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Hundreds turned away
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"If you take one thing away from this, know that not every homeless person is there because of drugs or alcohol," Christopher Gardner said. Gardner, author of the recent book-turned-movie "Pursuit of Happyness," told the story of how he went from being homeless in San Francisco during the early 1980s to becoming CEO and president of his own brokerage firm in Chicago in 1987 to a packed house Jan.
Debaters flood Webster over weekend
Webster hosts biggest debate tournament in its history, which attracts 42 schools
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Forty-two schools from 19 states as far-reaching as New Hampshire and Louisiana invaded Webster's campus Jan. 26 through 28 for the ninth annual Gorlok Gala Forensics Tournament. Scott Jensen, associate professor and director of debate and forensics, said this year's debate and forensics tournament was the biggest in Webster's history.
Campus radio no longer stationary
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For many Webster students, this semester marks the beginning of an opportunity to hear something they have never heard before. After a more than two-year hiatus, Webster's student-run radio station, KGLX The Galaxy, is streaming live over the Internet. Live broadcasts from the station began airing the week of Jan.
Blimpie returns
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Blimpie Subs and Salads in the University Center will reopen Jan. 31 after months of delays. David Stone, director of facilities planning and management, said the sandwich vendor passed its Webster Groves code inspection Jan. 26 and its county Health Department new construction inspection Jan.
SGA seeks to fill empty seats through better advertising
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Yet again more seats are open on the Student Government Association. Currently, SGA has four vacant positions: fine arts senator, graduate senator, education senator and arts and sciences senator. At the Feb. 6 SGA meeting, Education Senator Katie Brindley resigned in order to pursue a student teaching job.
Online company hawks books on the cheap
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Students who want to buy cheap textbooks now have another option - BooksOnCampus.com. Mark Kantor and Tim Suzman, graduates of Brandeis University, located in Massachusetts, founded http://www.BooksOnCampus.com, a free Web site allowing students to buy and sell used textbooks to each other.
House halves student loan rates
Cuts will lower loan rates 3.4 percent over five years if approved by Senate
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The U.S. House of Representatives voted Jan. 17 to cut in half the interest some students will have to pay on student loans over the next five years. Jon Gruett, Webster's director of financial aid, said students who have subsidized Stafford loans would experience the biggest change if this legislation is signed into law.
E-mail maitenance scheduled Feb. 1
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Students will experience an e-mail outage starting at 6 p.m. Feb. 1. The outage is expected to last approximately four to six hours. During the outage, students will not be able to send or receive e-mail through their Connections e-mail account. The outage is part of an effort to fix the sluggish and often troubled Connections e-mail system.
Student Awards Announced for Fall II
Dean's Award for Service Rachel Lee (left), a senior production major from Nashville, Tenn., was nominated for founding a gospel choir and for her volunteer work and student leadership with the Association for African American Collegians (AAAC) and the Sister Circle.
Holden seeks top politicians to speak
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As a growing number of presidential hopefuls set their sights on the 2008 elections, former Missouri Gov. Bob Holden hopes to bring their campaign trails through Webster University in the coming year. Holden, now a professor of business and political science at Webster, has launched the new semester of his Public Policy Forum, a speaker series intended to bring lawmakers, governors and other public servants to Webster.
Protestors put a face on antiwar effort
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More than 200 protestors, including Webster students and faculty, gathered at Tower Grove Park Jan. 27 to express their outrage and opposition to the war in Iraq. Protestors took two group photos they would later send to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) as part of the Portraits for Peace campaign.
Copyright law can affect global relationships, said professor
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Some think copyright laws and other restrictions affect our relationship with poorer countries. Fernando Barrio, professor of global awareness at the Webster University London campus and London Metropolitan University, is one of those people. Barrio spoke on copyright and other restriction laws regarding technology Jan.
