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Seniors: Flash forward a few months from now to May 15, 2010. You and your fellow classmates have just walked across the stage at First Mariner Arena, you have received your Loyola University Maryland diploma and your relatives, especially your parents, can't seem to take enough pictures of you in your cap and gown.

In the coming months, the Loyola University Maryland Senior Class Gift Committee will be launching a campaign to raise funds for the 2010 Senior Class Gift. The committee is a collection of seniors who feel the need to continue Loyola's long-standing tradition of giving back to the institution that has given them so much over the course of the last four years.

Loyola speech pathology professor, Libby Kumin, recently received a grant of $178,352 from the National Science Foundation, which will fund her research on improving the abilities of young adults with Down syndrome to use computers for work, socialization, and daily activities.

The trademark purple and white balloon arch greeted students on the Quad last week, along with luminaria bags in Boulder and slogan-laden banners hung around campus. All of this could only mean one thing: the Relay For Life season has officially started up again at Loyola University.

As part of the Week of Dialogue, Loyola's Unity committee hosted One Night of Enlightenment last Tuesday. The forum was to push students to participate in dialogue with one another concerning adversity, as they heard personal stories from four of their peers.

The Loyola/Towson ROTC Ranger Challenge Team traveled to Ft. Bragg, N.C. from Oct. 22-26, 2009 to compete against the 38 other teams in the 4th Brigade. The team consists of 11 members from both organizations. Representing Loyola were Cadets Christel Sacco, Meghan Clark, Joanna Pultro, Ben Goeller, and Nolan Dunn.