National TRIO Day was celebrated on Feb. 22, with Doane TRIO students joining a collaboration of Southeast Community College, Peru State and University of Nebraska-Lincoln students for a day of events. Beth Jacobson, executive director of academic support services, was one of the lead planners for this day. Along with her other responsibilities, she also […]
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The Academic Success Center hosted an advocacy workshop on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb. 19, the first event of its kind in several years. The workshop was organized in response to recent government actions, including the defunding of National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation grants, concerns regarding the Department of Education and TRIO
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This past weekend, while playing Two Truths and a Lie, I mentioned that I had held a baby alligator (which is true). My friend followed up by saying she had held a spider (which is a lie). Given that she is scared of spiders, I understood why she would never purposely pick one up, but
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The week leading up to Valentine’s Day began with a brisk chill, capped off by an unexpected snow day. Undeterred by the wintry weather, PRISM embarked on their annual celebration, “Doane is Love,” an initiative dedicated to love, acceptance and allyship themes. The celebration originally started with a single event in response to anti-LGBTQ speakers
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With shattered plates and candied hearts, CAPE had an exciting week lined up for Valentine’s Day. The festivities kicked off Feb. 11 in the Brodie basement, where the Hulk Smash Rage Room was in full swing. This exhilarating event was in partnership with PRISM, who initially proposed the idea. “When Rowan shared that this year’s
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This weekend, I rewatched “Sunshine Cleaners.” It stars Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, came out in 2008 and gets average reviews. Blunt and Adams play sisters who start a crime scene clean-up business to make some desperately needed cash. There’s a lot to be said about this movie but the scene that had the biggest
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Confusion over the funding status for new research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has persisted, despite the rescinding of a broad freeze in federal spending by the Trump administration last week. The unexpected freeze left some on the Doane Campus concerned about how vital health services might be affected. “I had a pause
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Why is it that one of the hardest questions to answer is “Tell me about yourself”? By all means this should be an easy question to answer. Yet, every time I come across that line, I find myself hesitating. Because, in most settings, it’s not “tell me about yourself.” It’s “tell me what I want
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On Jan. 15 the FDA banned Red No. 3 nationwide. Known for its cherry-red hue this food coloring is commonly found in candy, cakes, frostings and ingested drugs. Doane residents have no reason to panic, assures Nurse Jody Yank. “No studies have specifically linked Red Dye No. 3 to cancer in humans,” Yank said, “but
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In 2018 Doane’s choir toured South Africa and now the opportunity has arisen again. This trip will take place from May 20 to June 1, 2025, and is open to all singers at Doane. Dr. Kurt Runestad, Professor of Music, hopes that the trip will be an opportunity for “lifelong memories, and a greater awareness
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