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| College Culture: ‘Hell between the holidays' | ||
| By Amanda Franzen The library overflows with students staring at computers in frustration. Desperately they attempt to finish the research papers that were assigned at the beginning of the semester. No one can believe that time slipped away this quickly. It seems as if only yesterday the school year began. (Dec. 5) |
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| Give it a chance; The Plex offers a ‘happy medium' |
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| By Alicia Prewitt Morningsiders are faced with an important question at the beginning of every school year: choosing a dorm can be a tough choice. It can be a tough choice. It’s a decision that sticks with students for at least two semesters. There are the new apartments, fairly quiet Roadman, social Dimmitt, and the isolated Complex or “Plex.” For some reason, the Plex is usually last on the list of students’ living preferences. (Oct. 31) |
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| College Culture: College changes friendships |
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| By Jamie Kirby Many things change as we get older. Years come and go and before we know it everything is different. Our appearance, our priorities, and, yes, even our closest friendships. “We’ll always be best friends,” you say to each other before leaving for college and parting ways. Will things stay the same, considering all the obstacles that may come with growing up and parting ways? Not exactly. Life is bound to change and sadly our friendships bear the repercussions. (Dec. 5) |
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| College Culture: Procrastination and lack of sleep as deadlines approach |
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| By Jesse Pick With projects due the next morning, students work diligently past midnight. They decline sleep in order to meet that early morning deadline. [Even with this article, I waited until the last minute to finish it and submit it by deadline.] (Dec. 5) |
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| Monks construct a lesson in impermanence |
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By Phil Lieder A group of seven Tibetan Buddhist Monks from the Gaden Shartse Cultural Foundation areat Morningside College this week constructing a Sand Mandala. (Sept 11) A photo slide show. Video of the mandala's completion and destruction, by Stephen Postolka |
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December 5, 2008
