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  • Freshman and transfers swell ranks of Edgewood College athletes 
    Posted in: News

    By Nikole Jaramillo Freshmen and transfer student athletes now represent more than a third of Edgewood College athletes.  There are an estimated 220 to 250 student athletes representing Edgewood College. About 80 of these students are freshmen and 18 are transfers, based on the current rosters.  The increase in student athletes is due mostly to open spaces on teams and is not only a result of new student […]

  • Edgewood athletes record all-time high GPAs
    Posted in: News, Sports

    By Annika Lungren The Edgewood College Eagles Athletics Program earned a 3.345 average GPA for the fall semester of 2017,  an all-time high GPA for the athletic programs. A total of 26 student-athletes got a 4.0 GPA for that fall semester.   These student-athletes came from a variety of sports teams on campus, including: Baseball (1), Softball (3), Women’s and Men’s Soccer (4), Women’s and […]

  • Madison Vegan Fest a success
    Posted in: News

    By Lexi Chitwood   SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, Madison Vegan Fest welcomed over 2,000 attendees at Madison College’s Truax Campus. Until this year, Mad City Vegan Fest was the premier, large-scale gathering for vegan food and culture in Madison. When organizers announced that the Fest would not be returning in 2018, Mollie Stolbov and Bethany Mehta […]

  • Iceland wows visiting Edgewood College students
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    By Maddie Smith Edgewood College students had the opportunity to combine photography and environmental studies by visiting Iceland this summer as part of their class, Exploring Iceland: Art and Science.   The class taught the basics of photography, as well as environmental topics such as climate change and landscape ecology. Students were able to directly use what they learned in […]

  • Letter from the Editor
    Posted in: News

    BY ALYSSA ALLEMAND Greetings, Edgewood College community! My name is Alyssa Allemand, and as of this fall 2018 semester, I am the editor of On The Edge News. Though this position is new for me and I am still learning the ropes, I have an incredible amount of dedication and enthusiasm! We make this campus, and […]

  • College Works on Diversity Issues
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    BY SHANZEH AHMAD Edgewood College has been working to abide by updated diversity and inclusion practices stemming from steps outlined by Student Senate in April. This is in response to acts of hate and racism on campus earlier this semester. Ana Jimenez-Diaz, 2017-2018 president of Student Senate, said in an email that after they organized […]

  • College to use New Software for Complaints
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    BY ALEXIS DEMINTER Edgewood College is implementing complex, technical software to organize and track campus misconduct complaints from students and faculty. In addition to the new software, the dean of students plans to update the Student Code of Conduct. Heather Harbach, interim dean of students, said the Dean of Students plans to make the Student […]

  • Edgewood Contemplating New Meal Plan Options
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    BY MIMI WELLS  Edgewood College is considering new meal plan options for students through dining services company Chartwells, which is based in Rye Brook, N.Y. Edgewood is considering three-to-four meal plan options. These plans would be All-You-Care-To-Eat plans that other colleges across the country are offering, including Beloit College and Cornell University, which is located […]

  • Edgewood Mail Center Needs Help
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    BY FRANKIE RATH | PHOTO FROM MAIL CENTER Edgewood College is having difficulty maintaining its status as a paper saving campus because of a recent overload of bulk mail. Elizabeth Reuter, director of the Edgewood College mailing department, has seen first-hand the amount of unnecessary mail the college receives. Although Reuter said this isn’t necessarily a […]

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