In many families, children are the experts when it comes to using technology. Children are comfortable with different forms of technology at home, from the latest electronic gadget to surfing the Internet for instant information. However, it is often a different story at school where many teachers...
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November 29, 2001
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November 13, 2001
St. Edward's University alumnus Jeremias Alvarez of Presidio (Presidio High School) was awarded the Cornaro Award from Kappa Gamma Pi. The Cornaro Award is a $3,000 scholarship for graduate school expenses at any accredited university. Alvarez received one of only four Cornaro Scholars awarded in...
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October 24, 2001
The St. Edward's University Hilltopper Chorale will perform Thurs., Oct. 25 and Sat., Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. in Ragsdale Center's Jones Auditorium on campus for Sing for the Cure. The performance is open to the public and admission is free but a good-will offering will be made for the Susan G. Komen...
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October 18, 2001
The Israeli piano duo of Sivan Silver and Gil Garbug will perform on Sun., Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. on the campus of St. Edward's University in the Ragsdale Center's Jones Auditorium. The performance will include selections from Brahms, Saint-Saens, Schubert and Liszt. This event, which is free and open...
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October 18, 2001
Nobel prize-winning poet and playwright Derek Walcott will give a public reading on Fri., Oct. 26, at 8 p.m. on the campus of St. Edward's University in the Ragsdale Center's Jones Auditorium. This event, which is free and open to the public, is part of the Visiting Writers Series sponsored by The...
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October 17, 2001
St. Edward's University student Jesus Santos of Laredo was voted "most outstanding student" by the University of New Mexico's German Summer School faculty in Taos, N.M. Santos also obtained a Language Proficiency Certification administered by the Goethe-Institute, which satisfies admission...
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October 16, 2001
"Breaking Silence," a candid, intense and often disturbing exhibit on sexual assault which encourages people to talk openly about this issue, will make its only stop in Austin at St. Edward's University beginning Mon., Oct. 22, through Fri., Oct. 26. This event is free and open to the...
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October 16, 2001
Five CANDAX-ME McNair Scholars from St. Edward's University will present their research at the McNair National Research Conference and Graduate School Fair in Wisconsin, Nov. 2-4. Saul Alanis, '02, of Weslaco (Weslaco High School); Pedro Garza, '02, and Anita Ramos, '03, of Eagle Pass (Eagle Pass...
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September 28, 2001
More than 40 students from Texas School for the Deaf are in for a special treat - an exclusive performance by Tetshin Daiko, a drum troupe from Oita, Japan, on Thursday, Oct. 4, at St. Edward's University. While it may seem strange to invite deaf students to hear a drum troupe, they are able to...
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September 27, 2001
Fania Fenelon, a Jewish cabaret singer working in Paris at the time of the Nazi invasion, arrived at the Auschwitz death camps in 1944. Playing for Time is Arthur Miller's tribute to the courage and survival of Fania and many other women found themselves "lucky" enough to escape the gas...