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City Council debates new residence halls
Council will vote on halls and Edgar-Garden traffic light at Feb. 15 meeting
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The Webster Groves City Council lifted a requirement for burying utility lines as part of a new residence halls project. The council will vote at its next meeting Feb. 15 on whether to allow the university to build the $14 million residence halls, as well as a bill allowing construction of a $120,000 stoplight at Edgar Road and Garden Avenue.
Marketing, University Communications to merge
Sudden announcement shocks some staff members; move begins this week
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Members of Webster's university communications office are saying goodbye to some of their colleagues as they get ready for a sudden move to the Marketing Building. Webster University President Richard Meyers announced a merger of marketing and parts of university communications in an e-mail message sent to the Webster community Jan.
Travelogue:Thailand relief effort continuesvery coming slowly
Thai recovery coming slowly
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I've been strapped to the back of a motorbike touring the Thai countryside for the past two days and finally I've made it to the morgue I've been searching for. After tsunami waves ravaged the southwestern coastline of Thailand, the Wat Yanyao Buddhist temple in Phang Nga was transformed into a make shift body storage and identification center.
Local church shows SpongeBob solidarity
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Although he lives in a pineapple under the sea, SpongeBob SquarePants is making headlines above sea level. Evangelical United Church of Christ, 204 E Lockwood Ave., in Webster Groves, welcomed SpongeBob in its Jan. 30 service embracing diversity. Some 200 people who attended the 8:30 or 11 a.
WU student spends election in White House
STUDENT PROFILE
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Junior political science major Jon Prouty has made the changeover from the White House to Webster University relatively smoothly, despite going from the executive branch back to the checkout line. "The hardest part was going from being a White House intern to being a cashier at Sav-A-Lot," said Prouty, who interned in the White House's speechwriting office last fall.
Grocery CEO explains 2003 strike
Schnuck breaks down grocer strike, health care from corporate perspective
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The CEO of Schnuck's Markets Inc. shared what it is like weathering a work stoppage and handling increasingly tough competition with students and faculty Jan. 26. Craig Schnuck, CEO of the St. Louis-based chain, was the first guest speaker in the School of Business and Technology's Spring 2005 Dean's Speaker Series.
Webster appoints new administration members
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Webster University welcomed three new members to its administration this semester. Thomas Finan, Ph.D. is the Interim Director of the Center for International Education (CIE), Kathy Marlock, Ph.D. is the new Director of Academic Assessment at the St. Louis campus and David J.
Three WU students win Outstanding Student Employee Award
The following students received the Webster University Outstanding Student Employee Award for the Fall II term of the Fall 2004 semester: Jon-Carlos Evans, a junior film production major from St. Louis, was nominated by Fran Hooker, coordinator of the writing center.
Campus service held for tsunami victims
Poetry, ceremonial bell ringing recognizes tragedy
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BY EMILY DALE SWOBODA Journal Staff Webster's chapter of Stillpoint Campus Ministries sponsored an interfaith post-tsunami service Jan. 30 to mourn and meditate for the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster. At the opening of the brief service, Rev. Dr.
Value of AP classes questioned by students, staff
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Many first-year college students are not sure if they are freshmen or sophomores. Although it is only their second semester at Webster University, many already have 60 credit hours, thanks to the growing availability of advanced placement (AP) courses in high schools.
