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Majority of faculty approves new contract

By Emily Leayman The Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF) voted in favor of accepting the new contract last week. Over 95 percent of the members voted to accept the contract negotiated between APSCUF and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) in February. The last step for the agreement is […]

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Weekend assaults produce panic on campus

Police are conducting two separate investigations of an attempted robbery and simple assault in which two victims were struck this past weekend. On Friday, March 8, three armed, masked suspects forced their way into a dorm room of Deatrick Hall around 1:45 a.m. According to the university report, the suspects were dressed in black and […]

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Information Technology plans for updates all over the campus

The Information Technology (IT) department at Kutztown continues to update the technology on and off campus. According to Mitch Freed, the assistant vice provost of Information Technology, no major complaints have been issued through the help center in the fall and spring semesters. “Any issues that have occurred have been minor in nature, and we […]

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Health experts debunk myths

“What is one of the four fluids that can transmit HIV?” Rob Pompa, a licensed clinical social worker of the Lehigh Valley Health Network, asked many students who visited his vendor table at the annual KU Health and Wellness Expo. To Pompa’s dismay, many students incorrectly answered with “saliva,” just one of the common myths […]

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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bear?

For the first time in school history, KU has established its very own boxing club to compete with schools like Lock Haven and East Stroudsburg University. Founder and president of the boxing club, sophomore Patrick Ball, is a transfer from Lock Haven University. Ball came to KU with one goal in mind: bring boxing to […]

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Phillies delivering hope in Spring training

With just under three weeks to go until opening day at Citizens Bank Park, KU students won’t see much more Spring training action after spring break, so it’s judgment time for Philadelphia fans. The team, which had a few questions heading into Clearwater, Fla. to say the least, has done their best to keep a […]

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Starting the weekend hot, nine innings cools the team down

Despite losing the final game of the weekend against Virginia State University (8-7), the KU baseball team (6-3) took the three-game series, winning the first two games of a double header by a combined score of 17-2 this past weekend at Virginia State. In game one of the double header on Saturday, the Golden Bears […]

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Bloomsburg beat down ends Golden Bear season

After defeating West Chester 83-72 in the first round of the PSAC tournament, the women’s basketball team was defeated by Bloomsburg University. Despite the season-ending loss, KU had a great season compared to the 2011-2012 season in which they had a losing record to conclude the year. The Golden Bears finished the year at 16-12. […]

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She Said: Favorite Childhood Cartoons

Ah, cartoons. The stuff of childhood. From Saturday mornings spent slurping chicken-noodle soup (I wasn’t one to have conventional breakfasts) and watching Scooby-Doo re-runs, to weeknights anxiously awaiting the latest episode of Doug, and everything in between. I was a child of the 90s, and as anyone who was there may recall, Nickelodeon in the […]

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He Said: Favorite Childhood Cartoons

Ah, Saturday morning – the most anticipated time for any child (only rivaled by Christmas). Why are Saturdays awesome, you may ask? Because that’s when you could hang out and watch all the cartoons you could have ever wanted without school cutting into your time. And I, among many others, would say that cartoons, for […]