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	<title>The Earlham Word</title>
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	<description>The official online outlet for The Earlham Word, a student publication at Earlham College.</description>
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		<title>Future of Earlham&#8217;s financial aid is discussed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Bennett Murray and Daniel Vidos
On November 18, Jeff Rickey, Dean of Admissions, and Nancy Sinex, Director of Admissions, hosted a meeting for students to discuss the future of Earlham’s financial aid.  “Historically, Earlham has had three aspirations for its financial aid program,” said Rickey.  “The first is to be accessible to low [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safe Zone training reaches out to community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Anna McCormally
Six Earlham students led two intense discussions of gender identity and sexuality at Earlham on Saturday, November 15 and Wednesday, November 19. Joanna Bronkema, Anna Hetzel, Erin Litchfield, Mandi Rice and Aidan Tharp, the Earlham Safe Zone Task Force, in addition to Nora Woods, the co-convener of Spectrum along with Aidan Tharp, were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/news/safe-zone-training-reaches-out-to-community/</link>
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		<title>Task force confronts Richmond drug dealers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Bennett Murray and Daniel Vidos

Richmond is no stranger to illicit drugs. With substances ranging from crack cocaine to Oxycontin® available on the streets, Richmond’s law enforcement is working to break up the black market.

“We have a lot of drugs that travel through the city,” said Richmond Police Department Lt. Jim Branum, who supervises Wayne [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/news/task-force-confronts-richmond-drug-dealers/</link>
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		<title>Animal Advocates hold presentation on animal rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Kristin Hoppe
In celebration of Veg Pledge Day, Earlham’s Animal Advocates organized a vegan Thanksgiving dinner followed by a presentation by guest speaker Lorri Bauston, who founded Farm Sanctuary in 1986, a refuge for farm animals.


Justin Berkheimer, co-founder and co-convener of Earlham’s Animal Advocates, recalled the first time he considered veganism and Thanksgiving.
“How could an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/news/animal-advocates-hold-presentation-on-animal-rights/</link>
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		<title>Earth Activists offer training on permaculture</title>
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The “Earth Activist Training Permaculture Demonstration Bus” sits parked outside the Clear Creek Food Co-op earlier this week. The owners of the bus are a group who travel around the country to offer training in permaculture activism. They consist of three people, three dogs, three chickens and a box of worms. Their bus includes a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/news/earth-activists-offer-training-on-permaculture/</link>
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		<title>Rape Awareness Week shares student stories</title>
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Students made shirts to share their personal stories as a part of Rape Awareness Week.  The Clothesline Project, an open mic, and other events throughout the week aimed to raise awareness about sexual violence.
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		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/news/rape-awareness-week-shares-student-stories/</link>
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		<title>The American Renaissance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Daniel Vidos
Get up, stand up! The immense strategical importance of protecting America’s interests in an ever-changing and developing world calls for a New Global Approach. The challenges of today are complex, however are not at all new to us: Radical Ideologies are threatening the foundations of Americas Power; the power derived from the ability [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/op-ed/the-american-renaissance/</link>
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		<title>Students manage relationships</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Anna McCormally
For me, the “college search” in my senior year of high school was a fairly painless process. I took the SATs twice and called it quits, pumped out a couple of essays on my favorite books, wrote a few personal statements and while I took the whole thing very seriously, it was not, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/op-ed/students-manage-relationships/</link>
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		<title>The rise of China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Daniel Vidos
The influence of the Beijing government has grown rapidly over the past years. Its foreign policy decisions portray a confident, but careful, awakening superpower. Strengthening economic ties to other countries has been its main focus over the decade, with a careful, long-term development of its workforce and infrastructure. China has become a symbol [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/op-ed/the-rise-of-china/</link>
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		<title>Cheers &#038; Sneers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cheer: noun, a shout of encouragement, approval, or congratulation.
Sneer: noun, a contemptuous or scornful remark.
CHEERS to:

Famous nail-biters: Lebron James, Britney Spears and Eva Mendes.


Deciding not to worry about all the leftovers.


The Saga Thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday… by far the best Saga meal I’ve had yet!


“Cloud Nine.” It was f-ing hilarious!


Good parties, especially Eurotrash (NOT Euroclub).


Puppies!!!!


Personal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/op-ed/cheers-sneers-9/</link>
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		<title>News on the News Feed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Facebook – to creep or not to creep? For what I perceive to be a majority of us, at least, Facebook is one of, if not the preferred, way to procrastinate and kill time. Maybe in the past “shooting the s—t” would be done face to face, but now we have photo albums to look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/op-ed/news-on-the-news-feed-2/</link>
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		<title>Choral Program presents its new face</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Sean Hughes
Bill Culverhouse is at once razor-sharp and disarming, a dual complexion that has served him well during his first semester at Earlham.
As the newest member of Earlham’s colorful and venerated cast of music faculty, and as the only major appointee to the high post of choral conductor in decades, Culverhouse might have had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/features/choral-program-presents-its-new-face/</link>
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		<title>Dance Alloy presents works in progress</title>
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Sophomore Kirsten Bunner (front) and Junior Zeina Amro (back) perform during the Dance Alloy works in progress presentation in the Wellness Center last Sunday, Nov. 16.
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		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/features/dance-alloy-presents-works-in-progress/</link>
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		<title>Italian market is a pearl of Old Richmond District</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Ed Joice
On the corner of North 10th Street and North E Street you’ll notice a surprising little shop next to Richmond Hardware, not typical of Richmond commerce. It is called Maria Mitrione’s Italian Market. On Saturday, Nov. 15 the Italian Market celebrated its one-year anniversary with a party in the 4th Floor Blues Club, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/features/italian-market-is-a-pearl-of-old-richmond-district/</link>
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		<title>Voices on the Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Chrissy Sollenberger
Based on the number of computer chairs that are filled and the population of the 24-hour lab late into the night, the week before fall break seems to have just about as stressful of a workload as the week before winter break. However, the procrastination levels are at a constant high. The Word [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/features/voices-on-the-heart-3/</link>
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		<title>Molly&#8217;s Mailbox</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Molly Owen
What do you do when one of your housemates wants to throw a party, but wants to impose on everyone else to have it and won’t take no for an answer?

It sounds like there is a lot of miscommunication going on.  I am worried that everyone in the house is talking about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/features/mollys-mailbox-7/</link>
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		<title>Fumbled connections</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Similar to the popular Missed Connections on Craigslist.com, Fumbled Connections provides an anonymous place to express the interactions you have with others that catch your attention. Email yours to EC&#109;i&#115;s&#101;dc&#111;&#110;nectio&#110;s&#64;g&#109;a&#105;&#108;&#46;&#99;&#111;&#109;.

- I don’t know if you’ll ever read this, but I am crazy in love with you. I see the looks that you give me. Maybe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/features/fumbled-connections/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Battle of the Bands&#8221; shows musical diversity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Michael Sawan
Aggravated assault was the theme of last Saturday night’s Battle of the Bands. Half of the participating musical acts to visit Comstock, including the Battle-winning Brooklyn Vampire, had a brutally aggressive approach to music, inciting violent dancing in the audience and howls of approval.


Starting the night was two-piece punk band Misunderstood. Comprised of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/a_e/battle-of-the-bands-shows-musical-diversity/</link>
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		<title>Earlham and IU East present pieces of creating writing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Katie Thorp
The folding chairs set up in Ronald Gallery in Lilly Library were filled on Tuesday evening when members of the Earlham and Indiana University East communities gathered for a reading by creative writing students and faculty from the two institutions.


The event, conceived by David Ebenbach of the English department and IU East professor [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/a_e/earlham-and-iu-east-present-pieces-of-creating-writing/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Toronto&#8221; shake the grounds of punk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Nat Miller
Every now and then, an album comes out that shakes you to the core. Not necessarily a perfect album, not necessarily the best album of the year, but an album that nonetheless rocks the foundations of an entire musical genre.
Toronto’s F**ked Up has made that album. Having self-released dozens of singles and EPs [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/a_e/toronto-shake-the-grounds-of-punk/</link>
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		<title>Football faces muddy conditions on finale game</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Corey Gareri
The Quakers couldn’t get their wheels spinning against Denison University’s Big Red in the muddy conditions of M.O. Ross Field last Saturday. Heavy rain and snow made the playing surface very sloppy, which proved to be a disadvantage for the Quakers. Earlham fell to their North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) opponent by a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/sports/football-faces-muddy-conditions-on-finale-game/</link>
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		<title>Rugby team looks forward to season finale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by As&#8217;ad Sabree
The Earlham College Rugby Club team is looking to conclude their fall season with a win against Hanover College on Saturday Nov. 29 at home. After their last game the rugby team will have a celebration to wrap up their season, and to begin to look forward to the next season. The previous [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/sports/rugby-team-looks-forward-to-season-finale/</link>
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		<title>Climbing strives to climb on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by As&#8217;ad Sabree
The school year is almost halfway over, and Earlham College is still looking to reach new heights with their climbing facilities located in the Wellness Center.

With the sound of music in the background and enthusiastic teachers waiting to give their support, the climbing wall offers a real workout in a friendly and peaceful [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/sports/climbing-strives-to-climb-on/</link>
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		<title>Earlham fencing grows in popularity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Andrew Roembke
Fencing is defined by the Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary as the art or practice of attack and defense with the foil, épée or saber. It may be more widely known as an art of armed combat that involves the use of pointed weapons manipulated by hand movements to attack a target.

Many students may be unaware [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/sports/earlham-fencing-grows-in-popularity/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming games</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday
Men’s Basketball in Illinois College Tournament in Jacksonville, Ill.
at 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball in Trine Tip-Off Classin in Angola, Ind.
at 6 or 8 p.m.
Saturday
Men’s Basketball in Illinois College Tournament in Jacksonville, Ill.
at 1 or 3 p.m.
Women’s Basketball in Trine Tip-Off Classin in Angola, Ind.
at 1 or 3 p.m.
Tuesday
Men’s Basketball vs. Manchester
at 6 p.m.
Women’s Basketball vs. Bluffon
at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/sports/upcoming-games-8/</link>
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		<title>Cross Country season is now over</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Yost

The Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams ran for one last time this season, leaving many of the teams they ran against in the dust. Both teams competed in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Great Lakes Regional at Otterbein College on Saturday. On the men’s side, two first-years were the strongest [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/sports/cross-country-season-is-now-over/</link>
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		<title>Mind of an athlete: Juan Hernandez</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by As&#8217;ad Sabree
In this week’s edition we will get a chance to talk with a graduating senior football player Juan Hernandez as we venture into “The Mind of an Athlete.” Hernandez is from Kendallville, Indiana and graduated from East Noble High School. After graduating from Earlham College next spring, Hernandez is hoping to join the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/sports/mind-of-an-athlete-juan-hernandez/</link>
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		<title>Scores</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Football 
vs. Denison 25-20 L
Women’s Cross Country
25th of 36 teams at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional
Men’s Cross Country
27th of 36 teams at NCAA Division III Great Lakes Regional
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		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/sports/scores-8/</link>
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		<title>Change is coming from presidential election</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Kim Hardy
The morning of Nov. 5 was a bright one in American history. On Nov. 4, the people of the United States watched the Democratic Party’s Obama-Biden ticket take the presidential election after months of campaigning.

We watched record numbers of US citizens come out to cast ballots, expressing their political ideas on national and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/op-ed/change-is-coming-from-presidential-election/</link>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s celebrate differences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Chuck Yates
It’s probably worth pointing out something we all know but may have overlooked: not everyone at Earlham celebrated the Obama victory. I certainly did. For the first time in my voting life, there was actually a presidential candidate I wanted to vote for instead of against. But many in this community voted for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://ecword.org/index.php/2008/11/op-ed/lets-celebrate-differences/</link>
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