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For everyone with a hirsute family member, a bearded patriarch, a fuzzy metro-sexual, here’s a great gift, a not-entirely-serious account of why and when men grow facial hair. It’s called “Of Beards And Men,” by Christopher Oldstone-Moore. It’s a history …
MPA student presents
Can tomatoes and cabbages be grown in your front yard? Can edible vegetation exceed the maximum height permitted by your city’s zoning code? Are honey bee boxes welcome in your community? Ethan Harris, current MPA graduate student and intern for the Clark County Community Development Planning
Chinese Club Craft Making Event
On Friday, November 13, the Chinese Club met for a fun craft making event. Dr. Broadstock and the Club officer, Courtney Crawford, taught the students how to make festive Chinese knotting. The students were at varying levels of progression in the Chinese language, so they were able to teach each
Farewell to Layne Crawford
Layne Crawford, long time Modern Languages Administrative Support Coordinator, will be retiring on December 31, 2015. Layne was born in Houston, Texas, and went to university in Texas, Utah, Hawaii and ultimately here in Dayton. She was hired by former Chair, David Garrison, on June 28, 2006, a year
Colleen Kelsey, adjunct art instructor at Wright State, is teaching students the skill of mail art.
Holiday Cooking with Dr. Sturdevant and Song with Ethos
On Sunday, December 6th, St. Nicks Day, the German Club hosted a holiday cooking event. Students from the WSU German Club and German classes cooked a variety of traditional German/Austrian foods, including Gulaschsuppe, homemade Spätzle, Rotkohl, and Christmas cookies. Since two German students are
French Business Class GE Field Trip
On Friday December 4, 2015, Professor Daddah and her French Business class students traveled to Cincinnati to visit SNECMA, a French company, which is both a GE partner and one of its suppliers. Snecma S.A. designs, develops, produces and markets engines for civil and military aircraft in
Excerpt Dewey would have been a sympathetic audience for “Of Beards and Men,” a finely detailed, borderline obsessive history by Christopher Oldstone-Moore, who spends more than 300 pages arguing that there’s very little on which facial hair might not come …
Excerpt Tony Award nominee Adam Pascal, one of the finest pop/rock voices in contemporary musical theatre who garnered acclaim in Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking 1996 Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent,” will perform a special acoustic concert Wednesday, Dec. 2 at …

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