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London Study Abroad: Navigating public transportation

London Study Abroad: Navigating public transportation

March 25, 2013 at 6:37 pm 0 comments

Note: This is a special column from a London Study Abroad student. By Olivia Herr Before coming to the UK, I had never really taken up any opportunity to use public transportation other than in elementary school. So the buses, underground and cabs were all new to me. AIFS gaveRead More

London Study Abroad: A ‘Whovian’ shares her adventures

London Study Abroad: A ‘Whovian’ shares her adventures

March 25, 2013 at 11:23 am 0 comments

Note: This is a special column from a London Study Abroad student. By Emma Allen For those who don’t know much about Doctor Who or have never heard of it, Doctor Who is a British TV show that is about an alien called The Doctor. He is a Time Lord,Read More

London Study Abroad: Camden Town Cuisine

London Study Abroad: Camden Town Cuisine

March 25, 2013 at 11:03 am 0 comments

Note: This is a special column from a London Study Abroad student. By Melina Nuzum Imagine a food market surrounded by all sorts of kiosks selling items ranging from string dolls to paintings. Imagine that this food market has its own kiosks that offer cookery from all sorts of differentRead More

Paging readers: Literary Arts Festival booked in April

Paging readers: Literary Arts Festival booked in April

March 15, 2013 at 9:16 am 0 comments

By: Anna Duran Bookworms and aspiring authors take note: the Literary Arts Festival is coming up the first week of April. It is set to take place April 1-3. The winners of the creative writing contest, several Iowa writers, and four national authors will be reading from personal works atRead More

Creative writing creates opportunities for students

March 15, 2013 at 9:14 am 0 comments

By: Ryan Meier When Ankeny sophomore Sarah Pillman was notified that she had won first place in the short story category for the annual DMACC District-wide Creative Writing contest, she was stunned. “When they told me, I thought ‘Are you kidding me? Do you have the right person?’” Pillman said.Read More

Retirement Series: Terry Luloff

Retirement Series: Terry Luloff

March 15, 2013 at 9:13 am 0 comments

By: Drew Brown Terry Luloff is a retiring math professor here at the Ankeny campus. Luloff got his bachelor’s degree for mathematics at Wartburg University, and his master’s degree in education at Drake University. “You never know what is going to happen in the classroom. It has been said varietyRead More

Opinion: Importance of print fading

March 15, 2013 at 9:08 am 0 comments

By: Drew Brown You see it at every convenience store you go to on Sundays, huge variety of newspapers on the shelves. These include the Sunday paper, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, local registers, and many other ads. All this paper usage equals to a lot of paper waste. HowRead More

Opinion: Print has a purpose

March 15, 2013 at 9:07 am 0 comments

By: Joe Provenzano We sit at a precipice, with technology ready to take us over the edge so we no longer need the conventions of the past.  Newspapers struggle to make ends meet as society moves online or to TV.  Publishers are moving more toward print-on-demand to eliminate surplus booksRead More