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Timothy Shriver named commencement speaker

  Timothy P.  Shriver, chairman and CEO of the Special Olympics, will deliver the University’s 2012 Commencement Address.   Shriver is the nephew of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics. Full story

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Keep it Warm’s success story spreads

It’s been years  since senior Jeffrey Savio first got the inspiration for Keep it Warm, a company he founded with current CFO Tim Szatkowski and three other classmates. Full story

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Men's lacrosse named Team of the Year

  Another year of Villanova sports is just about in the books, and thus here I am writing about the team of the year. Unlike those who have had this honor in recent years, though, I am not chronicling a thrilling basketball season that culminated in a Final Four appearance, or a memorable run by the football squad deep into the FCS playoffs. Instead, this year’s Team of the Year award goes to the men’s lacrosse team. Full story

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Women's lacrosse crushes Manhattan

  The women’s lacrosse team captured a much-needed victory against the Manhattan Jaspers at Villanova Stadium this past Saturday.  The Wildcats (2-5) utilized a balanced offensive attack to overpower Manhattan (2-6) to end an early five-game skid.  Full story

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Drug testing welfare recipients: equal standards

Practice necessary but founded in suspicion, skepticism

Should those on welfare be drug tested before they receive government funds? Full story

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Documentary sheds light on immigrants’ plight

  Fernanda Marroquin’s words falter as her eyes mist with tears. She looks away from the camera and cries as she thinks about the undocumented immigrants such as herself who live on the borders of their community, faced with the constant fear of losing everything.  Full story

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Of Monsters album frighteningly good

There are too few words to adequately describe how much excellence and joy flows through every track of “My Head Is an Animal,” the debut album released by the band Of Monsters and Men earlier this month. Full story

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