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Nazarene Leader Contributes to Obama Campaign

Dr. John C. Bowling, President of Olivet Nazarene University (Bourbonnais, IL) may have put himself under scrutiny by the Nazarene Church and some Olivet students for a donation under his name.

According to public records, Bowling has donated $350 to Barack Obama’s Presidential campaign: http://fundrace.huffingtonpost.com Oddly, the address on the public file is One University Ave., Bourbonnais, IL 60914, the university’s address. This brings into question whether someone else made the donation.

 

Yearbooks face an uncertain future, Part 4

"The traditional yearbook is in fact in jeopardy," Linda Puntney, the director of student publications at Kansas State University, said.

At a time when the social Web has changed the way that students record history and stay in touch, Ms. Puntney said that yearbook advisers cannot stick their heads in the sand but instead need to embrace change and find out how to reach students in better ways.

Yearbooks embrace change, Part 3

Faced with declining demand and even extinction at some colleges, some yearbook staffs are finding ways to use the Internet and social networks to enhance traditional hard-bound annuals while taking on the future of history.

Sarah Taylor, editor-in-chief of the Cardinal yearbook at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., said that she believed social networking sites did more good than evil for yearbooks.

Yearbooks battle technology, Part 2

"The yearbook may not be quite as iconic as it once was because it's so easy for students to stay in touch with the people they went to school with," said Caroline McCarthy, author of the CNet technology blog "The Social."

Although yearbook sales have been declining since the mid-1980s, many advisers agree that technology and social networks are the final nail in the coffin for already expensive yearbooks.

Yearbooks face decline, Part 1

Halley Ofner knows better than any other student that the yearbook, a traditional school centerpiece of history, is in a battle for survival.

"My freshman year we sold almost 600 copies," Ofner, editor-in-chief of the Talon yearbook at American University, said. This year her staff is hoping to sell just 300.