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September 6, 2012
Vol. 135, No. 1
Local food providers struggle through drought Matt Yan
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Obama calls college campuses Ingrid Baudler
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Severe drought conditions across Winneshiek County this summer have hurt Luther College Dining Services’ ability to get quality local produce. General Manager of Dining Services Wayne Tudor explained how the drought has affected the produce supply. “We’re starting to see a lot better production now than we did earlier in the season, but it’s affected not only [how much of] what we’re able to get, but also the quality,” Tudor said. “Because of the heat and the dryness, we weren’t able to get the usual greens that we get early on. It’s affected the size [and quality] of cucumbers and carrots. It’s been a real struggle.” Even though the supply of produce may be affected, the prices will be unaltered because they were predetermined. “Our prices on produce are all worked out between January and
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An apple a day. Some growers were still able to sell produce at the farmer’s market in Decorah despite the drought over the summer. February of each year,” Tudor said.
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President Barack Obama has been focusing his campaign on a younger generation of voters by visiting college campuses and setting up a campus conference call with students across the nation. News Editor Ingrid Baudler (‘14) participated in the call to share what Obama has to say to the students of Luther College. “I am visiting college campuses today and tomorrow because I see the kind of changes that you have been able to bring about,” Obama said to college journalists participating in the Aug. 28 conference call. “Your vote helped us to create a new college tax credit, saving families up to $10,000 on their tuition over four years; we doubled grant aid for millions of students; we fought and won to keep student rates low; all that happened because of you.” The discussion focused on promoting higher education and making sure graduates have job opportunities. “Part of the reason why I put such an emphasis on making sure that college is affordable … is because I don’t want to see Obama
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First-year enrollment on the rise Tony Chase
Staff Writer
be more people on campus now than when everyone gets settled in and finds a routine.” This year’s first-year class size of 682 compares to 614, 635 and 650 for the entering classes of 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively. Though such large classes would seem to pose housing and class issues, Schaeffer
Long lines in the cafeteria and busier sidewalks at this time of year are usually attributed to an unusually large incoming firstyear class. This year first-year enrollment is up 10% from three years ago. Although this year’s first-year college’s abilities class consists when ushering of 682 new such large numbers Luther students, of incoming Vice President students. for Enrollment “We always -Scot Shaeffer seem to handle Management Scot Schaeffer makes it,” Schaeffer said. it apparent that “There have been Luther can handle the challenges years where we have had more large class sizes bring. bodies on campus.” “As the semester goes, the first First-years few weeks are hectic,” Schaeffer continued on page 10 said. “There always seems to
“We have a retention rate of 88 percent, [so] we consider growth in a different way.”
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