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NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Students from area middle and senior high schools competed in the regional History Day competition at ¾¨Ó㴫ý March 21.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Opera ¾¨Ó㴫ý will present "La Vendetta" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, in Orr Auditorium. The program is open and free to the public.
¾¨Ó㴫ý offers a variety of both day and evening summer classes beginning June 7.Â
¾¨Ó㴫ý's Summer Session is designed to offer a sampling of courses from the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Plan Curriculum. Taught by ¾¨Ó㴫ý faculty, these courses parallel the content and structure of courses taught during the traditional academic year and credits are transferable to other institutions.
This year's offerings include a variety of business courses, sciences, art, history, education, political science, sociology, photography, and English classes. Go to for a complete listing of classes.
Students can register online, or call Carol Yova, director of continuing education and lifelong learning, at (724) 946-7353 or toll free 1-888-378-2779.Ìý Registration will also be accepted at the Continuing Education Office located in Old Main room 200 until June 7.
For more information, contact Yova at (724) 946-7353 or e-mail conted@westminter.edu.
The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Jazz Ensemble will perform in concert Friday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Berlin Lounge of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Under the direction of Dr. Tad Greig, the ensemble will perform works by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Oliver Nelson, Count Basie, and more. The performance will feature adjunct piano faculty member Jeff Wachter.
The Sharpsville High School Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of ¾¨Ó㴫ý Alumnus Andy Erb, will open the concert.
For the second time in two years, the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Jazz Ensemble will open for legendary jazz trumpeter Maynard Ferguson at the Niles High School Sunday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Greig at (724) 946-7279 or e-mail greigrt@westminster.edu
Written by Kristen Nelson, a junior sociology/criminal justice major from White Oak;
Carsen Nesbitt, a sophomore political science major from Albion, N.Y.;
And Michele Mair, a sophomore exploratory major from East Aurora, N.Y.
With only one month left, the ¾¨Ó㴫ý students studying at Oxford have been using their time wisely. Besides taking weekend trips, students have been keeping themselves busy during the week.
On Wednesday, Nov. 9, students were invited to dinner at Nandos, a Portuguese restaurant on Cowley Road in Oxford. The dinner was planned by CAPA, our study-abroad programmer. The Portuguese meals consisted of corn, " chips," chicken, and "peri-peri" sauce, a very hot sauce that was put on chicken. Students and CAPA members had a great time eating and talking about student's travels and stories. The food, though extremely spicy, was good.
"The food was pretty hot - fiery hot," said Carsen Nesbitt, a sophomore political science major from Albion, N.Y. "My lips were burning! I still liked it though."
On Thursday, Nov. 10, Dr. James Perkins took his "Travel Writing" class to "The Kilns," the house of C.S. Lewis. Located in Oxford in the little town of Risinghurst, this house was where Lewis wrote the famous series, Chronicles of Narnia. Unlike other tourist sites the students have visited, the Kilns is not a museum, but an actual working house that is rented out to graduate students of Oxford University.
The house was bought by the C.S. Lewis society and restored to how it would have looked when Lewis lived there . Since Lewis was an avid smoker, they have even painted the ceilings yellow with smoke stains. Though the house only contains one of Lewis' belongings, his typewriter, it still has many similar things that Lewis had in his house. Many of Lewis' things have been bought out by private owners or are owned by Wheaton College. The Kilns' location is absolutely beautiful. There is a pond close by and the forest is everywhere. Students, as well as Dr. Perkins, walked to the pond and took a nature walk around Lewis' house. Also, it is rumored that Dr. Perkins had a little too much fun on a rope swing.
Students had a wonderful time learning about Lewis and his life at the Kilns.
"It was really nice to explore such a quaint and historical place, while learning more about one of my favorite children's movie,"said Laura Swanson, a junior English major from Erie.
The Kilns has also gained more popularity with the filming of The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, which is scheduled to be released in December.
Also this week, students reflected on Remembrance Day, the day that World War I officially ended. It is similar to the United States Veterans Day. This day is specifically marked as the 11th month, of the 11th day, at 11 o' clock when the war had ended for Britain. At 11 a.m., many public places had a two minute moment of silence in honor of the war ending.
"Remembrance Day was very respectful," said Leah Zacewicz, a senior English major from Enon Valley. "It is similar to Veterans Day at home, but the tradition here seems to be taken more seriously than it is in the states."
To symbolize Remembrance Day, many British wear Poppies, a red flower that they wear on top of their heart. There were also several parades throughout the week and weekend in major towns and cities.
Latif Bolat will appear with his Turkish musical ensemble at ¾¨Ó㴫ý Thursday, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. in the student lounge of the McKelvey Campus Center.
Pesed, a 2,300-year-old Egyptian mummy, has left ¾¨Ó㴫ý for the first time in 115 years for a five-month working vacation in Harrisburg.
Forty-two ¾¨Ó㴫ý students are included in the 2003 edition of Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
¾¨Ó㴫ý fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi is sponsoring the sixth annual "Relay for Life" for cancer research Saturday, April 12, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Harold Burry Track.
"In the past five years we've raised over $100,000 for the American Cancer Society," said David DiDesiderio, president and philanthropy chair of Alpha Sigma Phi. "If we raise over $30,000 this year, we will be the student organization to raise the most money at a Relay for Life in Pennsylvania."
The fifth annual New Wilmington Area Business Expo will be held Saturday, March 10, at the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Memorial Field House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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