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Web site creates dark, parallel universe

October 3, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor I have a second life - thanks to the up-and-coming online craze, Linden Lab's Second Life, a virtual universe that allows consumers to create the life of their dreams. After reading an article in World Magazine's Sept. 22 issue about the phenomenon, I created an account to investigate. A basic account is free to ... [Read More…]

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SA debates representative rules

September 28, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor The Students' Association Congress divided over the rule requiring representatives to major in the building they represent, with some supporting adherence to the rules and others seeking to fill empty seats, at Wednesday's meeting. Congress debated the issue for more than an hour in a meeting with no new business ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: SA

SA Cabinet cuts spending

September 26, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor The 85th Students' Association Congress approved the Fall 2007 Budget and all officer and representative appointments in its inaugural meeting Wednesday. Sophomore senator David Vanderpool debated the appointment of officers with no previous Congress experience. According to the bylaws, all undergraduates who pay a ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: SA

New service trend changes tourism

September 26, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Thanks to my post-high school summer spent selling chocolate and charming tourists in my hometown's Montana - made chocolate shop, I can distinguish a tourist from a native just about anywhere. Scrambling for maps, wearing outdated T-shirts and slightly horrifying shorts and spending money as if their credit card ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Columns Tagged With: Tourism

Students stand, press for peace

September 18, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor After almost four years of contemplating and countless conversations, Paul Goncalves is gearing up to lead a silent protest he hopes will spur conversations about a Christian's stand on violence. Goncalves, senior Biblical text major from Itu, Brazil, spent his summer in Brazil and said after discussing the Iraq ... [Read More…]

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Monday speaker urges change

September 18, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Fred Asare challenged Americans to change the world, drawing sharp parallels between the "incurable wound" in Micah and the one found across the world today, at a Lectureship session in Moody Coliseum Monday. "While there is time, let's not just sit down," Asare said. "My brothers and sisters, let us rise up and ... [Read More…]

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Director puts head on the line for 2007 FilmFest

September 16, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor If FilmFest draws a large enough audience to sell out the Paramount, not only will the crowd be the largest in four years of FilmFest history, but Doug Darby, executive director of FilmFest, will shave his head. "And that's saying something. I'm putting my head on the line," said Darby, who boasts a full head of ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News Tagged With: FilmFest

Student track seeks dialogue on hard issues

September 16, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor This year's Lectureship will launch its first student driven track, designed by a student committee and with a constant theme: dialogue. "Dialogue just opens up so many doors," said Anna Peters, student committee member and junior elementary education and children's ministry double major from Houston. "It gets the ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Lectureship

Upgrades planned for Sherrod residents

September 14, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor Sherrod residents can breathe a little easier - they won't be homeless as a result of recent attention to the declining married student and graduate housing facility. John Delony, director of residence life, announced to residents in an e-mail Thursday that in a meeting with administrators on Tuesday, the decision ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ResLife

Pledging changes redefine community

September 14, 2007 by Kelsi Peace

By Kelsi Peace, Managing Editor In less than two weeks, students will soon be skipping across campus, sporting bizarre clothing and appearing everywhere in pairs. Chapel aside, few campus traditions raise more mixed feelings among the student body than social clubs and the pledging process - and all eyes are watching this year as several changes ... [Read More…]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Pledging, Social Clubs

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