Front Page
27 October 2006
Volume 119, Issue 5
Alumni
return for a weekend of reminiscing
There’s no place like Monmouth College.
Monmouth College Homecoming 2006 was hosted on Oct. 21-23. Not only was Homecoming 2006 a celebration for alumni and friends, but also a celebration for current students to show school spirit and participate in various events.
Homecoming weekend began on Friday, Oct 21, at 4 p.m., when Maj. Gen. Stephen T. Johnson was inducted into the Hall of Achievement, the highest honor Monmouth College awards to its graduates. Johnson served as the general of II Marine Force in Iraq in 2005 and 2006.
The weekend festivities continued as Richard “Doc” Kieft was honored for his 31 years with the chemistry department at Monmouth College. Kieft, the Garrett W. Thiessen Professor of Chemistry, was honored with a wine and cheese reception in the main concourse of the Huff Center on Friday evening. Read More...
‘Walaikum
assalam’
nalist and poet, spoke on the necessity to reinterpret the term “jihad” at the Monmouth College convocation on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 11 a.m. in the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium.
Introduced by Hannah Schell, assistant professor of religious studies, as the recipient of many prestigious awards, including the Canadian Ethnic Journalists and Writers’ Club award for... Read More...
A Ninja may save us from the zombies on campus
No, this is not your average building-jumping, star-throwing, mysteriously black-clad ninja; this is an electronic ninja, crusading for the students and destroying spam on campus. And no, this isn’t your garden-variety zombie, either. These zombies exist on our campus as zombie computers. “Zombie computer” is the term applied to computers that send out spam unbeknownst to their... Read More...
