I’m Richard X. Thripp, a current DSC student in computer science and creator of DaytonaState.org. On this blog, Daytona State College News, I write news and opinions on the college. Enjoy! Comments are always welcome.
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I just got word of this from the News-Journal. The Board of Trustees is negotiating with University Housing Services Inc. to build student apartments on or near the Daytona Beach campus.
Actually, no negotiations are happening yet. Plans to negotiate have been approved. You’ve got to love paperwork.
The college already owns a whole bunch of property around it (29 lots), so they might use those for something. They still don’t have enough parking though. I can’t believe they want to build dormitories.
“A 120-bed building might be built with eventually as many as 500 beds becoming available.
They’re counting student housing by …
These presentations were given by four students, many of which were funded by the NIH Bridge Grant, at Daytona State College in Room 134 in Building 410 at 2 P.M. on Friday, 2008 October 24. I wasn’t there to take photos, but I took a few anyway.
Dr. Backer saying hello to friends and students.
Dr. Backer explaining the pizza, which was given out before the show.
Students acquiring the pizza. There were two types: pepporoni and mushroom. I ate a slice of mushroom pizza and drank …
According to the News-Journal, Daytona State College has given up on taking over the theater. The Seaside Music Theater is part of the News-Journal Center for which a college acquisition was in the works.
Lester Malizia had this to say:
“I realize the economic situation is horrible around the country, but good God, why turn your back on something that was so positive, so good for the community and was doing such good work?”
He’s been the art director at the theater for 20 years. I haven’t been to the theater, and I see their website is a couple months …
Daytona State College is holding 6 open houses this month: 1 at each campus. All of them are 2 hours, from 5-7 P.M. The first one is this evening at the Flagler / Palm Coast campus.
There will be some kind of food and drinks. The dates and locations were announced here. Here’s a copy of that list:
Tuesday, Oct. 7
Flagler/Palm Coast Campus
Bldg. 2, Rm. 106
3000 Palm Coast Parkway S.E., Palm Coast
Thursday, Oct. 9
New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus
Bldg. 2, Rm. 109
940 10th Street, New Smyrna Beach
Tuesday, Oct. 14
DeLand Campus
Bldg. 7
1155 County Road 4139, DeLand
Thursday, Oct. 16
Deltona Campus
Fathi Hall
2351 Providence Blvd., Deltona
Tuesday, Oct. …
Check out the Physics page I added, with a practice test for tomorrow’s physics test, with answers. I’ll add new stuff there before test 3, and throughout this and the spring semesters.
Just got word of this article from the News-Journal. Daytona State College is working with the Rocky Mountain Institute to improve energy efficiency, but three of eight of the board members are against it because RMI supports global warming. The decision went through with a majority vote, and DSC will take $1500 from RMI and send three staffers there for training ($3000 cost).
The article notes about Peter Mallory, one of the board’s members:
He specifically quoted the institute’s mission statement, which says, in part: “There is now overwhelming evidence that human activities are changing the world’s climate.” …
Mallory suggested
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Jason alerted me that the email I got from the FL department of education means $375 for the whole school year, which is two semesters. So each semester the bonus is actually reduced from $225 to $187.50. This is after being reduced from $300 to $225 in the spring of 2008, when the Medallion award was raised from 75% to 100% for community and state colleges.
I was fooled by the email, because it reminded me of this similar email from 2007 November 27:
Dear Mr. Thripp:
Effective January 1, 2008, the Florida Academic Scholars (FAS) maximum allowance for college-related expenses
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I just got this email from osfa@fldoe.org, the Florida Department of Education:
Dear Mr. Thripp:
The 2008-09 Florida Academic Scholars (FAS) college-related expense allowance that is specified annually by the Florida Legislature in the General Appropriations Act will be $375 for the 2008-09 academic year, prorated by terms and hours.
If you have further questions, please contact the Bright Futures office toll-free at 1-888-827-2004.
Sincerely,
Office of Student Financial Assistance
The Academic Scholars award is the top tier of the Florida BrightFutures scholarships. If you get this award like I do, you know last semester it was dropped to $225 from $300, so it’s good …
Remember last week’s voting event for the new Daytona State College logo? The winner has been announced as the logo with the college seal, but without shadowing. Out of 2718 votes, 1500 students and faculty chose this option:
If you’ve forgotten, these were all the options. The winner is third down:
I wanted the bottom one, with the shadowing, to win. It didn’t look good on the voting page (all blocky because of the way they scaled it). That’s why it lost. The one you all picked would’ve been my second choice, though. 
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