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College News
04210
May 4, 2004

College News

by Evan Silverstein

FULTON, MO - Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic candidate for president,
appeared at Westminster College on April 30, outlining his plan for
stabilizing Iraq, proposing broader roles for NATO and the United Nations. He
spoke in the school's gymnasium, where Winston Churchill made his historic
"Iron Curtain" speech in 1946. Kerry was invited to respond to an earlier
on-campus speech in which Vice President Dick Cheney accused him of being
soft on defense.

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ST. CHARLES, MO - Shandi Finnessey, a graduate student at Lindenwood
University, was crowned Miss USA during the pageant in Los Angeles on April
12. The 25-year-old native of Florissant, MO, a former Miss Missouri, has a
bachelor's degree in psychology from Lindenwood and is working on a master's
in counseling. She will represent the United States at the Miss Universe
pageant in Quito, Ecuador, on June 1.

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SHERMAN, TX - Mary Robinson, the first woman president of Ireland and a
former United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights, will present the
keynote address during the 2004 commencement ceremony Austin College on May
16. Robinson is now leading a project at Columbia University, the Ethical
Globalization Initiative, whose goal is to apply human-rights standards in
the economic globalization process.

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GREENVILLE, TN - Three All-American football players from Tusculum College
will join National Football League teams this fall. Offensive tackle Alan
Dunn, of Chattanooga, TN, signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; wide receiver
Kevin Wolcott, of Crossville, TN, signed with the Tennessee Titans; and
cornerback Ricardo Colclough, of Sumter, SC, was chosen by the Pittsburgh
Steelers in the second round of the NFL Draft on April 24. Colclough, the
38th pick overall, was the first player ever drafted from Tusculum's NCAA
Division II program.

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JACKSONVILLE, IL - Axel D. Steuer was inaugurated as the13th president of
Illinois College on April 17. A native of Germany, Steuer succeeds Martha E.
Church, who became interim president in 2002 after Richard A. Pfau left to
become president of Averett University in Danville, VA. Steuer was president
of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, from 1991-2002. He has served
on the faculties of Princeton University, Haverford College, Swarthmore
College and the University of Pennsylvania.

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LOUISVILLE - The Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities(APCU),
which represents 63 colleges and seven secondary schools with historic ties
to the Presbyterian Church (USA), elected officers for 2004-2005 during its
annual meeting in Tuscaloosa, AL, in March. The organization's new president
is Laura Bingham, president of Peace College in Raleigh, NC; its vice
chair/chair-elect is Tom Mann, president of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins,
WV.

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