News@McDaniel 09/11/07
Families Weekend Sept. 28 - 30
Author and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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- McDaniel welcomes students' families to the Hill Sept. 28-30 for Families Weekend 2007.

Events include the Founders Convocation, during which basketball Hall-of-Famer and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will receive an honorary degree, Green Terror football versus Juniata, the Families Weekend Golf Tournament and more.

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A taste of the new First Year Seminars
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- From creating comic strips to cooking feasts in a science lab, the new First Year Seminars are teaching students to embrace unfamiliar subjects. » Full Story
Entrepreneur shares secret, gets advice from students
Greg Merril '87
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- We can’t tell you what multimillion-dollar video gaming idea Greg Merril ’87 is working on. It’s top secret and is still being perfected, but suffice it to say, it was a hit among students in Business Lecturer Joe Carter’s “Entrepreneurship” class. » Full Story
Garden Apartment renovation underway
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- The College has begun a more than $3-million renovation project in the Garden Apartments, to be completed by late summer 2008. » Full Story
Summer experiences educate and enlighten
Kelly Neel '08 in South Africa
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- This summer, McDaniel students volunteered around the world, won competitive study grants and interned at organizations that will give them a head start in their careers. Here’s a look at where McDaniel students were this summer. » Full Story
From Georgia to Maine, and back to the Hill
Paul Hugus '06
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- Paul Hugus ’06 strapped a piece of duct tape over the throbbing blister on his foot and kept going. Hiking 17 miles a day in sandals across the 2,174-mile-long Appalachian Trail didn’t bother him, even though he could hear the people he passed each day laughing at his footwear. » Full Story
Green Terror’s winning starts
Christian Maisel '08
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- In non-conference men’s soccer, McDaniel beat Western Connecticut State 1-0 Sept. 9 and Gwynedd-Mercy 2-1 on Sept. 8. The Green Terror returns to action at 4 p.m. Sept. 12 at home against Juniata.

Read on for news on field hockey, cross country, golf, volleyball, and football.

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Hill Happenings
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-  -Chamber Music on the Hill, in residence at McDaniel College, presents “European Bouquet” with Trio Salzedo.
-The McDaniel College Department of Foreign Languages presents “The Tournées Festival,” a series of French film screenings.
-The McDaniel College Department of Art and Art History presents “This Land is Your Land[fill]: Artwork by Nadya Volicer. » Full Story