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Sisters United joined forces with the Women’s Resource Center, VIVA, SUBA and Rafiki Wa Afrika to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in women of color on Monday in the Hamilton-Williams Atrium. Students read poems and cited facts about the HIV/AIDS epidemic during the program. Sophomore Kimberley Trought, Caribbean representative of Rafiki Wa Afrika, emceed the...
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Senior Nick Peranzi is this week’s Greek of the Week. Aside from his significant contributions to the Greek system, Peranzi possesses all of the qualities one looks for in a Greek student: incredible intelligence, stunning good looks, a voice fit for radio and the ability to pick things up and put them down. He...
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Sagan courses in 2011 and 2012 provided opportunities for students to engage in travel learning in Costa Rica, through two different courses of study. Students from a course in Tropical Biology traveled to Costa Rica over spring break to study “the biology and ecology of tropical organisms and complete independent research projects,” Linda O’Horo...
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Ohio Wesleyan boasts over 130 clubs, providing students with a number of interest groups to join. This year, thanks to student activity fees, every club is permitted funding. Junior Marshall Morris, Wesleyan Council on Student Affairs treasurer, presented the budget information in two meetings last week. This new system adds more transparency and allows...
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A new Delaware restaurant is partnering with an adult day program to bring Cajun food to the Delaware community and provide business training and opportunities to local individuals with disabilities. J. Gumbo’s owner, Richard Upton, plans to start business at the former 12 South Deli venue on Sandusky Street with a grand opening celebration...
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Women’s week, which happened from Monday, March 19 through Friday, March 23, was organized by several students on campus as part of Women’s History Month. It consisted of programs ranging from slam poetry to sexual violence awareness. Junior Anna Cooper, an intern at the Women’s Resource Center, played a supportive role in the week’s...
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The members of the Women’s House opened their home to the campus community last Friday to cap off Women’s Week. WoHo residents hosted students and professors with snacks, sodas and homemade black bean burgers. House moderator Paige Ruppel, a junior, planned the event as her house project. She said its primary purpose was “building...
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Hundreds of members of the Ohio Wesleyan community gathered outside the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity Sunday evening for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of Jake Von Der Vellen, who died in a car accident Friday morning. Junior Marshall Morris, president of Phi Delta Theta, was a chief organizer of the vigil. Morris said that...
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Every year, Ohio Wesleyan students embark with professors to explore and experience the world. During spring break, travel-study programs dazzle students with sights, sounds and events. While students may never forget their time in Costa Rica or Ireland, they are not as lucky as the professors who lead the trips. For Dr. Edward Burtt,...
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Chelley Belly’s Soup and Sandwich, once located on Winter Street, has recently moved onto S. Sandusky. Owner Michelle Runyon said the move was due to the new location being “(A) nicer space, bigger space, and more visible.” Runyon said the restaurant’s business seems to have gotten better with the move. “We’ve been seeing new...
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