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End campus drug problems
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Forget the pro-decriminalization debate for a second. For that matter, forget the anti-decriminalization debate. Please stop selling drugs on the Quinnipiac campus.
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Junior spearheads hoops fundraiser
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
When junior Paden Livingston came back from his Study Abroad semester in South Africa, he had only one thing on his mind: helping those he had just left.
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He almost died in Eastern Europe, now he’s headed back to teach there
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Alwood was nearly killed in the Czech Republic in 2002. After extracting names of former secret policemen in Eastern Europe, he was pushed into a construction pit, broke his back, and contracted MRSA, then pneumonia. But when you’re a grizzled journalist like Alwood, you need to have a short-term memory.
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The Fray to play QU’s spring concert
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Platinum-selling rock band The Fray will grace the TD Bank Sports Center on Sunday, April 18 for the Student Programming Board’s (SPB) annual Spring Concert.
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Freshman arrested on marijuana charges
Posted on 23. Feb, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Freshman Peter Moran was arrested on on Friday, Feb. 19 with 58.4 grams of marijuana allegedly in his possession. The street value, according to Hamden Police, was $1,160.
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Scherl expelled after trespassing arrest
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Freshman Mathew Scherl was expelled on Feb. 4 following drug and trespassing arrests on Quinnipiac property, friends of Scherl told The Chronicle on Monday. Scherl, 18, faced four drug and narcotic charges this morning at Meriden’s Superior Court.
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‘The Wall’ magnifies immigration issue
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
“Imagine you’re a drug dealer,” Ricardo Martinez, director of “The Wall,” advises when discussing illegal immigration. “You make thousands of dollars every day crossing into my property. Can I just build a fence and turn my back?”
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Security won’t stop everything
Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Campus security at Quinnipiac University is doing exactly its job as well. But if a professor were to bring a firearm on campus in their briefcase, just about nothing could be done to stop it.
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QU student comedians [Video]
Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Quinnipiac students Brad DePrima and Patrick Reynolds performed in Café Q on Jan. 29
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Estimated $75M for medical school, but no reductions to current programs, Lahey says
Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Quinnipiac’s medical school will cost an estimated $75 million over the next seven or eight years, but according to President John Lahey, no current University programs will be affected, no money will be pulled from the endowment, and no loans will be taken out.
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Obama’s nation: A year in review
Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Barack Obama rode a veritable tsunami of support to the presidency in 2009. But one year later, the waves have died down considerably, leaving Obama’s influence, as Professor of Political Science Scott McLean put it, “dead in the water.”
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Chief of Security injured, Barger to assume role for ‘indeterminate’ period
Posted on 24. Jan, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
In the wake of a recent injury to Chief of Security and Safety John Twining, Assistant Chief David Barger has assumed Twining’s position for an unspecified amount of time, according to Richard Ferguson, senior vice president for administration.
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Freshman dies in snowmobile accident
Posted on 20. Jan, 2010 by Joe Pelletier.
Jessica Bolognani, a freshman health sciences student, was pronounced dead en route to the hospital after sustaining serious injuries from a snowmobile accident on Jan. 2, according to the Vermont State Police.
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FIFA ‘10 improves on a classic
Posted on 29. Dec, 2009 by Joe Pelletier.
I really did not expect much from EA Sports in the release of FIFA ‘10–frankly, I was content to keep playing the classic ‘09 version. But a few modifications and a reverence to the great parts of FIFA ‘09 make FIFA ‘10 a great buy for the sports gamer.
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