• Emotion dance group presents fall showcase

    Emotion dance group presents fall showcase

    This Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9 and 10, Emotion will be hosting this semester’s final showcase of dances at 8 p.m. in Leffler Chapel. The theme of the Fall 2011 Emotion Dance Showcase is “Soleful Celebration,” an ode to the “passion and soul displayed throughout all numbers,” and the essence of dance as shown through

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  • Holidays at Etown welcome all

    Holidays at Etown welcome all

    One of the definitions for Thanksgiving on dictionary.com is “a public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favor or kindness”. Generally, we think of Thanksgiving as a holiday where we give thanks for what we are grateful for in our lives. Although Thanksgiving is typically thought of as an American holiday, many other countries around the

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  • Brothers Pizza: serving locals since 1980

    Brothers Pizza: serving locals since 1980

    Brothers Pizza is a small business only a few blocks off campus, located at 256 Market Street. This local pizza shop is in the perfect location for students whether or not they have a car. The restaurant is open seven days a week, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to

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  • Alcohol Awareness Week hits campus

    Alcohol Awareness Week hits campus

    According to the American Council on Education, over 800 college campuses across the nation will be promoting National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week (NCAAW). This is all about the NCAAW theme, “Raise your voice! You can save a life!” NCAAW is about promoting responsible decision making involving alcohol consumption. The organizers hope for campuses to endorse

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  • Student Life Art Auction funds ALANA scholarship

    Student Life Art Auction funds ALANA scholarship

    Laughter, fun and excitement: just three of the adjectives that can be used to describe the Student Life Art Auction, an annual event that raises money for the Carole L. Isaak ALANA Scholarship, which benefits African American, Latin American, Asian American and Native American students. “My predecessor, Carole Isaak, was the assistant director of academic

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  • Penn. Gifts that Give Hope Fair in December

    The Pennsylvania Gifts that Give Hope (GTGH) Fair is an event meant to provide a very unique holiday experience through the help of volunteers in the Lancaster area. The event coordinators look for non-profit organizations that represent different faiths, cultures and customs from all over the world. Some nonprofit organizations that are participating this year

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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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