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<title><![CDATA[President makes changes to coffee hour]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br />Number of students in attendance still miniscule<br><p>President Tim Gilmour held his monthly coffee hour last Tuesday, only this time, there were some changes made to try to bring up student attendance.

The first big change was the time. In the past, the coffee hour had been held at 8 a.m.  However, this ...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 12:58:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tyrannosaurus wrecks?]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br />Jurassic Park theme contributes to lower attendance at Spring Fling<br><p>A little more than 200 attended the Jurassic Park-themed event, which was held on Friday night at the Waterfront Complex.
The theme choice and lack of interest were some of the contributing factors for such a small event turnout, according to Trevor Kurt...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:36:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[A little more than 200 attended the Jurassic Park-themed event, which was held on Friday night at the Waterfront Complex.
The theme choice and lack of interest were some of the contributing factors for such a small event turnout, according to Trevor Kurt...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Beacon Briefs: April 27, 2010]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Jacqueline Lukas</p><br><p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">CPR CLASS  and ndash; Health Services will be hosting a CPR class today, Tuesday, April 27 at noon in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Marts</st1:placename> <...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:41:16 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;">CPR CLASS  and ndash; Health Services will be hosting a CPR class today, Tuesday, April 27 at noon in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Marts</st1:placename> <...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Government Notes, April 21]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Emma Zimmerman</p><br><p><p style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;" class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Treasurer's Report</span></u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><o:p></o:p></span>...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:03:32 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[WCLH receives grant for talk show, conference]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial;"><o:p>
</o:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">In order for the station to be eligible for this grant, </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: bl...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:58:07 -0400</pubDate>
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</o:p></span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: black;">In order for the station to be eligible for this grant, </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial; color: bl...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[More library restorations to begin this summer]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Restorations to the Farley Library will take place over the summer. The restorations will include the first floor and will give the library an fresher look and be more accessible for students.
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:46:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">Restorations to the Farley Library will take place over the summer. The restorations will include the first floor and will give the library an fresher look and be more accessible for students.
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<title><![CDATA[Beacon Briefs: April 20, 2010]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Jacqueline Lukas</p><br><p>FREE SPANISH CLASSES  and ndash; Free Spanish classes will be offered by Friedes Rangel Noguera, Venezuelan student, every Wednesday from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. in Capin Hall, room 102. For more information or questions, contact freide.rangelnoguera@wilkes.e...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:21:35 -0400</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[FREE SPANISH CLASSES  and ndash; Free Spanish classes will be offered by Friedes Rangel Noguera, Venezuelan student, every Wednesday from 5 p.m. until 6 p.m. in Capin Hall, room 102. For more information or questions, contact freide.rangelnoguera@wilkes.e...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Government Notes - April 14, 2010]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Emma Zimmerman</p><br><p>Treasurer's Report

All College: $0 
Conferences: $13,290
General Funds: $8971
Leadership: $5230
Spirit: $750
Start Up: $480
Special Projects: $1800
Total: $30,521

Club Reports

Programming Board -- Justin Kreidble went well. Sometime in the...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:44:54 -0400</pubDate>
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All College: $0 
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General Funds: $8971
Leadership: $5230
Spirit: $750
Start Up: $480
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<title><![CDATA[Colonel Coalition greets prospective students with surprise mob]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><br><p>The Wilkes University Colonel, with dozens of followers in tow, ambushed  five high school seniors on Saturday in an attempt to welcome students  to the Wilkes community.
The event, dubbed the Colonel Coalition, was orchestrated by 160 over  90, an adver...</p>]]>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:03:08 -0400</pubDate>
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The event, dubbed the Colonel Coalition, was orchestrated by 160 over  90, an adver...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Two incidents prompt posted notifications but no text alerts]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Nicole Frail</p>Wilkes officials differentiate between isolated and community cases<br><p>On March 22 and April 7, Wilkes University students, faculty and staff arrived on campus to find community notifications posted on numerous entrances to many of the school's buildings.
The day before each notification was posted, an incident occurred on ...</p>]]>
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The day before each notification was posted, an incident occurred on ...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Messinger to retire,  search for new director of facilities launched]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Cathryn Frear</p><br><p>Thomas Messinger, executive director of facilities, will be retiring from the University effective May 2. As executive director of facilities, Messinger is responsible for a great many things across campus.
According to Messinger, his job involves overse...</p>]]>
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<title><![CDATA[New law impacts Stafford and PLUS loans]]></title>
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<![CDATA[<br /><p class="author"><span class="by">By: </span>Andrew Seaman</p><br><p>The Federal Family Education Loan Program has allowed private banking institutions to make government guaranteed loans since 1965; however, the health care reconciliation bill signed by President Barack Obama on March 30 now limits borrowers to one instit...</p>]]>
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<title><![CDATA[Student Government holds debate for executive board candidates]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:47:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[University’s online system to soon reach its “end of life”]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[Speaker will present learning disorders as forms of diversity]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA['Share Fair' allows community to reduce, reuse, recycle ]]></title>
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