NEWS
Director of Dining Services plans future adjustments to meal plan, food selections
Imagine having to feed 1,900 people every day for nine months, keep the meals interesting, have healthy options and do it all on a budget. This is what Eric Turzai, director of dining services, along with the staff, does every year. This year, Turzai and the Dining Services staff will introduce new menu options and
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Poet speaks at Leffler Chapel, speaks at Bowers Writers House
Richard Blanco, a poet whose writing caught the attention of The White House, presented “Cuban Blanco, American Richard: Made in Cuba, Assembled in Spain, Imported to the USA” in Leffler Chapel and Performance Center on Wednesday, Sept. 17. Blanco also conducted several workshops this week and discussed his work, from the inaugural poem to those
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Young Americans for Liberty take field trip to Trop
In honor of Constitution Week, the Young Americans for Liberty group at Etown visited the Trop Gun Shop shooting range on Tuesday, Sept. 16. After a safety briefing and gun familiarization class, 16 students had the chance to freely shoot in six lanes that were donated by the gun shop. Both gun supporters and those
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CAMPUS LIFE
Occupy Wall St. sends strong message throughout U.S.
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?
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
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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