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Applications up from 2010 despite slow start to season By DANA FERGUSON news@thedepauw.com
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HOW DOES THIS YEAR STACK UP? 2011
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the number of apps received two weeks before Dec. 1. Members of the DePauw Chamber Singers and DePauw University Chorus perform in the concert “Peace to You,� hosted by the Bonner Scholars program at Gobin United Methodist Church. HOANG NGUYEN / THE DEPAUW
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the number of apps received two weeks before Dec. 1.
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