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The Final Countdown

Finals. The word alone can make any college student cringe. As the spring semester draws to a close, it is time for most students to buckle down and prepare for those infamous exams. We should all know by now that a caffeine-induced, all-nighter on the eve of a test is a risky situation and that early preparation is key.

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Jazz Fest 2009

The 2009 installment of Kirkwood Community College's Jazz Fest was a hot one. Sets from the Kirkwood Jazz Ensemble and the CR Jazz Big Band featured guest artist, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. He currently serves on the faculty of the Jazz Studies program at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro but his career has taken him around the world.

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Remembering Holocaust through daughter's eyes

In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Week, Kirkwood Community College hosted a lecture by Linda Hurwitz on April 23. Hurwitz is the daughter of Irene Furst, a survivor of the Auschwitz and Stutthof concentration camps. Hurwitz was the director of the Holocaust Center of the United Jewish Federation from 1988-2005.

Opinion

Kirkwood need local support

Students at Kirkwood Community College are still talking about the record breaking accomplishments of the men's and women's basketball teams. The men's team made it to nationals four out of the last five years and the women's team won the NJCAA Division II national championships for the last three years, becoming the first junior college to ever do so.

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Eagle of the Issue, Mary Huffman - Student Life Office Coordinator

Mary Huffman considers Kirkwood Community College to be her second home, and hundreds of students think of her as a second mother. Working behind the front desk as the Student Life office associate, Huffman said she has made a connection with every student who has walked in.

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Diesel driven

Diesel driven

Hard-working, easy-going and driven are just a few words that can be used to describe Aric Lefebure, diesel agriculture major at Kirkwood Community College. "My junior year of high school I took an auto class and found that it wasn't for me but I still wanted to stick with something related to farming," said Lefebure who said he has had a passion to farm since he started walking.

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