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Elections begin for Homecoming King, Queen

Elections begin for Homecoming King, Queen

By Kyle Boyd | October 9, 2012

The election for Homecoming king and queen will begin today. Dain Gotto, assistant director of the Campus Activities Board, said this year’s Homecoming court is special. Last year’s Homecoming elections poll showed roughly 1,100 ballots, and he expects...

Dan Jeffries

Research Rookies look at potential cancer-destroying molecule

By Lauren Dielman | February 21, 2012

A unit used in PET-scans might someday be turned into a molecule that can destroy cancer.Dan Jeffries, freshman biochemistry major, and his mentor Narayan Hosmane, professor of chemistry and biochemistry, will be working on turning this molecule into...