semester, some smaller student organizations under the Smith Undergraduate Student Association (SUSA) voice concerns about the disadvantages and see room for improvement.   Starting next fall, the business school will began holding more night classes and that means limited rooms and times […]

Popular internet radio service Pandora is under investigation for information gathered and shared by iPhone and Android smartphone applications, the company said Apr. 4.   Pandora was issued a subpoena as part of a grand-jury investigation. The privacy probe comes as a result of regulators cracking down on the issuing of […]

MyFridgeRental.com won the $15,000 first place and $2,500 audience choice prizes at the sixth annual Cupid’s Cup entrepreneurship competition held in Hoff Theater on April 1. High Life Entertainment won second place and received $7,500.   MyFridgeRental.com is run by two Smith School seniors, twin brothers Adam and Eric VanWagner. The dorm […]

By mid-May, the United States will hit the limit on how much money the country can borrow. If the debt ceiling is hit, the U.S. will be over 14 trillion dollars in debt.   “It just seems unreal that we could actually be in that much debt…you would think the government would […]

Toyota announced plans on April 4 to temporarily close all North American factories due to a parts shortage brought on by the earthquake in Japan.   CBS reported that the temporary closure will affect around 25,000 workers according to Toyota spokesman Mike Goss, who added that the plants will reopen as […]

The unemployment rate of African-Americans has increased in March while the unemployment rate as a whole has dropped to its lowest point in two years, according to an April report by the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS.)   Overall unemployment fell to 8.8 percent in March. The economy added […]