Buried in a six-foot trench that he dug in the snow seven days earlier, the negative 50 degree temperature, 100 mph wind gusts and 5.4 magnitude earthquake had finally shaken Lonnie Dupre’s last amount of energy from his body. Suffering from the beginning stages of …
February 2011
SUPER BOWL sound off
Editors debate who will be victorious in the XLV Super Bowl Anthony Dominguez Besides being a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan with Wisconsin roots and having the personal experience of Lambeau field’s mystical aura, there are a number of reasons why I wholeheartedly, yet impartially, …
State of the Union looks to the future
As the Western world celebrates the ringing in of the new year and the promise of tomorrow, 2011 brings new challenges and opportunities, many of which President Barak Obama addressed and laid out guidelines for in his State of the Union Address. The president covered …
Not as simple as looking both ways
Every time I cross Beall Ave., I am baffled by the number of drivers who don’t stop for the mass gatherings of students at the crosswalk.† Most of the time when I am involved in one of these situations, I shake my fist angrily muttering …
Swimmers finish regular season
The swimming and diving team finished its regular season this weekend with dual losses to the visiting Grove City College Wolverines (7-3, 7-2 PAC). The women’s team fought late into the afternoon but eventually suffered a rare dual meet loss, 165.5-134.5 ending their season with …
40,000 evacuated in Malaysia floods
Flooding in southern Malaysia has killed two people and more than 40,000 people were evacuated to relief shelters on Tuesday. According to USA Today, two women in the Johor area, in the southern part of the Malaysian peninsula, drowned this weekend. As the rain begins …