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Updates for March 12, 2010
Putting a Face to LGBTQ: Equality Ride 2010 Visits Houghton College
By: Monica Sandreczki
A group of 18-29 year olds visited Houghton College as their second stop on a 16 school tour with the Soulforce Q Equality Ride, in order, “to end the religious and political oppression of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning …
SGA Election Results
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Check out detailed results from the 2010 SGA election! www.houghtonstar.com/news/election-results…
Updates for March 9, 2010
Houghton Joins Sustainability Association
By: Clara Sanders
Houghton College recently joined the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), an organization of colleges and universities that support each other and share ideas as they work toward campus sustainability. According t…
Updates for March 5, 2010
Houghton Strengthens County Relationships with Leadership Allegany
By: Kyle Johnson
Houghton College has partnered with the Greater Allegany County Area Chamber of Commerce to construct a new county leadership development program, Leadership Allegany.
Updates for March 3, 2010
Students Provide Free Tax Prep for Community
By: Emily Rinehart
Houghton’s business department has worked with the IRS’ nationwide VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) program for nearly 15 years. This year, ten students offer their tax preparation expertise free of charge. The group, advised by Associat…
Updates for February 24, 2010
ESA Raises Awareness Through Hunger Banquet
By: Colleen White
The first ever “Hunger Banquet” was held in the South End of the dining hall last Wednesday, sponsored by Evangelicals for Social Action. The goal of the event, according to sophomore coordinator Bethany Jamieson, was to open the minds and hea…
Updates for February 22, 2010
Purple and Gold Week Traditions Continue in Willy Wonka Style
By: Kristen Palmer
Important to Houghton’s history is “an intense intramural struggle between students divided into purple and gold teams,” according to the CAB event planners. So, this week the Campus Activities Board brought to us Purple and Gold week, w…
Updates for February 19, 2010
"City Semester" Program in Buffalo Approved by Faculty
By: Elisa Shearer
On February 11 a proposal for City Semester, an off-campus program set in Buffalo, was approved by the faculty.
Updates for February 15, 2010
Abandoned Citgo Turned Community Resource
By: Kristen Palmer
When Houghton was forced to close down its mini-mart at the end of last year due to monetary losses, the College asked Phyllis Gaerte, Director of Community Relations, and Dale Wright, Director of Human Resources, to think of a replacing organization to f…
Updates for February 12, 2010
National Survey Gauges Student Satisfaction with the College
By: Joella Eppehimer
This week, seniors and first-year students on campus received a link to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) in their inboxes. Commonly referred to as “the Nessie,” this survey is a tool used by colleges nationwide to evaluate thei…
Updates for February 9, 2010
Track and Field Team Runs to a Fast Start
By: Aaron Martin
After just two meets, the Houghton College indoor track and field season has been marked by 12 individual records and two qualifications to the NAIA National Championships, to be held March 3-6 in Johnson City, Tennessee.
Houghton Students Involved in Extreme Home Makeover
By: Melissa Blosser
On January 24, an estimated ten million viewers watched ABC’s two hour extended Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (EMHE) episode featuring an entire neighborhood on Buffalo’s West Side.
