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Conscious decisions pre-spring break make for a fun and safe time

As spring break is fast approaching, it is easy to get caught up in the excitement of breaking free, spending time with friends, traveling and maybe having a little “fun” with alcohol or sexual activity.
However, Simpson’s counseling and health services want to make sure students have a safe and regret-free break and have provided tips and ideas to help.
 

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RLC encourages a spring break of service to others

As spring break draws near, many students are looking forward to being able to de-stress and relax with a week in the sun. RLC, however, will be sending out students more inclined to think about others on their break. RLC has planned five service trips to Washington, D.C., Denver, New Orleans, Corpus Christi, Texas and Toronto, Ontario.

Music tours provide for entertainment, recruiting

The Music Department has been busy recruiting new students to the department through their annual trips around the area.
Both the Simpson College Symphonic Band and Jazz Band and the Simpson College Madrigal Singers recently went on tour in efforts to recruit future students to their programs at Simpson.

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Winter hits Iowa in record amounts

Everyone who has lived in Iowa has heard the saying, “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.” However, this saying doesn’t seem to apply this winter season.
As of Feb. 1, an average of 31 inches of snow had fallen across the state of Iowa. That is more than half of the 1961-1962 record average of 59 inches statewide.

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'Alice in Wonderland' takes audience on mad adventure

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Tim Burton’s "Alice in Wonderland" is a fantastical and absolutely mad adventure. Visually amazing and imaginative, "Alice in Wonderland" follows the original novel written by Charles Dodgson in 1865.

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Alley attributes her success to Simpson

Simpson College alumna Donni Alley received the Des Moines Business Record’s “Forty under 40” honor this past month and owes a lot of her success to her Simpson education.

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Haiti relief efforts continue at Simpson

Five weeks after an earthquake devastated the country of Haiti, relief efforts on Simpson’s campus for Haitian citizens are still going strong. RLC has created many opportunities for students to give time and money to help the cause.
“(We are doing) a change drive in which the one who raises the most money, the King or Queen, will choose which of three organizations…will receive our monetary donation,” junior Kayla Hamilton, RLC president, said

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How to tell if he’s falling for you

Boys are people too, but when it comes to love, they seem to operate under a totally different set of rules.
It’s next to impossible to decipher whether a boy is falling head over heels in love with you when he won’t just tell you.
I know several boys personally, have a father who was once a boy and I’ve talked to a boy out loud before.
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