Category: Gabby Jarrett
A San Marcos landmark is moving away from campus in a new expansion plan.
The new Colloquium Bookstore held its groundbreaking ceremony April 24.
Kym McMahan of Vance J. Elliot Realty Group said the new bookstore will be part of a three building complex.
“It will be a 20,000 square foot building,” McMahan said. “It will be surrounded by restaurants and retail.”
She said the cost of the addition is not available at this time.
Christopher Secrest, Colloquium general manager, said the new store would expand business.
Social networking is taking away students’ excuses for not being able to get politically involved.
Local politicians are using social networks to make the community aware of new issues and to gauge public opinion.
“I began using Facebook in association with Texas State just for student organizations,” said Councilmember Kim Porterfield, Place 1. “I also had friends that had Facebook accounts.”
Graduate House is showing its hand when it comes to decisions made on the behalf of fellow students.
The Graduate House’s TRACS site is in the third week of operation. The move was made in order to help the Graduate House ‘go transparent.’
“We want students to know everything, from the way representatives voted to every word said in our meetings,” said Daniel Reed, house leader for the Graduate House of Representatives.
Reed said the decision was discussed last fall, but was not actually put in effect until this semester.
Students are not the only ones checking their Facebook profiles on campus.
Faculty is joining the social networking site, but some say it is not to connect with students.
One faculty member, who would like to keep her identity withheld, said she has a Facebook account, but not to communicate with students.
She said she uses Facebook to communicate with her personal friends and would not add a student.
“I use TRACS to communicate with my students,” she said. “I couldn’t use Facebook as a tool for my classroom.”
