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It isn’t always easy to say what you mean.
In case you hadn’t heard, a little over a week ago three unknown assailants took it upon themselves to tear and shred a flag that was displayed on the Mall.
You can find ELSA students on ABC News, at the state fair and speaking in front of some of Illinois’ top educators in Springfield. But one place you won’t find them is next year’s Elmhurst College freshman orientation.
Even as we pulled up to the KFC parking lot, I thought it all had to be a joke — some demented April Fool’s Day prank delivered a few weeks late.
On March 12, Elmhurst College faculty voted in favor of a new plus and minus grading system, thus allowing professors to give out more accurate grades.
As we are staring at the final five weeks of the school year, I realize that it’s a little late in the ball game to start talking about getting involved on campus, but it’s simply necessary to talk about.
I realize that making the statement I’m about to make pretty much ensures that it will snow tomorrow, but the mercury has pushed 80° several times in the past few weeks, so I’m calling it: winter is over.
All semester long, BlueNet waits like a homely girl at a junior high sock hop.

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