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21 September 2007
Volume 120, Issue 3

MFL hosts guest speaker: Potowski

        By: Natolie Pistole
Contributing Writer

    There are many different languages and with those languages, many different dialects. On Thursday, Sept. 20, in the Morgan Room of Poling Hall, Kim Potowski, from the University of Illinois at Chicago, enlightened a diverse audience of Monmouth College students, faculty and even some of Monmouth’s community members about her study of one specific Spanish dialect.
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MC commended for Latin education program

By: Ashley Nuzzo
Contributing Writer


    The Monmouth College Latin secondary education program has recently gained national recognition from “U.S. News and World Report.”   The “Report” organized the top 14 Latin education programs in the United States in its 2008 “Best American Colleges” issue. The schools are ranked based on qualities of their programs, like: post-graduation job placement, retention and program requirements.       Read More... 

Monmouth gets cultured

By: Jim Fry
Contributing Writer

    Once again, the office of intercultural life is busy getting ready for its 13th annual Monmouth College Cultural Festival. This year’s festival is being held on Saturday, Sept. 22, on Dunlap Terrace, from noon to 4 p.m.    
 
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PRISM shedding light on new subject of acceptance

By: Kyle Christiansen
News Editor

The on-campus awareness organization titled People Respecting Individual Sexuality at Monmouth (more commonly known as PRISM) appears to have grown quite a bit over the past year. Despite being a group which, as some may argue, was hardly well acknowledged and recognized by the student body in previous years, PRISM has now arisen and flourished (both socially and financially) in its attempt to spread understanding and open-mindedness for Monmouth College’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) population.
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The Grounds provides social space for MC student body:
Student run program helps peers unwind on those late weekday nights

By: Ashley Nuzzo
Contributing Writer

    There are many social outlets for studying on campus, and junior Jordan Hedberg is committed to bringing a coffee house environment to the students of Monmouth College.
    A business major, Hedberg declares, “There is a void in Monmouth College’s student night life which needs to be filled so that students have something to do besides drink alcohol.”  Hedberg and his associates are attempting to fill that void by revamping the coffee house gathering at The Grounds.

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Cordery on sabbatical, conducting research

By: Ben Peterson
Contributing Writer

“Recharging my batteries,” is what associate professor of history Simon Cordery had to say about his current sabbatical. Among his many responsibilities this year, he is recouping and preparing to come back to Monmouth College in full force next school year.
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Letter FROM the Editor - Apology

Balancing life is sometimes a difficult act while trudging through our years at college. At times we get lazy and make mistakes, and it is a testament to our grand institution that most of the time we get caught, at least academically.
            Working for The Courier for more than three years now, I have made my fair share of mistakes, some of which have found their way into print. None of these were as embarrassing and obvious as the Sept. 14, 2007 issue of The Courier.
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