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Every spring St. Cloud State University hosts a Retirement and Years of Service Recognition Program to show appreciation for faculty and staff. Those who spent more than 10 years at the university were recognized for their service, and those retiring were thanked for their many years this past Tuesday in the Atwood Ballroom. This year the list of retirees totaled 31 names, but only if you include Stephen Frank, who will officially retire in the fall after 38 years at SCSU teaching political science, as well as starting and organizing the nationally recognized SCSU Spring Survey. “What I’ll remember most is previous students of mine coming to my retirement party to thank me, as well as the many colleagues who have been contacting me to share memories,” said Frank. His words were echoed by many of the other attendees, including Teresa Weihs, who helped organize the ceremony for her fourth… Keep Reading

Friday was the annual Earth Day, a day in which the world officially recognizes the need to be clean. SCHEELS sponsors its annual Earth Day Run, but for some SCSU students the day is a day of community service instead of community exercise. The campus organization Students Organized for Change (SOC) spent the early afternoon walking around campus picking up discarded garbage. Wielding gloves, plastic bags, and grabbers, the cleanup crew could be seen getting rid of everything from discarded plastic bottles to dead bats. SOC member Emily Herne is happy about the turnout they had to help clean, and the support they got from students. “There have actually been a lot of people who have stopped by the tent just to check out what we’re doing,” she said. “A lot of people seem really interested in our organization.” This is the first year that SOC has done an Earth Day cleanup,… Keep Reading