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  • November brings National Homeless Youth Awareness Month

    More than 1.5 million children are homeless at some point in their lives, and this number is, unfortunately, still increasing according to www.prweb.com. Every day, 13 kids die on the streets throughout the United States. Orange County, Ca. is one of the counties with the highest homeless youth count — 22,025 estimated in 2008-09 by

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  • Educators open office doors: Part three

    Educators open office doors: Part three

    Many students know their professors by the material they teach in class and the way they interact with their students. However, many probably do not actually know a lot about professor’s lives outside the classroom. Their offices tell a great deal about their character and themselves as individuals. Whether it be the pictures they have

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  • Discussion of next “Open Book” read begins

    Open Book is an academic year-long program that engages first-year students and peer mentors, as well as faculty and staff. The initiative is co-chaired by Dr. Thomas Hagan, associate professor of chemistry and assistant dean of the first-year program and BethAnn Zambella, the director of the High Library. Throughout the fall and spring semesters, there

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  • Inside look at professors’ offices: Part Deux

    Inside look at professors’ offices: Part Deux

    We usually see one side of our professors—the serious (but sometimes not) face they maintain while teaching us their trade. We’ve all had the awkward experience when we run into a professor outside of school and have that momentarily lapse in mind. “Professors have lives, too?” Well, obviously they do, and one way for them

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  • Dashboard Confessional singer performs in Lancaster

    Dashboard Confessional singer performs in Lancaster

    Dashboard Confessional’s lead singer and songwriter, Chris Carrabba, will be touring at various music venues in the Chicago, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Boston, New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia areas. He will play acoustic solo shows at eight clubs, including the Chameleon Club on Dec. 2 in Lancaster, Pa., located only a half hour from Elizabethtown College. The

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  • Into the Wild promotes hands-on learning

    Into the Wild promotes hands-on learning

    Fish, spiders and worms oh my! There will be a variety of live animals crawling and squirming all over Nicarry on Saturday. But do not be alarmed: the spider infestation is not spreading campus-wide, and your safety is not in danger. Instead, children will be fascinated with hands-on science experiences. Real fish, spiders, worms, ants

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