Posted on 20 April 2011. Tags: EPICS, evGrandPrix, kart race, Purdue Grand Prix
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University’s second Electric Vehicle Grand Prix will feature an expanded field of karts and new battery technology. The evGrandPrix will begin at 1:00p on April 30th on the Purdue University Grand Prix track northwest of campus in West Lafayette. The event is a prelude to the inaugural Purdue Collegiate evGrandPrix, [...]
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Posted in Purdue News
Posted on 20 April 2011. Tags: Final Exams, Purdue Libraries
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Purdue University Libraries will extend hours at four facilities to help students prepare for final exams. The John W. Hicks Undergraduate Library and Siegesmund Engineering Library will be open around the clock during the last two weeks of the semester, from April 24-May 7. The Siegesmund Engineering Library opens at 11:00a [...]
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Posted on 20 April 2011. Tags: Indiana Sheriff's Association, Youth Leadership Camp
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sheriff Tracy Brown has announced that the 32nd Annual Indiana Sheriffs’ Association Youth Leadership Camp will be held in Warren County this year. The camp is scheduled for July 6th – 8th, 2011 at Pine Creek Camp near Pine Village. The Sheriff’s Youth Leadership Camp is a program provided by the Indiana [...]
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Posted in Community News
Posted on 19 April 2011. Tags: Indiana Packers Corporation, Ivy Tech
DELPHI, Ind. — Seven employees of Indiana Packers Corporation successfully completed Workplace Spanish® for Supervisors training through Ivy Tech Community College’s Office of Workforce and Economic Development (WED). “In 16 hours, they learn key words and phrases to communicate successfully with their coworkers and employees, not to master the language,” said Elizabeth Martin, course instructor. [...]
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Posted in Business News
Posted on 19 April 2011. Tags: cannabinoids, Marijuana, Ron Alting, salvia, SB 57
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — A statewide ban on products like “Spice” and the herb salvia divinorum is closer to becoming law after today’s 93-0 vote in the Indiana House of Representatives in support of a proposal authored by State Sen. Ron Alting (R-Lafayette). Senate Bill 57 adds various chemical compounds used in synthetic cannabinoids like ‘Spice’ [...]
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Posted in Indiana Politics
Posted on 19 April 2011. Tags: Book, ecologist, oil prices
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — In Steve Hallett’s new book “Life Without Oil: Why We Must Shift to a New Energy Future,” the Purdue University plant scientist tackles the world’s energy problems from a different perspective – that of an ecologist. Hallett, an associate professor in Purdue’s Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, argues that energy [...]
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