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University student Tsedey Biru is eight time zones from home

Posted by Fred Steiner on March 1, 2010 - 7:59am
Tsedey Biru at home in Ethiopia

Bluffton's international flavor is one of this community's best-kept secrets. This is the first in a series of features on Bluffton University international students. The writer is Jessanna Buschur, first-year Bluffton student, a broadcast and journalism major. Bluffton alumni from the 1970s, may know her parents, Bob and Jenelle (Roth) Buschur.

Tsedey Biru
From Ethiopia
Senior at Bluffton University
Biology and chemistry major

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2-28-10 Mark Bourassa's Olympic pin collection

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2010 - 6:10pm
2-28-10 Mark Bourassa's Olympic pin collection

An Olympic collection

Mark Bourassa may not hold an Olympic medal, but his Olympic pin collection is exceptional. Bourassa shows one of the books of his pin collection, which covers several decades. Click here to view other pins in his collection. To read about his collection click here.

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Special library board meeting March 2

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2010 - 3:27pm

A special meeting will be held by the Bluffton Public Library Board of Trustees at the library on Tuesday, March 2 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss a technology grant.

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After 30 years, Mark Bourassa has an Olympic-sized collection

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2010 - 1:09pm

By Mary Pannabecker Steiner

One of the more prominent items in Mark Bourassa's office is a framed poster announcing the 1986 Olympics in Amsterdam. If you're an Olympics historian, you might remember that Amsterdam lost the bid for those games to Barcelona, making the "bid poster" something of a collectible.

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Sarah Diller university voice recital March 4

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2010 - 12:39pm

Bluffton University students Sarah Diller (Bluffton), soprano, and Brandon Fullenkamp (Wapakoneta), piano, will perform a junior recital at 8 p.m. Thursday, March 4, in Yoder Recital Hall. The performance is free and open to the public. A reception will follow in the lobby.

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Game review: Sacrifice

Posted by Fred Steiner on February 28, 2010 - 12:29pm

TEH. BEST. GAMES. EVAR.
By Andr'e Swartley

Issue #14
Sacrifice
Developer: Shiny Entertainment
Publisher: Interplay
Platform: PC
Rating: M for Mature

Several days ago, gamers all over the world cried out in anguish at the news that the Playstation Portable release of Shiny Entertainment's classic platformer Earthworm Jim had been canceled. I don't know how this will affect the downloadable XBLA, PSN, and Wiiware releases, but I'm guessing the news isn't good on those fronts either.

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