Irene Calabria, co-captain of MCCC's women's soccer team, got her first soccer ball when she was only three years old, and in that moment a love for the sport was born. However, she grew up in Madrid, Spain where young girls are not given the opportunity to play soccer.
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An interview with Jose Rodriguez, president of MCCC's Future Business Leaders of America club
Q. What do you think about The Occupation's lack of concise demands? A. I'm certainly not the 99%, they have their numbers wrong. I think that what they are doing is healthy for the democracy. It creates dialogue amongst the various factions within our country.
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Occupations’ Lack of Concise Demands Could be Advantageous
The approach to Penn Square down North Broad Street is still the same. The Academy of Fine Arts rises and falls to your right, and the intricate masonry of City Hall looms ahead. The revolution, it seems, is nowhere in sight. But round the corner past the Freemason's Lodge, and there they are.
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Occupy Wall Street started out as a call from Canadian magazine Adbusters to come to the financial district of New York City on September 17, 2011 to answer the question, "what is your one demand?" Since then, the protesters have moved to Zuccoti Park in an attempt to get their voices heard through a stand-in style protest.
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Approaching the Javits Center from Penn Station, more and more oddly dressed people appear. A few Doctors from Doctor Who can be seen mixed into the crowd of New Yorkers. From a Boba Fett playing the Stars Wars theme on an accordion, to Jokers and Batmen, fandom consumes the Javits Center during the New York Comic Convention the weekend of October 13-16, 2011.
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As fans across the nation suit up for the American tradition of Thanksgiving football games, students and local graduates of Princeton High School await a seasonal tradition of their own. The Turkey Bowl has been a ritual for local students in the Princeton area for several years now, taking place on the school football field the morning of Thanksgiving.
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"Quit your bitchin' and start pitchin'." In May of 2000, this became the slogan for the Colonial Quoit Club, a quoiting league based in Hamilton, New Jersey. The Colonial Quoit Club, now one of the most established quoit leagues in New Jersey, has just wrapped up their 2011 season with Mike Cech taking the championship title.
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Most majors at Mercer require two consecutive semesters of a second language. Lately, it seems like the variety of languages has become slimmer and going beyond a 100 level classes has become even more rare. Prof. Daniel D'Arpa, the director of the Foreign Language Department, has some theories as to why the foreign language selection has declined.
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When should an athlete worry?
After being hit in the head twice while playing soccer this past summer, nineteen year old Mercer student Megan Constance joined a large percentage of athletes who keep playing despite having concussions. According to the article, ‘Concussion Center for Children and Adolescents' found on the Saint Clare's Health System website, "41 percent of athletes that suffered a concussion reported back to sports to soon.
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"I never thought I'd be dishing out potato salad to rich people," says Justin Rossi, 25, as he talks about his job hunting experiences. Rossi graduated magna cum laude from Mercer County Community College in 2006, with an Advertising Design degree, and also earned a Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design 2008 from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, with honors.
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Mercer Students Bad Spellers but More Politically Engaged than Expected
To view a society's true feelings, look no further than the graffiti they leave behind. The ancient Romans are well known for what the etched onto their walls. Similarly revealing information can be found on the walls of Mercer's bathrooms and smoking huts.
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Founded by a Local 19 Year Old Who Was Bornin Turkey, Tulip Hookah is a Hit With Young People
Owned and operated by 19 year old Ali Yeysides, the Tulip Hookah Café has been providing the Langhorne, PA area with a taste of one of the most popular past times of the Middle Eastern world, smoking hookah. Though it has been only open for about nine months, Yeysides' café has had a lot of success and a lot of pleased customers.
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The first time I visited Twist yogurt on Nassau Street in Princeton I went with two little children and the satisfied, yogurt outlined smiles on their faces told it all. They absolutely loved it, which was no surprise since that same smile was plastered on my face the whole way home.
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Two locals are trying to raise funds to buy an food truck from which they plan to sell apparel. Andrew Marshall and Stephen Thompson --also known as the Chef and the Butcher-- are co-owners of Pyknic, an apparel company based in Robbinsville. Selling their wares from a food-truck makes sense since their clothing designs incorporate a culinary theme.
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The Trenton Thunder, the double A affiliate of the New York Yankees, got their 2011 season off to a shaky start. In the first two weeks of the season the Trenton Thunder is 7-6. "We're hanging in there right now. We're not a very consistent team right now, but I think we will be," said manager Tony Franklin in a press conference at Waterfront Park.
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With two games remaining in the regular season, the 19-14 Mercer Baseball team is preparing to finish the season off strong and create some momentum to take with them into the post season. The Vikings started the first half of their season going 9-7. They opened up at home on March 1, with a win vs.
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As recent winner of the Food Network show "Cupcake Wars" one would expect amazing things from Princeton's own "House of Cupcakes," but, quite frankly, the offerings are somewhat disappointing. On each episode of Cupcake Wars four specialty bakers face off in three different kinds of challenges to become the winner of cash and exposure in a magazine, or at a big event happening at the time.
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Mercer's Student Center does boast a strong Wi-Fi signal, but if you want to use Wi-Fi devices anywhere else, you may be out of luck. I had a class in ET building last summer, and I learned to expect the Wi-Fi signal to be unpredictable and sometimes next to impossible to use, but ET looks good compared the CM building, where the student Wi-Fi signal is close to non-existent and unusable.
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Students do not benefit from online classes, in fact, such classes are harmful. With too many opportunities to cheat, a significant likelihood of falling behind and an impersonal learning experience, online classes are not good for students. Cheating is made extremely easy with online classes.
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