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KU student experiences quake
When Reverend Cheryl F. Meinschein announced in November a mission to Haiti to work with the local children, senior Elementary Education major Emily Behm seized the opportunity. Prior to the departure, Behm was not concerned with natural disasters, but instead was focused on the attempted terrorist attack that has happened on Christmas day on... »
Public option advocate speaks at KU
The former head of corporate communications for the health insurance company Cigna, Wendell Potter, known for recently becoming an advocate for reforming America’s health care system, visited KU on Wednesday, Jan. 20. »
The center for children’s environmental health
Four days before students returned to the university from Winter break, air quality conditions in Kutztown were forecasted as code ORANGE for hazardous particulate matter as indicated by The Pennsylvania Institute for Children’s Environmental Health (PICEH) air quality monitoring station on campus. »
State to modernize legal notices
In accordance with a nationwide effort to modernize the manner in which local governments disseminate legal notices, the borough of Kutztown has asked local residents to support state legislation that will allow local governments to publish these documents online rather than in traditional newspapers. Local residents and newspaper executives are expressing their concern about... »
Tax relief for Haiti donations
On Jan. 20 the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan bill that allows taxpayers to deduct donations to the Haiti earthquake relief from their 2009 tax season instead of 2010’s. The tax relief works on cash donations made after Jan. 11, 2010, but before March 1, 2010. In 2005 Congress passed a similar bill... »
KU hosts student advocacy conference
This past weekend KU’s Student Government Board hosted a conference for all 14 state schools. The conference titled “Student Advocacy, Multiculturalism and Student Leadership,” included keynote speakers and workshops “designed to provide the skill, management background, and talent needed to be efficient and progressive,” according to Sean Dallas, assistant director of University Relations. The... »
Faculty termination raises controversy
When Chadd Davis, a senior Criminal Justice major, came into one of his classes halfway through this semester to find a new teacher there, he was confused. Only after he contacted William Plouffe, his former professor and advisor, with a question about his senior comprehensive exams did he found out Plouffe had been fired,... »
Obama education plan could affect KU
Since he has taken office, President Obama has been searching for ways to improve America; on the top of his list are hopeful, new college requirements. »
Higher education in the news
From The New York Times Dec. 7, 2009 The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal filed by a Christian student group that had been denied recognition by Hastings College of Law, a part of the University of California, for excluding homosexuals and nonbelievers from becoming voting members or taking leadership positions. Hastings... »
Revived program brings KU to the U.K.
Next summer, KU students will have the opportunity to experience all of the comforts of Kutztown, across the Atlantic Ocean. The KU-UK program is being revived, and will allow students to take classes for college credit from KU professors in the heart of London. »
