Last March, Yale Law School students were given the opportunity to “rent out” Monty, a border terrier mix, from the school’s library. For a few days prior to finals week, students were able to sign the dog out for 30 minutes at a time. However odd it may seem, nearly 120 students signed up to […]
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Eastern University student Kendel Jackson (from left) presents a check for $500 to Radnor Library Executive Director Kathy Mulroy and Stephen Paolantunio, President of the Board of Trustees of Radnor Library. On hand for the presentation was Bettie Ann Brigham, Vice President for Student Development at Eastern University. Students in the Eastern University Leadership Grant
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This year, for the first time the Haverford Township Civic Council came together to plan and organize a huge music festival in the Oakmont business area of the town. From 12 noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday, September 17, live music was performed from two outdoor stages. Performers included Paul Mariani III, a 6th grader
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The Philadelphia Phillies will make it to the World Series this year. How do I know? It’s actually quite simple. I used a formula that has been around since the beginning of baseball: good pitching beats a good offense. And as all Phillies fans know, they have the best pitching in all of baseball. The
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This is no country for new souls and even children know when schoolyard bullies become dictators, who become elected officials. Our nerves miss when Einsteinian curiosity was not the formula to make whole persons into fractions, communities disintegrate, and ancestral war games nullify under the pressure of new chess strategies. Did the gods conspire
“Why is the youth so violent?” was my mother’s response upon hearing the news that at least twenty violent crimes had been committed in Philadelphia in September alone. My mother always has an answer, but this time she was left speechless. Her question was specifically in reference to the violent flash mobs that occurred in
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