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The sorority Phi Mu, whose goals are strong sisterhood and children’s philanthropy with Johns Hopkins Hospital, was recently awarded by Greek life for all the work they have done this past school year. Phi Mu sister Kelsey Rock was awarded Greek Council President of the Year for her work with the Panhellenic Association, a group of 10 different sorority chapters on campus. “I am very excited and honored for the award,” Rock said. “I kept [...]
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Last Friday Alpha Epsilon Pi, Tau Mu Chapter held their third annual Hot Dog Eating Contest in Paws. Adam Marcus and Brandon Sacks, general members of the fraternity, were in charge of putting together the event. The first guy to eat 10 hot dogs with buns won, and for the girls, the first to eat six won. Girls could enter as a team of two, each eating three hot dogs with buns. The hot dogs [...]
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This is my last column. It is that time when I have to summarize how this experience has changed my outlook on life, but I am not ready. I have one more week in Aix-en-Provence to begrudgingly complete finals and finish papers. I will spend one day in Geneva, Switzerland before heading to Chamonix to hike for a week in the French Alps. Then I get on one last plane and come home to America. [...]
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A man lives in poverty in Colombia and lacks the technology to start his own business. Across the world in Tajikistan, a different man plants wheat and needs fertilizer to ensure a good harvest. Both of these people have a story to tell and for sophomore Alexandra Woodfin, stories like these are a way to fight against poverty. “I think it’s just cool because everyone has one and they’re all different and it’s just cool [...]
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I don’t know what I was thinking when I bought Oliver Pötzsch’s book “The Hangman’s Daughter.” First of all, it’s translated from German, which always makes me wary of stilted writing. Second of all, it’s a historical novel, set in 1659, which usually isn’t my type of read. I prefer the escapism of urban fantasy, compared to gruesomely accurate tales. So, I’ll admit, I’m a little surprised that I even got through the book. I’m [...]
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When students attend a performance by the Towson Department of Theatre Arts, such as their current show “Spring Awakening,” they usually leave raving about the music, the actors and the lights. But for former costume shop manager Cheryl Partridge, the costumes are the star of the show. “Some shows, we were making like 15, 20 costumes in three weeks. And they had to be fitted, and they had to be built so that every time [...]
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Sheen Content Without Custody In what has to be one of the strangest divorced couples news stories, Charlie Sheen’s ex-wife Denise Richards has been granted temporary custody of his twin boys after they were removed from their mother, Brooke Mueller’s, home. This isn’t the first time Richards has taken the twins under her wing. In December 2012, the boys stayed with Richards when Mueller went to rehab. Sheen is fully on board with the new situation because [...]

