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Waterloo students give back to the community; Strike Out Cancer Day this Saturday

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Waterloo students give back to the community; Strike Out Cancer Day this Saturday
Thanks to Waterloo High School students, more than 1,000 items from the Beverly Animal Shelter’s wish list was collected and donated to the shelter recently as part of a fundraising competition between classes at the school. Part of the Finger Lakes Study Strategies course at the high school that includes a community service component, students brought in items the shelter... more

SLOPE DAY: Cornell students celebrate end of classes

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SLOPE DAY: Cornell students celebrate end of classes
Cornell University students partied, relaxed and blew off a little steam Thursday during the annual Slope Day festivities to celebrate the end of the academic year. Hundreds of students and some alumni gathered on Libe Slope as headline acts Misterwives and Big Gigantic took the stage in the early afternoon. The yearly tradition takes place in between the end of... more

HWS readies for commencement: Officials brace for bad weather, which would limit attendance for Clinton speech

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HWS readies for commencement: Officials brace for bad weather, which would limit attendance for Clinton speech
Sunday’s Hobart and William Smith Colleges commencement provides plenty of conflicting emotions, said spokesperson Cathy Williams. Of course, there’s the joy of watching HWS students accept those hard-earned degrees with their proud families and friends in attendance. And then there’s the A-list commencement speaker, former President Bill Clinton, who is known for powerful and inspiring speeches. However, it’s also the... more

Southern Cayuga County schools team up to support Make-A-Wish

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Southern Cayuga County schools team up to support Make-A-Wish
Two rival schools came together for the good of one cause on Sunday. Throughout the past school year, students with the high school honor societies from the Union Springs and Southern Cayuga school districts have been working within their own schools to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. But those efforts combined Sunday with an end-of-the-year final fundraiser at Union... more

Local schools should jump on unified hoops bandwagon

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Local schools should jump on unified hoops bandwagon
Last week, Finger Lakes TImes Sports Editor Pat Macdonald had a chance to go to a practice for the Newark unified basketball team — and got to see firsthand how special this program is. For those of you who don’t know, unified basketball brings students with disabilities and students without disabilities together on the court. FL Times: Read More more

Audition for SCP’s ‘All My Sons’ is Thursday

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Audition for SCP’s ‘All My Sons’ is Thursday
On Thursday, March 2nd, Seneca Community Players will hold auditions for All My Sons, the first show of their 45th season of providing live theatre in the Finger Lakes. All My Sons by Arthur Miller was the playwright’s most commercially successful play, running for 328 performances on Broadway, while receiving critical acclaim and several industry awards. Craig Simmons, who has... more

NYCC President to retire in August ’17

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NYCC President to retire in August ’17
Dr. Thomas R. De Vita, chair of the Board of Trustees of New York Chiropractic College announced today that President Frank J. Nicchi, DC, MS will retire on August 31, 2017 after 36 years of service to New York Chiropractic College, with the last 17 as president. Under his leadership, the College evolved from a single-purpose college preparing doctors of... more

Waterloo students to present “Shrek: The Musical” this weekend

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Waterloo students to present “Shrek: The Musical” this weekend
Based on the love-able animation film, Shrek: The Musical is coming to Waterloo! How is an ogre like an onion? Do donkeys and dragons make good friends? Do YOU know the muffin man? Come join us in the swamp as everyone’s favorite ogre finds himself on an unlikely journey with a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess. Throw in a... more

South Seneca production of The Wiz receives six TANYS Awards

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South Seneca production of The Wiz receives six TANYS Awards
Following a weekend with record setting audiences, the South Seneca Falcon Players received six awards from the Theatre Association of New York State (TANYS) for their production of Charlie Smalls and William Brown’s The Wiz. TANYS’ mission is to foster the contribution of theatre to the lives of the citizens of New York State, promote high standards of theatre practice... more

Piano Lessons at St. Peter’s Community Arts Academy (photo)

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Piano Lessons at St. Peter’s Community Arts Academy (photo)
Troy Slocum, Program Coordinator and member of the piano faculty at the St. Peter’s Community Arts Academy is giving a piano lesson to a young student on April 25 at St. Peter’s Community Arts Academy. Troy Slocum has been teaching privately in the Rochester area for the past twelve years and has had several award winning students in various piano... more

Keuka students, Penn Yan residents collaborate on “Who Is Penn Yan?” project (video)

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Keuka students, Penn Yan residents collaborate on “Who Is Penn Yan?” project (video)
Keuka College students shared with residents of Clinton Crest Manor in Penn Yan, a novel they combined to write titled “Who is Penn Yan?”. The fourth edition of the publication includes nearly two dozen profiles of Penn Yan residents, all penned by students in the College’s Associate Professor of English Dr. Jennie Joiner’s “Literature in the Wider World” class. The stories... more

Southern Cayuga County schools team up to support Make-A-Wish

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Southern Cayuga County schools team up to support Make-A-Wish
Two rival schools came together for the good of one cause on Sunday. Throughout the past school year, students with the high school honor societies from the Union Springs and Southern Cayuga school districts have been working within their own schools to raise funds for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. But those efforts combined Sunday with an end-of-the-year final fundraiser at Union... more
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