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TCU storms back to beat Oklahoma State in the 9th

After trailing by as much as four runs last night, the TCU Horned Frogs scored six runs in the top of the ninth inning to rally back and take an 8-4 win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys. TCU rose to 29-26 on the season while Oklahoma State’s record moved to 39-15. “Obviously it was a [...]

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OPINION: Verbum Ultimum: Dear President Hanlon

Welcome to Dartmouth! As you assume your new role, you will take the helm of an institution that is in a state of flux. Over the past few years, the College’s administration has seen significant turnover, and even more recently, the undergraduate student body has seen a dramatic split over campus issues. As you assume [...]

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Minority of workers participate in strike

Only about a quarter of union workers participated in this week’s planned strike at health systems across the University of California. About 75 percent of the union workers came to work for their scheduled shifts during the strike, which lasted from Tuesday to Thursday morning, said Dianne Klein, a UC spokeswoman. The American Federation of [...]

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Bonin’s career ends with first-round NCAA loss

By: Dane Mizutani Rok Bonin ended his Gophers tennis career Wednesday with a three-set loss in the first round of the NCAA singles tournament in Urbana, Ill. This tournament pits the top-64 singles players in the nation against each other in a single-elimination style bracket. Bonin, a senior for Minnesota and the No. 53 player [...]

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No break in sight for adjunct faculty

For students summer is a much needed break from the stresses of higher education, but for many adjunct faculty the idea of summer vacation is just a dream. Richard Adams, adjunct instructor in CSU’s Department of Anthropology usually spends his summers instructing an archeology field class which, he says, is a 23 hour-a-day job. “Last [...]

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Michael Stewart: Other Michael Stewart

Weeks before I drove up to Providence for freshman orientation, I decided that I was going to change my name. For the past six years, I had gone by Stewie, an abbreviation of my last name that middle school “friends” had bestowed upon me. The summer before freshman year, I decided I would change some [...]

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The MUSS a unique, defining experience

Standing the entire game, screaming at opposing players, jumping on third downs, attempting to break the team’s concentration–these are the students that make up The Mighty Utah Student Section (The MUSS). The MUSS is an experience many Ute football fans would surely like to have, but only students get the chance to. “Did you get [...]

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FSU Theatre’s Richard Fallon dies at 89

Lauded as champion of the Florida State University School of Theatre, Richard Fallon, dean emeritus for the School, died Thursday morning.

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SDS aims to pressure administration

By: Roy Aker   The main goal of University of Minnesota student group Students for a Democratic Society this fall semester will be trying to enact the three points of its proposed referendum. The referendum, which included a 10 percent pay cut to any administrator making more than $200,000, passed with 85.5 percent of the [...]

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Let’s Change the World

Dear Readers, When Jon Huntsman spent a week on campus in early April as an Institute of Politics visiting fellow, he met with faculty and administration, toured facilities, and tried to take in as much of the Harvard experience as possible. But Huntsman also took a keen interest in the students, taking the time out [...]

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