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Feb. 14 marked the seventh annual celebration of V-day, a campaign to end violence against women. V-day stands for victory, valentine and vagina. V-day sprang out of Eve Ensler's award-winning play, "The Vagina Monologues," to be presented March 6 at Northampton Community College.… Post the First Comment

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Grants, loans, scholarships, and work study are among programs to contribute to the expenses of students so they can make ends meet. International student of computer science major, Paul Pulanco, who works in the library, gains Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (S.…

Journalism professor Rob Hays once heard an unlikely excuse from a student who'd missed class. The student claimed that burglars had tied him up while they ransacked his home. Hays was skeptical but reserved judgment. The next day he was surprised to read a newspaper report of the break-in.…

The Monroe Campus in Tannersville has its own Learning Center. Like its counterpart on the Bethlehem Campus, the Monroe center helps students achieve their potential by providing a positive learning environment and highly trained and certified tutors.…

Little known to students is a major manufacturing facility buried deep in College Center at Northampton Community College. Every year it generates more than 10 million impressions for faculty and staff. This is Central Duplicating, where machines hum, people scurry and photocopies are printed in the thousands.…

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Imagine finals week is here and you have a term paper due that will count for a large part of your grade. The computer at home just crashed and you rush to school to complete the assignment on one of 1,600 computers at Northampton Community College.…

Due to the combination of inclement weather and low donor turnout, the Blood Drive that had been scheduled for January 27th, has been re-scheduled for February 19th. Sign up in Student Activities (CC-252) or email Ltomsho. …

The College doesn't close as often as it should for snow and ice, says sophomore Culinary Arts major Dana Braunreuther, who's concerned about driving in rough weather.…

Good tutors are trying to work themselves out of a job, says Learning Center Director Sharon Hendriksen. "The goal of the Learning Center is to help students to be successful in their courses and to become independent learners," Hendriksen says.…

About four or five years ago, a World War II tank destroyer towered over the visitors at Springfest, says Frank Pologruto, director of Student Activities and Housing. The behemoth, which weighed more than 22 tons, was the pride of a World War II re-enactment group participating in Springfest's Living History segment, Pologruto says.…

During 2003, we all saw artists that were great, and we all saw artists that were downright terrible. Two of The Commuter's music critic columnists, Nick Penglase and Jared Gulick, have chosen their picks for the best of 2003. Nick's 25 Instrumental Rock Vvrssnn - Vvrssnn The Silver Mount Zion Memorial Orchestra - This Is Our Punk Rock Explosions in the Sky - Earth Is Not A Dead Cold Place The Books - The Lemon Of Pink Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People Folk Rock/Alt.…