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Identity Theft in College

Identity Theft in College

Samantha Weiss May 1, 2013 0

We’ve all heard stories of phony internet sites that ask for credit card information ruining lives and credit scores, but few students feel that identity theft is a problem that affects their age group.

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Fact or fiction: “if it bleeds, it leads.”

Fact or fiction: “if it bleeds, it leads.”

Samantha Weiss May 1, 2013 0

“If it bleeds, it leads,” or so goes the popular journalism adage.  Some journalists detest such a description of their art, while some wholeheartedly agree that compelling headlines come from tragedy. And if it

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Why merit scholarships should increase

Why merit scholarships should increase

Samantha Weiss April 17, 2013 0

t is no secret that college is an expensive experience. All of the financial data from the last 20 years proves that tuition is rising at an alarming rate. It can be easy to

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Adulthood takes children by surprise

Adulthood takes children by surprise

Samantha Weiss April 10, 2013 0

f someone had told me during my first year of high school that in just four years,  I would be an entirely different person who was worried about paying for school and managing a

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‘Clay, Regional Ceramics and Beyond’ exhibit opens in Zug’s Hess Gallery

‘Clay, Regional Ceramics and Beyond’ exhibit opens in Zug’s Hess Gallery

Samantha Weiss April 10, 2013 0

Burn treatment. Plates. Bricks. Roofing materials. Pottery. What do these seemingly unrelated goods have in common? Clay: all can be (and are) made with clay. “Art is about ideas and finding the best media

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Admin.announces graduation speakers

Admin.announces graduation speakers

Samantha Weiss March 20, 2013 0

Eboo Patel, president of the Interfaith Youth Core, and Jeffery B. Miller ’85, vice president and chief security officer of the National Football League, have been chosen to speak at this year’s commencement ceremonies.

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‘Mighty Be Our Powers’ promotes change, encourages women to advocate for peace

‘Mighty Be Our Powers’ promotes change, encourages women to advocate for peace

Samantha Weiss February 27, 2013 0

Harvard University Women’s Studies professor Laurel Ulrich Thatcher once said that “women who behave seldom make history.” Leymah Gbowee, whose all-female peace movement changed the history of Liberia, chose to misbehave for the sake

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Policy changes unnecessary

Samantha Weiss February 27, 2013 0

Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 over 200 students from JSC, an elementary school in central Pennsylvania were called off school with various excuses. No doubt, many were coming down with the flu. Some did have

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Open forum held to address bias-related incidents, tuition rise

Open forum held to address bias-related incidents, tuition rise

Samantha Weiss February 27, 2013 0

Student Senate held a Town Hall meeting last Thursday, Feb. 21 to discuss the bias-related incidents on campus as well as the tuition raise for the next school year. “By a show of hands,

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Blue Jays recognize seniors against Albright, finish season 8-17

Blue Jays recognize seniors against Albright, finish season 8-17

Samantha Weiss February 20, 2013 0

The final Elizabethtown College men’s basketball game of the season did not live up to the expectations of the team, who having beaten Albright College in the past had hoped for a similar outcome.

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