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Free tax assistance available in Kelce
For some adults, tax season can be the scariest time of year. But at PSU, students can get free help with their paperwork. As the April 15 deadline closes in, tax services like H&R Block will gladly help out, but for a fee. But thanks to a group of volunteers on campus, students can get their taxes done stress-free in fact, completely free.…
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New minor trains students in fraud examination
PSU students can chase the money trail through the fraud examination minor being offered through the departments of Accounting and Justice Studies. David O'Bryan, a professor in accounting, says that it is a hybrid, or interdisciplinary, minor between accounting and justice studies.…
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Heads upStudents play disc golf on campus
A group of PSU students has started playing golf every day right in front of Russ Hall. However, rather than golf balls, these golfers are using hard rubber discs classified as drivers, putters and mid-rangers, depending on size. Jon Dewey, sophomore in commercial graphics, says that disc golf is like a stripped-down version of traditional golf.…
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Brooklyn artist holds workshop, lecture on campus
His black T-shirt splattered with adhesive and primer, Rory Golden treated the University Art Association to an evening of book creation on Wednesday, Feb. 13, as a result of their fund-raising activities. Golden held a lecture the next day. At the workshop, the group in attendance learned about the creation of paper and how to effectively manipulate materials.…
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Former Gorillas discuss life outside the Jungle
One of the biggest questions facing graduating students is, "What do I do now?" Three PSU graduates who spoke during the Young Alumni discussion on Thursday, Feb. 14, aimed to help students answer that question. The speakers included Anna Gudde, a 2005 grad; Nick Wells, a 2002 grad; and Whitney Kiesling, a 2005 grad who earned her master's degree in 2007.…
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SAPS to hold photo seminar
The Student Association of Photographers will hold a seminar and contest called "Perspectives of Photography" from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, in room S102 of the Kansas Technology Center. "Anybody interested in photography should come because they'll get to see not only good photographers but they'll get to see how to do some things in Photoshop, talk to photographers and get to see all the entries in our contest," said Mike Gullett, photojournalism instructor at PSU.…
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SGA quorum meets with resounding 'yay'
Members of the Student Government Association were pleased to make quorum at Wednesday night's meeting when the final senator needed to make quorum showed up and the group broke out in a unanimous "yay." SGA had not been able to make quorum in its last five meetings.…
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Jones fund-raiser to be held Saturday
A fund-raiser to earn money to pay Brandon Jones' unpaid hospital bills and to cover any final expenses will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at the Girard American Legion. Jones, who was a senior in construction management at PSU, died on Feb. 7 from Ewing's sarcoma, a rare form of cancer that is most commonly found in bone or soft tissue in children and young adults.…
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Take a bow
Enrico Elisi, a professional pianist, bows to the crowd after he finishes playing "Etude No. four in F Major" from "Opus 44" by M. Clementi. Elisi played an assortment of piano arrangements in Pittsburg State University's McCray Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.…
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