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Speed learning

University Programs Council wants to teach you how to bartend, belly dance and breakdance, among other things.


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The Man in Black

It's all over now baby blue. Damn right -- Johnny Cash is dead. His wife having died in May, Cash followed to join her in the great beyond, perhaps trading in his traditional black garb for white, pending St.


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All in the Family

Bonds made in college can last a lifetime. After surviving four years of blood, sweat, tears and beers, college buddies may even begin to feel like family.


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Back attack

College life can be a real pain in the back. For one, there are huge textbooks to tote around -- the ones that seem to weigh down a backpack as quickly as they lighten a wallet.


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Odds & Ends

Hours were spent brainstorming and thinking, writing and editing, improving and perfecting ... and eventually the dreaded college admissions essays were complete.


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Taste Buds

Last week we headed east (or, rather, up 29 North) to the Indian restaurant, Maharaja. This week we decided to continue on our international journey through the world of cuisine and headed south -- to South Africa, that is -- and the restaurant Shebeen.


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A fresh coat

The walk to class does not vary much from day to day. Empty beer bottles peek out among the bushes from last weekend's party.


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New directions

We've all heard hundreds of stories that started the same way, with a thought we've had ourselves: When I woke up on Sept.


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Smokin' Grooves

Even to the sporadic library trekker, the scene in front of Alderman at dusk is a familiar one. The sandy wooden benches and marble steps are populated with mentally-exhausted students on a break.Often, they are chatting in various languages, accompanied by a cup of coffee, or, more often, -- a cigarette.


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Say Cheese!

It's difficult to ignore the masses of well-dressed people at the University. Summer dresses, cute tops and skirts, polo shirts and khaki shorts -- these are the fashion norms on Grounds.


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Professor Profile

PLAP 381 Constitutional Interpretation PLAP 885 Theory of Constitutional Interpretation Q: Where did you attend college and what was your worst college experience? A: I attended the University of California, Santa Barbara.


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Ready for my close up

You raise your hand silently, waiting to make your contribution to your discussion section. Maybe you feel passionately about the topic or perhaps you just want your participation points.


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When first-year College student Blair Reilly came to the University in August, she knew her life was about to change dramatically.


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Scent of a Wahoo

Humans have altered their natural scent for ages.Years ago, explorers risked their lives making voyages to the far east for priceless fragrances only royalty could afford.Today, a voyage to Macy's can't be made without the risk of being ambushed by spritzing, smiling women behind glass-topped counters. Perhaps this obsession with smell can be traced back, Charles Darwin style, to a time when scent was more about survival and less about Chanel No.


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Ramblings in the key of 'who cares?'

So you had been planning to go fishing Saturday for pretty much the whole week, but when Saturday morning came, you were too damn hung-over to drive down the street, much less to a stream.

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Latest Podcast

The University’s Orientation and Transition programs are vital to supporting first year and transfer students throughout their entire transition to college. But much of their work goes into planning summer orientation sessions. Funlola Fagbohun, associate director of the first year experience, describes her experience working with OTP and how she strives to create a welcoming environment for first-years during orientation and beyond. Along with her role as associate director, summer Orientation leaders and OTP staff work continually to provide a safe and memorable experience for incoming students.