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THE OFFICIAL STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY
CAMPBELL TIMES buies creek , nc
FEBRUARY 9 • 2015
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77 |
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Bringing awareness to campus
Campbell to host 3rd annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week By Yasmeen Richie Staff Writer
Campbell will host its third annual Sexual Assault Awareness Week, Feb. 23-27. Events will be held throughout the week to help raise awareness and empower students. Everything
has been planned out by different committees comprised of both faculty and students. Counseling Services is the main sponsor of the event. Each day there will be events pertaining to different aspects of sexual assault awareness. Christy Jordan, director of
Counseling Services, is the coordinator of the overall event week. Jordan said the week’s first event, “Don’t Kiss & Tell … Or Should You?”, held in Lynch Auditorium on Monday, will discuss such things as the bystander effect and See Awareness, Page 6
Music Dept. close to All-Steinway piano goal By Matthew Sokol News Editor
Photo by Daniel Solomon
The Lundy-Fetterman School of Business produces graduates who Dr. Mark Steckbeck, assistant professor of economics, said are doing well finding jobs. But for some, he said, the employment outlook might not be so positive.
New employment outlook shows mixed views
By Christian Hornaday Staff Writer
An issue prominent in the minds of many college graduates, as well as college students nearing graduation, is the current state of the job market. With President Obama working to cut unemployment and assist
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those struggling financially, new policies impacting jobs are or may soon be in effect. In 2014, Obama pressed Congress to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour (www.whitehouse.gov). While Congressional Republicans have prevented this change on a national scale, some states have already adopted a raise
in the minimum wage. New research shows that whatever the changes made so far, things are looking up for the job market. According to the Pew Research Center’s article “Four signs of the improving U.S. jobs situation”, a report by the Bureau See Jobs, Page 6
Alumnus Eric Griffin chosen for All-Star Game Page 12
Campbell University’s Music department is closer in reaching its goal of becoming part of an All-Steinway school thanks to a gift from Campbell alumna Ester Howard, who graduated in 1944. Campbell University needed $10,000 in order to achieve the Steinway Grant Challenge. The Clark Charitable Trust, of Lincoln, Massachusetts, established the challenge and will match the 46 donations made during the campaign, dollar for dollar, up to a total of $10,000 (Campbell.edu). Students will have access to the pianos in their concert halls and practice rooms. There are some that exist in the department already, but one day Campbell looks to have entirely Steinway pianos. Dr. Richard McKee, director of Piano Studies and professor of Music History, Piano Pedagogy, and Piano Literature, said Campbell is upgrading to Steinway pianos so students can have the best product. See Steinway, Page 7
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