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New library director has long-time interest in reading

The long and varied career of Ruth Eveland, the new director of the Jesup Memorial Library, actually started in second grade, in her school library.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Rutgers University, Burlington County, NJ

Fri Dec 25, 2009

Finance and Commerce

McNally Smith: A music mecca in St. Paul

McNally Smith president Harry Chalmiers and co-owners Jack McNally and Doug Smith moved their school from Minneapolis to St.

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Related Topix: St. Paul, MN, Minneapolis, MN

Wed Dec 23, 2009

PhysOrg Weblog

Efficient new wireless system can save 10 percent of bandwidth

Driven by fast-growing use of smart phones and Internet videos, wireless communication among Americans is expanding so rapidly that a tsunami of megabytes could soon threaten to overwhelm the bandwidth available.

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Related Topix: Business News, Federal Communications Commission, Syracuse University, Inventions, Science / Technology, Science, Computer Science

Tue Dec 22, 2009

Science Blog

New compounds may control deadly fungal infections

An estimated 25,000 Americans develop severe fungal infections each year, leading to 10,000 deaths despite the use of anti-fungal drugs.

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Related Topix: Syracuse University, HIV/AIDS

Mon Dec 21, 2009

The Post-Standard

Syracuse University student dies Friday in his Camillus home

A Syracuse University engineering student died at his Camillus home Friday, according to an email sent to SU students, faculty and staff.

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Related Topix: Camillus, NY, Syracuse University

Sat Dec 19, 2009

GreenvilleOnline.com

Maurie Lawrence named member of the firm

Wyche Names Maurie Lawrence to Membership Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, P.A. law firm announced today that Maurie Lawrence has been made a member of the firm.

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Related Topix: Georgetown University, Greenville Metro, Greenville, SC, Columbia, SC, Columbia Metro

Thu Dec 17, 2009

Sackville Tribune-Post

Mount Allison celebrates its 48th Rhodes Scholar

Fourth-year Mount A student Susan Humphrey has earned a Rhodes scholarship valued at more than $100,000. Fourth-year international relations student Susan Humphrey has been awarded one of the most prestigious international awards in the world, the Rhodes Scholarship.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Massachusetts

Wed Dec 16, 2009

MassLive.com

Smith College plans improvements to crosswalks in Elm Street area in Northampton

Smith College is planning improvements to a number of crosswalks on or near Elm Street that will include curb extensions, restriping and a raised intersection at College Lane.

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Related Topix: Northampton, MA, Life, Holidays, Autumnal Equinox, Boston, MA

Tue Dec 15, 2009

Encyclopaedia Britannica

Vida Dutton Scudder

Places The following are some places associated with "Vida Dutton Scudder" Other The following is a selection of items associated with "Vida Dutton Scudder" ARTICLE American writer and social reformer born Dec.

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Related Topix: Boston Metro

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Daily Kos

Book Review: "Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life"

Molly Ivins: A Rebel Life By Bill Minutaglio and W. Michael Smith Public Affairs: New York Hardback, 360 pages, $26.95 November 2009 You'll have no idea how much you missed her until you get the chance to read snippets of her again.

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Sun Dec 13, 2009

Almanac

Speaking of Simone de Beauvoir

When Yolanda Astarita Patterson was an undergrad at Smith College majoring in French, there wasn't much debate over who should occupy the pedestals erected in the world of letters.

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Related Topix: Motherhood, Family, Menlo Park, CA, Arts, Literature, Hayward, CA, Stanford University

Fri Dec 11, 2009

The Sophian

Sleepless at Smith College

Here at Smith College, we know all too well about sleep deprivation. All-nighters, drifting off to sleep in class and constant fatigue are more than familiar to the average Smith student.

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Thu Dec 10, 2009

CNN

Darfur violence becoming a forgotten war

Even the U.S. special envoy to Sudan, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Scott Gration, referred to the conflict as "remnants of genocide" a few months ago, noting that rising violence in Southern Sudan eclipsed levels in Darfur.

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Related Topix: Darfur, MN, US Military, US Air Force

The Sophian

It's Christmas, not the holidays, at Smith

It may be hard to believe with finals bearing down on us and the recent 60-degree weather instead of snow, but the holidays are coming.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Opinion

Wed Dec 09, 2009

The Sophian

Flu policy changes with new data

As cases of the swine flu decrease nationwide, Smith College has changed its guidelines for dealing with sick students.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza

Almanac

Speaking of Simone de Beauvoir

When Yolanda Astarita Patterson was an undergrad at Smith College majoring in French, there wasn't much debate over who should occupy the pedestals erected in the world of letters.

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Tue Dec 08, 2009

Guide To Retirement LIving

Music to Her Ears

On more than a dozen nights a year, the community of Cathedral Village is filled with the beautiful, soothing sounds of talented musicians, many of whom have just made their debuts at Carnegie Hall.

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Related Topix: Philadelphia, PA, Classical, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Education Etc., Curtis Institute of Music

Associated Content

Women in History: Senda Berenson

She was called the "Mother of Women's Basketball." When Senda Berenson was seven years old, her family immigrated from Lithuania and settled in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA Metro, Yale University

Mon Dec 07, 2009

The Sophian

Vespers to light up JMG Sunday

Every year, Smith College's Music Department and Office of Religious Life collaborate to bring together the Smith and Northampton communities for a traditional Christmas service on the first Sunday in December.

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Related Topix: Chorus, Christmas

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Fife Now

Parking changes hit harbour businesses

BUSINESSES at the east end of Kirkcaldy High Street are suffering because drivers are flouting traffic restrictions.

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