DePauw University News

November 25, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - Scott Adsit, who portrays Pete Hornberger on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock , "describes himself as a bit of a class clown growing up," notes Time Out Chicago.

November 22, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - "Of what is science fiction made?," asked Harry Allen of New York City radio station WBAI-FM on his program, Nonfiction .

November 21, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - "Media coverage of stormy public gatherings may give the impression that we've entered an especially fraught time for public discourse, but I can tell you that anyone who's been in public life for a while has seen plenty of fierce town hall meetings," writes Lee Hamilton.

Last February, independent filmmaker Ron Whitt visited Greencastle to talk about his upcoming trilogy of films centered on the story of the 1886 death of Putnam County native Pearl Bryan.

This week, the New Oxford American Dictionary named a unfrienda the word of the year.

A solid-chocolate hippo awaits a box at Baker Candies. The Cleveland candy company teamed up with a mother-son duo to make the hippos -- based on a silly Christmas song -- to raise money for the Cleveland Foodbank.

When Sharhea Wade arrived at Bryn Mawr College from a big-city high school, it seemed as if every other student on the quiet, leafy campus had graduated from an exclusive private school.

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Greencastle businessman Nunzio Cancilla had the job of ringing the Monon Bell before the game on the DePauw sidelines.

Margaret Sutherlin of DePauw University on Saturday won the 23rd Annual Thomas R. Keating Feature Writing Program in Indianapolis.

Today, Friday the 13th superstitions are fraying nerves for the third time in 2009.

Grade/subject at what school: Math, Pike High School Freshman Center, Pike Township.

November 9, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - The Grammy Award-winning Ying Quartet willl perform at DePauw University next Monday, November 16.

Long-time newspaper man and former Newton Daily News publisher E.K. Shaw has died.

Winter may be coming soon, but a group of people involved with the Greencastle Community Garden were thinking toward spring on Sunday.

Glenn Gass, a noted rock and roll historian and music professor at Indiana University, returns to the DePauw University campus on Nov.

Wonder what a gym top circa 1927 looked like? Want to see a photo of the DePauw University 1914 freshman class? Now, it can happen with the click of a mouse.

Hindus have applauded prestigious DePauw University in Indiana for approving a new 300-level class on Modern Hinduism in its Religious Studies Department.

FURMAN UNIVERSITY NAMES JANA GRIMES ASSISTANT VP FOR HUMAN RESOURCES GREENVILLE, S.C.-Furman University has named Jana Grimes assistant vice president for human resources.

November 3, 2009, Greencastle, Ind. - According to veteran statesman and 1952 DePauw University graduate Lee H. Hamilton, "the entire political system is now so swamped with cash -- and lawmakers so overwhelmed by the need to raise it -- that something more is clearly needed." In a newspaper op-ed, the Democrat writes, "Congress, the institution I ...