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Administration approved a new Park Free program allowing students to park in the Ashmore-Jewel parking lot free of the annual $75 parking fee, effective Oct. 1. The Ashmore-Jewel parking lot is located near the Ashmore-Jewel barn between College Drive and Baker Village.

Patrons of Oneota Market will be offered a new option for take-out containers starting this month. In response to campus-wide efforts to reduce waste, the popular dining establishment launched a new program called ReUse-A-Bowl.

Debbie Aske, assistant manager of Oneota Market and Sunnyside Café, and David Lester, cash operations manager, initiated the new program.

What do Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House on the Prairie” and Shel Silverstein’s “A Light in the Attic” have in common? Yes, both are staples for young American readers, but they are also books banned in schools and communities throughout the country.

Along with fellow Zeta Tau Psi members, Erik Clark (‘10) has organized a project to reach out to children in the community. The program is called Believing and Achieving.

The Believing and Achieving program works with struggling elementary-aged students from John Cline Elementary.

This fall, campus is a battleground in the war against cancer as students, faculty and staff respond to help several members of the Luther family. Efforts to raise funds and awareness have taken several forms, but they share a common goal: to support friends and family affected by the disease.

Sampson-Hoffland Laboratories is the newest building at Luther College, expanding the sciences from Valders Hall of Sciences to accommodate more students and improve learning environments.

The SHL solves numerous problems posed by Valders in recent years. Valders’ limited space, which prevented the science department from adding course sections, was cured by the spacious facilities in the SHL.

As part of a growing concern for environmental conservation, Marty’s implemented a new plan to decrease waste.

The plan offers 16 oz. reusable plastic glasses for meals instead of the paper cups used in years prior. A charge of $.30 is applied to any request for a paper cup. During the first week of meal transfers, the amount of garbage was cut in half due to decreased use of paper cups.

Luther College will implement a satellite voting procedure Oct. 7 in which students may reregister to vote in Winnishiek County and vote in both the local and presidential elections.

According to Students for Barack Obama President Steven Thai (‘11), the early voting process is different from absentee voting in a number of ways.

The Luther College Student Senate is actively involved in student life. The Student Senate is a student-led group that links the student body to the administration.

Rob Larson, associate professor of management, recently took on a new role at Luther. Larson’s new title, Executive Director of Communications and Marketing, went into effect June 16.

This year’s sophomore class will pioneer a new January term requirement utilizing experiential learning and providing students with three options for study.

In response to the immigration raid in Postville, Iowa last May, a panel discussion took place on Luther’s campus Sept. 9.

The Center for Faith and Life’s recital hall filled with people eager to partake in discussion of the controversial May 12 raid that occurred in nearby Postville.

The start of a new school year brought a number of new and noticeable changes to Luther’s cafeteria. With extended hours, a lack of plastic wrap and a new table arrangement, the cafeteria is definitely among the buzz of student and faculty conversation this year.

Library and Information Studies (LIS) underwent many changes for the 2008-2009 school year, including a new Web site, the addition of Norse Apps for faculty and students and a crackdown on illegal file sharing.

Changes in Dining Services and less travelled areas on campus may not be as obvious as a flooded field or a new science building, however, they can be just as significant.

Dining Services has been revamped for the new school year with changes in the cafeteria, Marty’s, Oneota and the C-Store.