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Hundreds traveled for Spring Break Campaigns, and some found …’Spiritual renewal’

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By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor From hitchhikers to homosexuality and from Honolulu to Honduras, Spring Break Campaigns 2004 spread out across North, Central and South America last week, dealing with a plethora of issues in 30 different cities or countries. Some campaigns had detailed plans about the work they would be doing. Some of those ... [Read More…]

Sing Song excites, unifies students

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By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor Sing Song doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. I've been to two shows now, and I seemed to have missed the appeal of choreographed arm motions, smiles the size of the Cheshire Cat's and completely destroying your voice in the days leading up to the show. But for a few hours Saturday, Sing Song and I ... [Read More…]

Lectureship additions to address issues of faith in the movies: Coffee house visitors to discuss gospel and culture

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By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor The gospel and culture coffee house, a new addition to this year's Bible Lectureship, will feature discussions about literature and the popular movies The Matrix and The Lord of the Rings. The coffee house will be in the Bean Sprout following each night's main lecture and will be conducted by different ... [Read More…]

Leaders aiming for diverse Chapel: Team created to look for ways to increase cultural diversity

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By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor A Chapel planning team has been organized to look into adding cultural diversity, a missing element of the program, said Brad Carter, coordinator of Chapel. "One of the big responses we had last year in our evaluations and focus groups was from some of our African-American students who said, 'We don't know any ... [Read More…]

Campus improvement contest begins Friday: Congress encourages students, groups to submit ideas

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By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor The Students' Association will launch a campus improvements contest Friday with what it is calling the Big Stunt. The Big Stunt, which will involve SA members dressing as Mr. Moneybags, the character from the board game Monopoly, is meant to create excitement about the contest. The contest will take ideas from ... [Read More…]

Online courses filling up quickly: No cap set yet, but officials cite need to keep low ratios

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By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor Summer online course registration has exceeded the initial target by almost 30 students, and sign-ups will continue throughout the semester. More than 120 have registered for either Message of the Old Testament or Major British Writers I as of Monday, and K.B. Massingill, chief information officer, said ... [Read More…]

Worm did little to affect network: Registration system helps find, clean infected computers

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By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor The campus network survived the biggest Internet worm attack ever with only a significant slowdown of the network of two or three hours, said Dr. K.B. Massingill, chief information officer. The worm, known as MyDoom, affects computers running Microsoft Windows operating systems. Once infected, the worm finds all ... [Read More…]

Council aims to diversify clubs: Multicultural panel made up of social, multicultural groups

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By Jonathan Smith, Managing Editor After several social clubs expressed a desire to generate more cultural diversity in club, a multicultural council has been organized to look into the issue. The council, formed last semester, includes members from the International Students Association, Essence of Ebony, Hispanos Unidos, the Students' ... [Read More…]

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