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New Club on Campus

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Press Release

Do you want the Humanities and Social Sciences to have more of a presence on campus? Do you want to have intellectual conversations with your peers? Want to plan events and bring in speakers YOU want to hear, and engage in helping the local community? On Thursday, April 12 at 7 p.m. in Snell 112, ACT, The Association for Creative Thought, is having their first open information session!

The Lottery Strikes Again

Author: 
Alexis Werchowski

While the nation eagerly awaited news on the three unclaimed Mega-Millions tickets last week, campus was a-buzz with lotto numbers of a different kind-housing lottery numbers. Students were once again comparing numbers for the housing lottery, and gauging their luck against roommates and classmates alike, with lottery numbers ranging from one to 999.

Humanities and Social Sciences Undergraduate Conference

Author: 
Press Release

Date: Thursday April 19, 2012

Location: Student Center Multipurpose Room

Moderator: Dr. Stephen Bird

On April 19, 2011 Clarkson University’s Department of  Humanities and Social Sciences is hosting a student conference showcasing the creative and critical intellectual work of students from across campus.

Student presentations will take up themes of local and global significance, such as gender, environmentalism, culture, art, politics, diversity, scientific engagement, and literature.

The Eatery helps identified eating styles

Author: 
Anonymous

For many, taking picture of your food has become a habit already. Putting photos of what we eat on Facebook -- so-called "food porn" -- can be an enjoyable way to make your pals salivate. But can that activity also have health benefits? Massive Health is saying it can with The Eater, its brand new experimental app for iPhones. Source for this article:New app The Eatery tracks eating habits rather than calories

What is being consumed?

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Opinion

Priorities: Nation versus Army

Author: 
William Wimmer

At the end of his long and distinguished service to the nation, President Eisenhower stood up to make one final goodbye speech. His farewell address is a wonderfully insightful demonstration that more than half a century ago our leaders were aware of issues which have plagued us ever since. Eisenhower’s main concern as he stepped down was the rise of the military industrial complex which drove public policy in a self-serving direction that was harmful to both the American population and the nation’s foreign policy.

Ethanol: Fuel of the Future or Just a Bad Blooper?

Author: 
Chase Turose

Is ethanol actually a clean and viable alternative to fossil fuels? It does hold some possibilities, burning more cleanly than fossil fuels and being synthesized from materials that can be grown. Plant matter for ethanol is also more readily available than numerous other possible clean energy sources.

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Entertainment

Review of "Claymore"

Author: 
Courtney Sotile

Length:  26 episodes

Additional: Manga, Video Game

Age: 16+

Publisher: Funimation

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Porsches…

Author: 
Taylor Mextorf

Well here we are again, back from break and back on the Opinion page. If you’re a regular reader, you’ll remember a story from a few weeks ago about Black River Stages, and about a Clarkson student named Angela Cosner who was competing. Well, now the results are in. In this, her first NASA (National Auto Sport Association) event, Angela placed 12th overall and 4th in her class. A very good showing

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Sports

Clarkson Rugby

Author: 
Kat Houston, Staff Writer

Clarkson ruggers had their first tournament on Saturday March 31st, playing five other teams in the annual tournament, Phat Phux. Other teams that played were Plattsburgh, Oswego, Raquetcity Rebels, Hudson Valley men’s and Paul Smiths. Although the Clarkson Dingoes did not excel in their matches, they did get some experience in putting together various phases.

A loss at SLU

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Clarkson Athletics

A slow start by the Clarkson University Women’s Hockey team, a strong finish by St. Lawrence and a rash of penalties in between led to a 6-3 loss for the Golden Knights in non-league action against their archrivals at Appleton Arena in Canton, NY on Saturday evening.

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Features

2012 NYC International Auto Show

Author: 
Taylor Mextorf

 

This past Saturday, my dad and I drove down to the Big Apple to continue our yearly tradition of attending the New York City International Auto Show. I was expecting great things this year with all the new models coming out, and I was not disappointed.

General Motors once again had the entire North Wing to themselves, and they certainly used it to full effect.

The Clarkson Turnip

Author: 
Leland Krumenacker

Due to a major malfunction on clarkson’s servers, all results of the recently passed housing lottery have been erased. With paper results having been discarded after the computer database was updated and peoplesoft directly updating from the file system, no official results remain on undergraduate housing information for next year. Because of this unfortunate event, all housing information has been nullified and new housing lotteries are scheduled to take place throughout the next 2 weeks. “This is really a worst-case scenario” said Michael Tideris,

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