The Jambar

After years of sitting idle, the Wick-Pollock House on Wick Avenue will be the residence for the future president of Youngstown State University after a unanimous vote by the board of trustees to change renovation plans for the abandoned estate.

Youngstown State University will take a major step toward defining its identity as an urban research university in the months ahead.

Performance issues with the Youngstown State University Web site last week left many students, faculty and staff on the telephone demanding answers.

The first meeting of 2010 for the Academic Senate at Youngstown State University resulted in the passing of three motions actively changing policy on general education intensive requirements, the full refund withdrawal period and the credit requirements for students pursuing multiple majors.

Institutions of higher education have started to buckle down on campus dress codes. Reports have circulated the Internet in the past month pertaining to the possibility of Virginia's Hampton University banning women's leggings.

The Department of Campus Recreation and Student Programming has created a Health Initiative Map that will allow students to better identify health-related services on campus along with newly mapped out walking trials. It is a regular map of campus with brief descriptions of each health building, along with the building's location and contact information.