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Senate Notebook: January

  Senate Notebook is a new addition to the news section. The goal is to keep students informed about decisions Student Senate is making and the student concerns brought up during meetings. Senate meets Wednesdays at 9 p.m. in Founders Hall 65 (Hoover Room). Guests are welcome to join. Upcoming Events promoted by Student Senate [...]

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Sex therapist speaks to women on campus

  Women lined the walls, filled the chairs and the floor of Myer’s Lounge to hear a faith-based perspective on sexuality from Christian sex therapist Sarah Young on Jan. 26. Young was invited by Ali Walls, resident director of Fox and Whittier, after the resident directors wanted to host a talk for students on sexuality [...]

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Student Senate elects new VP midterm following resignation

  Student Senate approved senior early childhood education major Katie Bush as the new senate vice president for the spring 2012 semester on Jan. 18. The appointment comes after former Vice President Samson Toe resigned during a senate retreat over winter break. Toe said that the time constraints were too much for him to handle [...]

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Weather proves unhelpful for campus ice rink

  Aside from this weekend’s snowstorm, there hasn’t been much cold weather this winter. And while that may make it more comfortable for students as they walk to and from classes, it also means they haven’t been able to take advantage of the newly constructed ice skating rink located on the campus tennis courts. According [...]

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Saint John’s Bible donated, makes history

  At the end of this past summer, Malone received the first volume of the Saint John’s Bible, which is making its mark in history as the first of its kind in 500 years. Donated as a seed gift by a Malone alumnus who wishes to remain anonymous, it has started Malone on a course [...]

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Prayers offered in wake of student’s death

  19-year-old freshman accounting major Dustin Yoder died unexpectedly in his home on Sunday, Nov. 13. The news was announced to students on Tuesday, Nov. 15 during chapel and then later that day in an e-mail. During chapel, there was a commemorative moment of silence and prayer for the Yoder family and friends. Yoder, an accounting [...]

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Catholic student group approved by faculty, student senate

  Ichthys, a Greek word for the well-known symbol fish, is an acronym meaning “Jesus Christ, Son of God and Our Savior.” It is also the name of Malone’s new Catholic student group. Ichthys is the first denominational group of its kind at Malone. Junior exercise science and pre-physical therapy major Michelle Wagner is a [...]

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Interim President Friesen’s future still undecided

  After four years of adjustments, Interim President Dr. Will Friesen is up for yet another one. Last month it was announced that Dr. David King will become president as of Jan. 1 instead of Friesen, who was a finalist in the running for the position. Friesen describes his role over the past couple years [...]

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Creative writing fellowships aimed at stimulating literary community

  The Department of Language and Literature has established competitive merit-based fellowships to propel its emerging creative writing major and minor and attract the interest of prospective students. The fellowships will be offered in amounts of $2,500 or $1,000 to incoming students who will major or minor in creative writing. “[Offering fellowships] is a really [...]

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Incoming President King introduced to faculty, staff

  Incoming President Dr. David King paid a visit to campus on Friday, Oct. 4 when he was formally introduced to faculty and staff in the Johnson Center Dining Hall at 10 a.m. King delivered a brief speech and answered questions from faculty during the course of an hour-long introduction. “This is a very deep [...]

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