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by Chilton Tippin

Many graduates will bid farewell to their alma mater on May 9, but not before a few final remarks from the man upstairs ­­- on the third floor of Sadler Hall, that is. Chancellor Victor Boschini said because the ceremony's focus will be on the graduates, it will not host a keynote speaker. (0) comments

by Lizzy Karoly

International students graduating from universities across the U.S. are more likely to return to their home country than stay in the U.S. due to fears about the slumping economy, according to a new study. According to the study, many international students will be leaving the U. (0) comments

by Annie Cooper

ampus Recreation is not accepting any new applications or renewing alumni or community memberships put in effect on or after Jan. 1 of this year, according to a university official. Steve Kintigh, director of Campus Recreation, said he has believed for some time that students would one day begin to drive out community and alumni members. (0) comments

by Patrick Burns

Graduating seniors hoping to get a job after receiving a diploma face the toughest market in decades, according to the Department of Labor. About 663,000 jobs were terminated and 3.3 million jobs were lost in the last five months. With companies hiring less and less, the resume now becomes more important than ever. (1) comment

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by Annie Cooper

Two students have launched a T-shirt company and are gaining entrepreneurial experience even before they graduate. John Hallman, a senior accounting major, and Scott Meyer, a senior studio art and environmental science major, took a financier's pen to an artist's hand and blueprinted a new style - literally. (0) comments

by Gillis Hedlund

Sitting down in front of a white screen with a small cursor marker blinking at the top left - I think that pretty much sums up college anxiety for me. In some way, the dichotomy built up between that little cursor and me is what I have to thank for every single achievement of my somewhat crippled and routinely underachieving student career. (0) comments

by Michelle Nicoud

The biggest piece of advice I have as a soon-to-be college graduate might seem rather simple, but it can never be said enough: Get to know people. I've been hearing this for years, but it never really sank in until recently. After hearing this statement, no matter who it came from, I would always think, "What do you mean? I know plenty of people. (0) comments

by Courtney Jay

Often the first piece of the university an incoming freshman experiences is Frog Camp, a week-long program designed to meet other freshmen and learn about the university. But for some, Frog Camp is more than a short vacation into the wide world of Horned Frogs. (0) comments

by Madison Foxx

While some alumni can only be seen around campus for football season, charity events and fundraisers, others can be found on campus every day. Alumnus Jason Eagar, director of student programs and young alumni for TCU Annual Fund, said that after he graduated in 2002 he began work at Enterprise Rent-A-Car. (0) comments

by Billy Wessels

This is why the phrase bittersweet was created. When I was first asked to write a column about sports for the graduation issue, I thought about declining because that would mean my time here is officially over. This has been the best five years of my life and I am going to miss this school with all of my heart. (0) comments

by Maricruz Salinas

What do an aspiring job market, a stable workforce and merit-based pay raises have in common? According to John Thompson, executive director of Career Services, they are all characteristics of working in a government job. The turbulent economy has fueled interest for government jobs among the public, especially students entering the working world, he said. (0) comments

by Annie Cooper

Eddie McLaughlin plans to graduate from Syracuse University a year early. "I came in with 18 credits," said McLaughlin, a freshman television, radio and film major. "I stumbled upon graduating early actually, when meeting with my adviser. I realized if I planned it thoroughly, I could make it work. (0) comments

What's changed the most about campus since you were a freshman? "The four new dorms in front of the new student union used to be a huge field and parking lot that separated Milton Daniel Hall and Colby Hall. You would see guys playing football and girls laying out". (0) comments

by Max Landman

I am a slave to this newspaper. It owns my soul. It tests my sanity on a nightly basis. And even as the hours dwell on and my hair becomes increasingly disheveled from a sort of stressed caressing that only my fellow staffers truly know, there's still no questioning that - dammit - I love it. (0) comments