Belmont University, a Christian university of approximately 5,900 students located in Nashville, Tenn., recently hired new soccer coach Heather Henson. Henson has 16 years of experience in coaching college soccer and is replacing former coach, Lisa Howe. Why is this important? Henson’s new employment only occurred after Howe was allegedly dismissed after coming out […]
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The weekend of Jan. 28 marked the kickoff for KaGe, the student lounge located near the Breezeway, in the Kea-Guffin resident hall. Friday and Saturday night, students were able to stop in and enjoy games, food and fun. During the kick off, perspective students attending Encounter Weekend were encouraged to stop in to see what
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Portman and Kutcher answer this question
Best friends = sex friends? Read Post »
President Barack Obama issued his 2011 State of the Union Address differently than he and other presidents had in years past. With Vice President Joe Biden and the new Speaker of the House John Boehner seated behind him, the president gave a speech at the Capitol Building in front of Congress. The difference on Tuesday,
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I’ve heard all the criticisms of Facebook. Some say that the popular social networking web site is reducing face-to-face human communication. I’ve even read an argument that said Facebook was affecting students’ grammar. Personally, I thought that article was simply absurd. You can’t blame a web site for the way students are writing their essays.
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Anonymous: the easiest name to use for any comment you want to make on the internet. Whether on a message board, a news article or a blog post, anonymous comments allow anyone to say whatever he or she wants without attaching any part of his or her personal identity to it. This ability to shirk
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In the past few years of my life, I’ve had the overwhelming experience of witnessing a shift of values in my own generation, as well as the generation before mine. This shift has been characterized almost solely by the integration of social networking into the everyday lives of the people around me. Social networking was,
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Sophomore Bryce Bertothy “Ice hockey on the pond behind the gym.” Junior Kristian Cortizo “There’s nothing like being able to spend quality time with family and friends whom we love.” Sophomore Jacqui Walker Information and photos compiled by Samantha Fichter “Having no class on snow days and drinking hot chocolate.” Senior Jay Muindi “Making
In America, 34% of our population is obese. Maybe this is a statistic that the Eastern athletic department took into consideration when it sought the opportunity to finance a new weight room. Anyone who has walked through the weight room to enter the gym or to shortcut through campus has noticed these considerable changes.
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