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Nonprofit sponsors benefit concert, looks to ‘put two passions together’

Mike Killeen loves music. He loves to play, and he loves seeing it played. So when he and a group of other young professionals decided to form a non-profit dedicated to combating poverty and homelessness, music was their go-to solution. “We were trying to find a way to put two passions together: one being helping [...]

New course teaches aficionados alcoholic appreciation

This past summer, Trappeze Pub’s menu started offering another course — but it won’t arrive on a plate. In addition to serving the assortment of foods the bar normally provides to accompany its expansive beer selection, patrons can now actually learn about what they’re drinking. The class, dubbed Beer Academy, meets in Trappeze and lasts [...]

Student group organizes Tate Plaza drunk recreation events in response to nationwide SlutWalks

In October, University females stumbled across Tate Plaza. They could barely stand upright, and they looked dizzy and disoriented. But they weren’t drunk, or under the influence of any other intoxicant. They were just doing their best impersonation of it. The performance was the culmination of an alcohol safety awareness campaign aimed at informing women [...]

Class checkers combat athlete truancy

Being an athlete isn’t all fun and games — when athletes sign up to come to the University they agree to a number of things, including having their attendance monitored. For them, the attendance policy is much more strict than any individual professor’s, in part due to the amount of time they must spend outside [...]

LGBT Resource Center, student groups join forces to commemorate Transgender Awareness Month

White paper silhouettes in the shape of bodies are taped to the pavement at Tate Plaza. Their limbs are splayed out, their poses lifeless, reminiscent of a crime scene. Next to their bodies, red markers with black ink explain the cause of death — all violent crimes. These images are meant to represent reported murders [...]

Homecoming Committee worked ‘pretty feverishly’ to fill Chiddy Bang spot at concert

Everything for the Homecoming performance was all planned out. The lineup was complete, the venue booked — all that remained was for everything to execute on schedule. But instead, on Oct. 27, one week before the concert was set to take place, Donielle Bell’s office got the call that brought her the bad news. “With [...]