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Duke’s decision to suspend their men’s lacrosse season in response to allegations of gross misconduct by several team members is all over the news. This story stands in contrast to the feel-good stories of George Mason men’s basketball and national championships for Maryland women’s basketball and Florida’s men’s team. Millions of people around the country […]

This year’s Spring Dance Concert promises to be an eclectic conglomeration of dance styles, including modern, jazz, ballet and even swing. “It’s always interesting; in every concert you have different expressions, different styles and different cultures represented,” senior dance major Yatzaira Marcano said. The concert, titled “Passages,” is being held April 22 at 8 p.m.

This summer, the student group SPEAK plans to send about a dozen students to Northern Ireland in the hoping to help end a conflict that has plagued the Irish for over 400 years. “When I first heard the potential of a trip to Northern Ireland, it was from an impassioned Tony Campolo. Needless to say,

Ruth Robinson- An argument is always convincing when it stands by itself. That’s why lawyers get to cross-examine witnesses. That’s why political leaders debate each other. And that’s why point-counterpoint articles–a set of articles which lay out two sides of an issue–are valuable assets to a newspaper. Point-counterpoint articles allow more than one side of

The team is currently 7-1 in the PAC, with an overall record of 8-3. In the past two weeks, they have garnered victories over Alvernia (16-7), Gwynedd-Mercy (15-9) and Arcadia (19-2). Their latest victory was over Cedar Crest with a score of 21-3. Their only loss in the PAC was to Cabrini (8-9) on April

Several candidates for next year’s Student Government Association executive board have started campaigning early in what promises to be the most contested election in recent years. The election, in which the spots for treasurer, vice president, president, and every class presidency are expected to be contested, is scheduled for April 19-21. The speech night on

The weeks from March 25 through April 8 were rough for the ladies, whose PAC record dropped from 5-3 after their split double-header against Wesley College to 6-6 after another split double-header against Immaculata University on March 31 and a double-header loss to conference favorite College Misericordia on April 1. In non-PAC play, the team

On March 6, the Supreme Court ruled that colleges must allow military recruiters on their campuses or else lose federal funding. “That’s a big stick the courts and Congress are using,” said Jeff Van Dusen, collections and student financial services technical assistant in the Student Accounts office. Van Dusen is in the Army Reserves, so

Villanova has recently found itself at the center of a media frenzy having nothing to do with basketball. The school is slated to join only a few other universities, including Stanford and the University of Michigan’s Dental School, in a deal with Apple’s iTunes. The contract will allow students to download lectures, news and campus

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