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Herman Cain deflects sexual assault allegations
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- November 17, 2011
Herman Cain, the recent frontrunner in the GOP primaries and inventor of the highly-marketed 9-9-9 tax plan, has been struck with allegations of sexual misconduct in the late 1990s, during his tenure as President of the National Restaurant Association (NRA). The story of his allegations broke this past Halloween, when the first anonymous women identified
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Campus attacks prompt awareness, compliance
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- November 17, 2011
Recent attacks of a sexual nature on female students here at Elizabethtown College have the student body questioning the conditions of campus safety. This uncertainty prompted a public Student Senate “town hall meeting”-style forum, and the organization of the event “Take Back the Night” led by the Rose Garden Student-Directed Learning Community (SDLC). With the
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Burning barns increase local air pollution
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- November 17, 2011
Two barns on Trail Road in East Hanover, Pa. caught fire Nov. 4 around 1 a.m. Currently the fires have been extinguished, but the remnants of ashes and hot debris still pose major health issues for those in the surrounding area. When the barns were first ignited, the fire was the size of a football
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PSU community reacts to controversial dismissal of ‘JoePa’
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- November 17, 2011
A sex scandal, a break-down in communication and a beloved football coach fired from a renowned college. These are exactly the events that have unfolded over the last week that put Penn State at the center of a national media frenzy. According to msnbc.msn.com, Mike McQueary, who is currently on administrative leave, claimed in a
READ MOREBed bugs reported in residence hall
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- November 17, 2011
As a young child, one would be told “Good night, sleep tight, and don’t let the bed bugs bite.” After turning out the lights, there would be a legitimate fear of whether or not bed bugs actually were hiding in our sheets before one would slowly, but surely, fall asleep. Unfortunately, bed bugs are a
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Occupy Wall St. sends strong message throughout U.S.
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement is completely unorganized, but that does not mean their purpose for coming out onto the streets of New York in Zuccotti Park and rioting is completely meaningless. Citizens are frustrated and angry due to the economic state in the United States. Not only are American citizens angry at the government,
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Obama’s new student loan plan: who’s paying?
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2011
It’s something most students do not want to think about. It’s something most students do not enjoy paying back. It’s something called student loans, the focus of Obama’s new plan to assist college students that are in debt. The plan calls for a cap on student loan payments, starting July 1, 2014. It is 10
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Federal drug prohibition hinders economy
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2011
Drug prohibition has failed in the U.S. and will someday end just as alcohol prohibition did in 1933. Despite the legal consequences of illicit drug use, some 22 million Americans use illegal drugs. And support for legalization of marijuana, the most widely used illegal drug, has been growing in past years with Gallup Polls reporting
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Should professors coordinate their syllabi?
- Campus Life
- November 13, 2011
Do you find yourself loaded down with a multitude of tests and papers all from different classes? Do you find yourself getting loads of work and not having time to get it done? Do you think professors should coordinate syllabi more often? Students often complain that the workload can get overbearing at times, sometimes to
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