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Michigan switches to SAT testing, saves $15 million

Michigan high school juniors will begin taking the SAT instead of ACT as the state proctored college entrance exam in spring 2016, a change that surprised and concerned many state educators. In January, the Michigan Department of Education announced that College Board, the parent company of SAT and Advanced Placement, signed a three-year contract with...

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Student Fed helps to fund CHP

Student Federation approved a total of $7,000 for Centralhallapalooza last week to be added to their general budget. Out of that money, $4,550 was recently approved and $2,450 was approved earlier this year, but due to an administrative mistake was not transferred into the Student Activities Board account. The money will be transferred now, coming...

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Two Student Fed independent reps replaced

There were new faces at the Student Federation meeting last week. Because freshman Representative Jacob Weaver and junior Representative Dominic Restuccia recently pledged Delta Tau Delta, the Student Fed bylaws prohibit them from serving on Student Federation. Freshman Rachael Behr and junior Jonathan Calcaterra replaced them since they received the second greatest number of votes...

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Students vote in new crop of Student Fed reps

This past week, Student Federation held elections for next year’s members of Student Federation. The positions of vice president, secretary, and treasurer were unopposed. In this most recent election, the number of freshmen running for office was surprising. There were five freshmen running for two spots. This was unusual, especially since the other classes and...

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Fed to purchase kayaks and paddleboards for SAB

Students will soon have another chance to take advantage of the warm spring weather by kayaking on Baw Beese Lake. Campus Health and Recreation will be purchasing three kayaks and three paddleboards for student use, using money from Student Federation. On set days, the Student Directors of Campus Health and Recreation, juniors Rachael Hille and...