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Sunday, August 1, 2010


Opinions

College must confront Arizona

The bill Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed into law last Friday has reminded activists why they want immigration reform. The bill, SB1070, would make…


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Students, alumni awarded Fulbright Grants for abroad

Two students and three alumni were recently chosen as Fulbright Scholars. The grant funds students to teach, to attend graduate school or to perform i…


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Coalition takes all but one spot in StuCo election

Last fall members of the Intercultural Center, the Black Cultural Center and some activist groups formed a coalition to provide support for specific c…

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Students attend historic climate rally

Published April 29, 2010

Over 150,000 people gathered on the National Mall in Washington D.C. this Sunday to honor Earth Day 2010 and to support environmental movements at The Climate Rally, an outdoor event comprised of spee…

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Filmmaker aims to bring out meaningful work in others

Published April 29, 2010

_As an undergraduate at Cornell University, next year’s Lang Visiting Professor for Issues of Social Change Louis Massiah immersed himself in the study of the sciences — physics, cosmology, astronomy.…


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Future of Blackboard 9, Moodle remains unclear

Information Technology Services has been running pilots of two learning management systems — Moodle and Blackboard 9 — since the start of this semeste…


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StuCo highlights

$90K in rollover funds to be spent

StuCo talked about how to use the money left over from the Student Activities Fund, which President Rachel Bell ’…


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Events Menu

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Haiti lecture

The annual Jerome H. Wood Memorial Lecture on The African Diaspora in the Americas will be on “Is Haiti Ready for Self-Rule? — Ret…


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Students tackle public health at Clinton conference

The Global Health Forum campaign against malaria, “Give a Net, Get a Vote,” earned three of its members, Network Coordinator Cary Chester ’13, Treasur…


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Storytelling workshop

Ivan Coyote will lead a storytelling workshop in Hicks Mural room at 4:30 p.m. The workshop will help students of all leve…


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StuCo highlights

StuCo prepares elections

A Q&A session for StuCo candidates originally planned for yesterday was changed to today because of conflicts with the fres…