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E-mail crash kills messages
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Thousands of e-mails were lost around midnight Nov. 8 when the faculty and staff e-mail server crashed without warning. Some professors and administrators lost all of their stored e-mail from professional colleagues and students, and are unable to retrieve the lost information.
Narrow election divides students
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Some Webster University students are celebrating and others are mourning the results of the presidential and local elections. Although a record number of young voters came to the polls and the majority voted for Sen. John Kerry, President George W. Bush still took the election with the popular and electoral vote.
Historic building falls for OPO
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After years of fighting between developers and historical preservationists, one of America's few remaining 19thcentury marble office buildings is falling to progress. Downtown resident Marcia Behrendt, along with the Landmarks Association of St. Louis, filed suit last October in an attempt to save the Century Building from demolition.
SGA waiting on Garden Avenue signal
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Traffic lights, sex and changes to the University Center's weekend schedule were all discussed at the Student Government Association (SGA) meeting Nov. 9. SGA President Phil Eckelkamp directs the Neighborhood Committee. Eckelkamp said that the committee met recently with the Webster Groves Traffic Advisory Board to discuss a proposal for a traffic light installation at the intersection of Edgar Road and Garden Avenue.
Bookstore check program to change
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The Bookstore Cheque program will go online by the beginning of the spring 2005 semester, said Dean of Students Ted Hoef Nov. 8. The online system will have a 24-hour application turnaround time before students receive their bookstore funding and will be more secure and involve less legwork for students, Hoef said.
No Child Left Behind
Teachers debate education act
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Rather than complain about the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), speakers and audience members emphasized that it is crucial for teachers to join together for the sake of students, during the "Who's Being Left Behind By No Child Left Behind?" discussion in the UC Sunnen Lounge Nov.
Prayer service offers hopes for healing after divisive election
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The Stillpoint Campus Ministry sought to bridge the divide between voters with a multi-faith service the day after the presidential election, Nov. 3, in the UC Presentation Room. Adjunct Professor and minister in the United Church of Christ, Laurel Hayes, led the service, which combined Buddhist, Christian and Celtic traditions.
Animal rights vs. the environment
Discussion uncovers conflict in worlds of animal, environmental protection
Animal rights activists and environmentalists would seem to pair together on a variety of issues. The two groups both share common loves for nature and its creatures, but often tension arises between what is more important, the surroundings or those who inhabit them.
Scholar examines genocide, racism
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German historian and visiting scholar Wolf Gruner gave his take on racism in Bolivia and the reasons for genocide. Gruner spoke to students Nov. 9. Warren Rosenblum, a professor in the history, politics and law department, sponsored the talk. His class attended the lecture, which focused on discrimination against the indigenous people of Bolivia.
Bank CEO warns of mergers
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Small banks will be completely out of out business within the next 10 years, according to a leading executive in the Midwestern banking industry. David Kemper, a fifth generation management member for Commerce Bank, said Nov. 4 in the Emerson Library that there have been 10 major banking consolidations since October 2003 and that the top three banks, Citigroup, J.
