For many college students, the creation of a Facebook profile is part and parcel with their acceptance into a university. It's a way to share their life. But future employers, Seattle U administrators and the public might not like what they see.
College is always a transitional time for students, but the coming years will also be a transitional time for Seattle University. With several construction projects starting this year and many more slated for the future, the face of Seattle U is changing inside and out.
As Seattle University enters its first year of returning to Division I status, big changes--and big names--are in store for athletics.
Seattle U has gone through a significant amount of change over the last five years--and this trend of change doesn't seem like it'll be slowing down in the next five years, either. Freshmen in the class of 2012 will see a decidedly different Seattle U than did the freshmen of the class of 2008.
In past years, prospective freshmen had until mid-to-late summer to make a decision on whether to accept an admissions offer from Seattle U. This year, those who waited are on the outside looking in.
Though it may never again reach the point it was at during its heyday with bands like Nirvana and Screaming Trees swarming the community, Seattle's music scene is anything but dead.
While passing by Cal Anderson Park on Pike and Broadway, look for the horde of people on the tennis court. Every Tuesday and Friday night they come looking for a game. Playing on half of a tennis court, they face each other perpendicular to the length of the court, waiting patiently against the fence for the organizer to call out, "Ready.
Much of the reporting within this issue of The Spectator has a unified theme: Seattle University is changing. And as President Stephen Sundborg, SJ, reassures, change is a normal thing for any institution to encounter. But Sundborg downplays the evolution of Seattle U.
