Month: April 2017

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25-year-old school record broken at Border Battle
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25-year-old school record broken at Border Battle

Going into the Border Battle last Saturday, senior Ty Etchemendy planned on competing in the 400-meter hurdles and not the triple jump. But when wind conditions were perfect for jumping, Etchemendy decided to make one or two jumps. On his first attempt, he jumped a personal season best. “I knew, at that point, it was...

Art professor receives national award for painting and teaching
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Art professor receives national award for painting and teaching

Professor of Art Sam Knecht will receive a signature status award from the Portrait Society of America on April 22, adding another achievement to his landscape of accomplishments. The Portrait Society of America, an international organization dedicated to fostering and enhancing an understanding of the practice, techniques and applications of traditional fine art portraiture and...

Campus ministries invite speaker on Christian unity
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Campus ministries invite speaker on Christian unity

Peter Kreeft, professor of philosophy at Boston College, is speaking Thursday at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Friday at 4 p.m. in Dow A & B to address logic, heaven, and Christian unity. The Catholic Society partnered with InterVarsity, the Lutheran Society, and the departments of education and philosophy and religion, and the chaplain’s...

Charger Chatter: Milan Mirkovic
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Charger Chatter: Milan Mirkovic

How old were you when you started playing tennis?  I was, I think, 10 years old. I was a pretty good junior league player, and then I stopped playing tennis when I was 15 years old, and then I decided to go full time to the gym. I just lifted weights, tried to build muscle...