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Vagina Monologues moan for change: Vagina Monologues showcases women’s issues

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March 28, 2013
Vagina Monologues moan for change: Vagina Monologues showcases women’s issues

By Sara Jane Sheehan, Cecilia Smith and Morgan Christie Transcript Correspondents Women dressed in pink, red and black lined the Jemison Auditorium in Sanborn on Friday and Saturday night for performances of “The Vagina Monologues.” The production ushered in Women’s Week and commemorated the 15th anniversary of the international V-Day movement to stop violence...
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OWU students explore nation’s capital

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March 28, 2013
OWU students explore nation’s capital

By Jija Dutt Transcript Correspondent Ohio Wesleyan international students experienced one of the quintessential American tourist experiences by visiting Washington, D.C. Accompanied by Dorota Kendrick and Darrell Albon from the International and Off Campus Programs Office, 35 students spent the first half of spring break in the nation’s capital. In what turned out to...
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Notes of Hope: WoHo event supports and encourages women

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March 28, 2013
Notes of Hope: WoHo event supports and encourages women

By Hannah Urano Transcript Correspondent Sophomore Kyle Simon is hoping to “show the women of Ohio Wesleyan how much they’re loved and, at best, encourage more students to get involved in feminist projects at school or in the Delaware community”—all with note cards. Sophomore Kyle Simon, a member of the Women’s House (WoHo), said...
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Female students dominate programs, courses abroad

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March 28, 2013

By Rachel Vinciguerra Transcript Correspondent Although OWU is considered “the opposite of ordinary,” since their inception in 2009-2010, travel-learning courses reflect national trends in female-dominated study-abroad programs. Darrell Albon, the director of international and off-campus programs, echoed this consistency with national trends as well as a contributing factor of a gender imbalance of enrollment....
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Minority students face prejudice, harassment

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March 28, 2013

Reporter’s Note: It is the view of this journalist that those behind the incidents described are a vocal minority in the OWU and Delaware communities. Nevertheless, these incidents are relevant to the entire community and need to be acknowledged and addressed. This article contains quoted slurs used against minority communities. Racism As an African-American...
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Documentary offers lesson about ‘invisible’ problem in military

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March 28, 2013
Documentary offers lesson about ‘invisible’ problem in military

By Garrison Davis Transcript Correspondent American culture holds soldiers in high esteem—we honor them with medals, parades, holidays and discounts. But the award winning documentary “The Invisible War” shows that not all soldiers are treated equally. On April 3, “The Invisible War,” which depicts the increase in sexual assaults in the military and efforts...
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Off-campus fraternities seek growth

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March 28, 2013

By Haley Cooper Transcript Correspondent New members are always being sought for Alpha Phi Alpha and Phi Beta Sigma, historically black fraternities with act chapters off campus. Currently, there are only two active members of Phi Beta Sigma on campus and no active members of Alpha Phi Alpha at Ohio Wesleyan. There is an...
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OWU Class of 2017 grows as new students’ deadline approaches

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March 28, 2013

By Caleb Dorfman Transcript Correspondent By May 1, 2,800 high school seniors will decide whether they want to become a part of the class of 2017 at Ohio Wesleyan. According to Rebecca Eckstein, vice-president for enrollment, the school receives a little over 4,000 applications each year and accepts 2,800. For the current freshman class,...
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OWU sends support to UNC, Oberlin

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March 25, 2013
OWU sends support to UNC, Oberlin

By Spenser Hickey Assistant Copy Editor OWU students speak out for UNC-CH rape survivors Several hours after senior Leah Shaeffer heard Landen Gambill, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is reportedly facing expulsion for speaking publicly about being raped, she got an email from sophomore Liz Nadeau. Shaeffer is...
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Mystified and double bound: Alcohol and adulthood in American culture

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March 25, 2013
Mystified and double bound: Alcohol and adulthood in American culture

By Noah Manskar Editor-in-Chief Alcohol and adulthood are strange bedfellows at the uniquely American institution of the residential university. With entrance into college—and the departure from home it often necessitates—comes a degree of independence and a select few accompanying privileges. Students thrust themselves out of their parents’ watchful gaze and into a universe where...
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