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A3•April 7, 2011
How many hours per week do you spend online? 0-9 Hours
Poll Done By Cody Heintz ASSISTATNT BUSINESS MANAGER
In honor of Week Without the Web, The Hofstra Chronicle polled the student body about their web usage.
40+ Hours
7% 29%
100 students were asked “How many hours a week do you spend on the Internet?”
10-19 Hours 13%
7 students said that they used the Internet between 0 and 9 hours a week, 13 students said that they used the Internet between 10 and 19 hours a week, 24 students said that they used the Internet between 20 and 29 hours a week, 27 students said that they used the Internet between 30 and 39 hours a week, 29 students said that they used the Internet 40 or more hours a week.
24%
20-29 Hours
27% 30-39 Hours
Town Hall hears students By Ryan Broderick EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Club baseball, the environment and Dutch Treats’ relative distance from The Netherlands were all part of the eclectic collection of issues brought to the administrators at this year’s Town Hall. The open forum between the administration and the rest of the Hofstra community featured a panel of President Rabinowitz; Karen O’Callahan, Director of Public Safety; Jessica Eads, President for Enrollment Services; Joseph Barkwell, Vice President for Facilities and Operations; Sandra Johnson, Vice President for Student Affairs; Peter Libman, Dean of Students; Jimmy Wells, SGA President; and Kenny Cordero, Representative for Student Senate. Representatives from the club baseball team, Matt Fera, Jim Mancari and Ben Posner, opened the forum, asking the panel of administrators about the club’s lack of access to the varsity baseball field. Mancari, a graduate student, played club baseball at William & Mary before coming to Hofstra. He made the point that William & Mary’s club baseball team had open, or close to open, access to their varsity team’s field and was better because of it. “I don’t see why we should settle for another field,” Mancari said. Libman and Rabinowitz agreed with
the concerns of the club baseball team, both offering up potential solutions for finding a proper field for the team to play on. “Sports clubs are a vital part of Hofstra,” Libman said. Rabinowitz added, “We think they’re crucial.” “Of course, NCAA teams have priority,” The President conceded. The next group of students that approached the microphone were from the Law School. “Do you notice my portrait there,” Rabinowitz joked. “You get your best studying done under it.” The two law students, Gregory Burgano and Ashley Haelen, commended the steps The University has taken towards making the campus more environmentally friendly. “Hofstra as a whole, not just the law school, as a community can take it to the next level,” Burgano said. He advocated for better solar infrastructure, saying, “it’s a ten year cost and then after that it’s free.” Barkwell took most of Burgano’s question, explaining that The University has made many environmentally friendly steps but the student body may not be aware of them. “We produce 30 percent of our own power,” Barkwell said. “We’re looking at a residential house, environmental
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