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The trees at Furman are an iconic feature. They provide a beauty which has students smiling even on the way to their 8:30s. But as it turns out, many of these trees are diseased.

Debate over the Cultural Life Program reached a fever pitch last spring after a provocative CLP event foregrounded what some faculty saw as problems serious enough to consider suspending the nearly 40-year-old program.

Last week marked a big step for the Greek community of Furman as the Inter-Fraternity Council and Panhellenic joined forces to conduct our campus’ first ever “Greek Week.”

With a new wave of students every year, the problem of housing both the newcomers and current residents always comes up. Furman is an institution that requires on campus living all four years of attendance. Ron Thompson, Director of Housing and Residence Life sent an email to students announcing the new housing lottery adjustments.

Last month, the Faculty Senate unanimously approved revisions to the Asian Studies major that, among other changes, gives students the option to forgo language study.

David Morgan, Professor of French at Furman University, died on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 after an extended struggle with liver disease.

There’s a new frat in town: Alpha Phi Omega. And while they call themselves a fraternity, they are actually a co-ed group of students that participate in service projects in the Greenville community.

The faculty was sent a more detailed description of the note in the hopes that it would be recognized as an assignment. A professor came forward, saying he recognized it as part of a speech given in his class that advocated for concealed weapons on campus.

Construction on the dining hall parking lot is adding parking spots and creating space for delivery trucks to circle around and back up to the dining hall’s loading dock.

Martin Luther King Day and President Obama’s inauguration heralded the start of Black History Month, which includes the anniversary of the founding of the NAACP on Feb. 12.

Visible, active, and not giving up anytime soon, Kappa Sigma has made a splash on campus in the last few months. Whether loving or hating them, people have definitely been talking.

Furman’s acceptance rate leaps to 83 percent.

Although only about 40% of Furman women participate in Greek Life, it has a noticeable presence on campus. This year, many changes altered the recruitment experience for the hundreds of girls going through it.

Many students starting off the new semester are slowly beginning to realize that the little number indicating their printing balance at the top right corner of their computer screen has decreased significantly. What once was an unlimited supply of ink and paper now has 500-page restriction.

While this is already a university that takes part in composting and recycling, an upcoming event called Recyclemania encourages Furman students to really crack down on getting those recyclables where they need to be.

On my tour of Furman as a prospective student, I remember the tour guide bragged about how she could leave her laptop and iPod in the library for hours and no one would take them. But, with a nod to our own “Crime Briefs” section, a lot more crime occurs on campus than one would think.

Disability Services is one division of Academic Affairs that holds an important job on campus. Disability Services provides assistance so that students can have equal access and opportunities to education at Furman.

Building Tomorrow, a new group on Furman’s campus, created a stir in front of the library this past Wednesday with their first ever fund raising event: Bike to Uganda.

If you’re getting tired of the usual line-up of CLPs, it seems that Furman is allowing CLPs of a different variety lately. In the past months we have had two spoken word events that have been granted CLP status.

Although brought by different organizations, two CLPs last week followed a similar theme of sexual violence.

The original ideas behind the symposium, meant to encourage inter-faith understanding, came from the Muslim Students Association. They went to the Office of the Chaplain and Political Science Department for help, and the idea of having a series of CLP events related to Islam began to emerge.

Amidst the flurry of midterm exams, students had the opportunity to blow off some steam, grab a milkshake at the drive-in, soar across E-Field, roller their way in the rink and catch a bird’s-eye view of Furman at the top of the Ferris Wheel.

Paying tuition bills is one of the things that Furman students would rather not talk about. However, it is necessary to pay the bill before registering for classes. Unfortunately, some students are in hot water because of a new paperless billing policy.

During this festive weekend, alumni and current students will gather together to see old friends, tailgate and enjoy some football. Although Homecoming always represents a weekend of rich traditions, you can look forward to some new changes this year that are bound to shake things up.

LDOC, SoHo, FUSAB, RC, RLC—it’s safe to say that Furman loves acronyms, but sometimes a student can get lost in the sea of letters. But we’ve got the DL (that’s “down low”) on a few of these.