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Harvard plans to grow stem cells
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Harvard officials announced plans Feb. 29 to open a multi-million dollar, privately funded center to grow and study human embryonic stem cells. The center would be the largest privately financed stem cell research project in the United States. Tentatively called the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, the facility would bring together researchers from the university and its affiliated hospitals.
Sodexho halts student club fund raising
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New restrictions are in place for student organizations that want to raise funds by selling food after the Marketing and Communications Club (MCC) violated the Webster University contract with Sodexho, the campus food service provider. The MCC had been selling hot dogs in the lobby of Sverdrup on Monday evenings for three weeks in January and February when they were told that they might be violating Webster's contract with Sodexho and would have to shut down.
St. Louis Journalism Review honors founder
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The St. Louis Journalism Review (SJR), based at Webster University, will honor founder Charles Klotzer on Monday, March 22. The dinner, which will be held at the Loretto-Hilton Center, will feature a screening of the documentary "Who's Minding the Media?: Charles Klotzer and the St.
Graduation honors ceremony reorganized
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Although Webster University's 2004 commencement ceremony will keep many of its traditions, it will be marked by a new location and some format changes. One of the biggest changes will be in the honors ceremony, which has traditionally occurred the afternoon before commencement.
Timesheets will soon be replaced by payroll card
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The era of timesheets and paperwork for student employees, faculty and staff members at Webster University is coming to a close. By the beginning of the 2004-2005 academic year, a card system will replace the current way Webster employees clock in and get paid, according to the Webster payroll department.
Censorship of Iranian manuscripts interferes with scholarship, science
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The U.S. Treasury Department has sent out letters warning publishers of possible criminal implications of editing manuscripts from Iran. The letters warn against the editing or translation of any literature from Iran, from fiction and poetry to scientific and historical writings, without a government license.
Two SGA senators resign
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During the shortest meeting of the semester, the Student Government Association (SGA) announced the resignation of two senators. The SGA also discussed several reforms for the upcoming elections and the revitalization of the recycling program at Webster.
