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By Natalie Duleba Photo and Copy Editor Daly Walker ’62, came to campus last week to read from his award-winning collection of short stories, “Surgeon Stories.” Walker is the first speaker of the Writers & Poets Lecture Series, and took place in the Bayley Room last Thursday afternoon. Walker is both a Vietnam War...
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Peter and Rosemary Grant received honorary degrees for their achievements in evolutionary biology in front of Ohio Wesleyan students, faculty and community members on Wednesday, April 18 in the Benes Rooms. The Grants are British evolutionary biologists and professors emeriti at Princeton University. They are most known for their work on Darwin’s finches on...
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Standard health and safety inspections from the Delaware General Health District found routine violations in the five OWU off-campus food point locations. Stephanie DeGenaro, program manager for the food protection and public safety unit of the DGHD, said the violations found in inspections are split evenly between critical and less serious violations. She said...
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While there had initially been plans to cancel all on-campus storage, a new policy will help simplify the student storage process. Robert Wood, public safety director, said that the new policy was similar to the current official policy, but they “got away from (enforcing) that.” The key change to the policy is that students...
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4/17/12 1:15 a.m. – Public Safety and Delaware City Police were dispatched to the area of 20 Williams Drive after receiving a report of a person with a gun walking east on Park Avenue. A search of the area failed to locate the individual. The reporting party was not approached or threatened by the...
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Two judges spoke about the realities of their tough jobs in the court system last Tuesday night during the Pre-Law Club’s first event. The two judges taking part in the event were Judge Everett Krueger (Delaware) and Judge L. Alan Goldsberry (Athens), who is the father of Dean of Students Kimberlie Goldsberry. Krueger is...
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Senior Nick Peranzi is defying national trends. He and his girlfriend of nearly a year, senior Rachel King, plan to be married within the next few years. “If you would have told me this would have happened three years ago,” said Peranzi. “I would have thought you were crazy.” Peranzi lavaliered King, a practice...
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The group Common Texts held a special meeting on April 17 to focus on anti-Semitism and Islamophobia on Ohio Wesleyan’s campus and in the media as part of Anti-Hate week. Sophomore Maria Jafri, president of Tauheed, said it was crucial for students to share their personal Islamophobia experiences to promote action and start a...
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Ohio Wesleyan University Chaplain Jon Powers likens the community of religious and spiritual organizations on campus to colored stones within a kaleidoscope. With just a simple tap the entire composition of the kaleidoscope changes. “All stones are valuable, but not all know it,” he said. He sees patterns and layers in the religious and...
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