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The extra mile: Jesang succeeding in athletics, focusing on academics

The extra mile: Jesang succeeding in athletics, focusing on academics

Some collegiate-level star athletes may put athletic success and self before schoolwork and everyone else, but not Janet Jesang.

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Downtown venue offers array of entertainment

Downtown venue offers array of entertainment

 
 
A tuft of hair from an Elvis Presley impersonator’s wig, some grass from a Polynesian dancer’s skirt or a feather from a cabaret dancer’s headdress are common debris found on Ellis Place/State Street Pub’s floor after all the guests have gone home for the night.
The pub, located at 700 State St., has been offering a [...]

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Shear service: Western community members shave heads for cancer research

Shear service: Western community members shave heads for cancer research

Bardstown sophomore Jesse Wimsett shivered as he had his hair shaved off on Wednesday night at Denes Field.
“Feel the breeze, dude,” he said.
Wimsett volunteered to have his head shaved as part of Omega Phi Alpha service fraternity and the Western baseball team’s first St. Baldrick’s Day on St. Patrick’s Day.
Volunteers asked people to sponsor them [...]

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Employees, students protest decision

Employees, students protest decision

As Sam McFarland, a part-time psychology professor, stood in front of Wetherby on Thursday, he was greeted with glares, thumbs-up and partial nods.
Nearly a month after the Benefits Committee voted against offering domestic partner, or other qualified dependent (OQD), benefits to Western employees, faculty and staff members are standing at the steps of Wetherby Administration [...]

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