Paula Wesson, Lifestyles Editor “To us, it’s hair, but to women with cancer, it’s hope.” Perhaps you have heard this phrase before in an ad for Beautiful Lengths. Beautiful Lengths is a collaboration between Pantene and the American Cancer Society. Since 2006, Beautiful Lengths has provided more than 24,000 real-hair wigs to women with cancer. … Continue reading »
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Cedar Crest Is Proved Safest In LVAIC
Shelsea Ortiz, Crestiad Special Cedar Crest College is the safest four year college in the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges (LVAIC) area according to the data compiled by College Navigator. While the chief officers of the LVAIC schools meet quarterly to talk about safety issues among their campuses, Chief Mark Vitalos, the head of … Continue reading »
Get HIV Tested On Campus
Danielle Vitek, Crestiad Special College students must face a world full of challenges such as obtaining high grades, being accepted for who they are, dealing with peer pressure, figuring out the correct career path; they should also be worrying about Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD). Cedar Crest College of Allentown Pennsylvania offered free testing of Human … Continue reading »
Spring Awakening for Chasing Ice
Jenny Weatherford, Crestiad Special I first became familiar with James Balog’s work when I was looking for compelling material to use for a section on climate change that I was teaching in an internation- al studies course. I knew from past experi- ence that no matter how convincing I found the scientific evidence for climate … Continue reading »
How Cedar Crest Lowered My Grade Point Average
Paula Wesson, Lifestyles Editor I’m certainly not the only student who would have a higher GPA if Cedar Crest used a traditional Grade Point Average. By that, I meant that most universities, colleges, and even high schools give a 4.0 for As, 3.0 for Bs, and so on. All grades from 90% to 100% count … Continue reading »