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Last November, Northwestern’s administration announced that based on the budget projection for the 2010-11 school year, NW will have a $3 million revenue shortfall. To prevent such a deficit from occurring, budget cuts—including faculty and staff lay-offs and program eliminations—will be enforced during the next fiscal year starting July 1, 2010.

Looking for love just got a little easier at Northwestern. If you are anxious about finding that ring by spring, you might try looking for that special someone at this year’s Speed Dating event, hosted by the SAC. On Saturday, Jan. 30, at 9:30 p.m., students are encouraged to come to the Hub and have some fun meeting new people.

As the earthquake rolled through Haiti it damaged many things, but in the midst of it all, the devastation managed to strengthen Orange City’s community as well as Northwestern’s.

NW’s music department will present its annual Christmas Vespers this weekend. This Saturday, Dec. 5, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 6,…

Wednesday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m., Northwestern students in Jeff Barker’s directing class will present six short plays in the Black Box Theatre. These plays are produced as the student-director’s final exam for the course.

Sodexo representatives opened the SGA meeting on Nov. 30 with an update on the correlation between going trayless and food waste.

For the second year in a row, a team of three Northwestern students has been chosen as one of 100 teams from six continents to compete in the Association for Computing Machinery International Collegiate Programming Contest’s world finals. This year, the event will take place Feb. 1 to 6 in Harbin, China.

Northwestern and Dordt College are almost always rivals, whether competing in NC/DC or on the basketball court. However, the art department has designed an event that will bridge the gap between the rival schools.

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If a student-suggested fire pit is constructed on campus, students will be able to ditch their candle warmers and head outside for…