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Vol XXXIII No. 14

Friday, September 10, 1999

Service learning plays signficant role at SMC

      When Chrissie Renner walked into the Logan Center, one of her first tasks was to assist a mentally disabled adult with personal hygiene tasks, such as going to the bathroom. It wasn't the typical homework assignment. "I had to face what I never had before," said Renner, a student in professor Beth Neumann's Christian Ethics class last semester. "I was suddenly in this whole experience of putting myself in someone else's ... [more]
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Successful Careers Rely on Details
      Life is usually peppered with sports metaphors when explanations need embellishment. Playing on a level playing field is an overused term. Yet, successful careers often hinge on the very intangibles that are characteristic of championship teams whose play prevents its ... [more]
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Fisher adds new options to offense
      If Ohio State head coach John Cooper hates Notre Dame because of its TV agreement with NBC, sophomore tailback Tony Fisher could be the reason why. Fisher, who was named Mr. Football in Ohio his senior year, said that seeing Notre ... [more]
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Emmy calls Raymond, Ally and some really good friends some really good friends
      As the new television season is born into the lives of Americans across the nation, little by little, the specter of the 1998-99 season diminishes into their collective memory. But, wait. The final adieu to the unspectacular but respectable sources of ... [more]
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