December 2007:
Number 524
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In This Issue...
Collin College gets second U.S. Professor of the Year
Killing Fields survivor tells What It Means To Be An American
Legends in community honored
Humanities students show 'artitude'
Spring Learning Communities classes released
CougarAlert up; sign up for safety, convenience
War, economy, celebrity: The 2007 that was
College News
Top 10 things to do over the holiday break
Student News
5 Tips to Avoid Passing On a Winter Cold
Zeroing in on violence against women
End of a semester means the beginning of a career outlook
Transfer Tip -- Check into the field of study curricula
Drug use of a different color
Campus Dates
Quick Facts -- Drug awareness survey
December Employee Birthdays
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A newsletter for the students, faculty and staff of the Collin College. Published monthly. For information or submissions, call 972.599.3142. Cougar News welcomes student and faculty submissions. Next deadline: Dec. 5 All submissions are due by 5 p.m. on the due date. Photos cannot be returned. Text should be emailed to mrobinson@ccccd.edu or sent on disk. Please submit copy that is proofed, edited and saved in Word format. Cougar News staff: Lisa Vasquez, director; Mark Robinson, editor; Marcy Cadena-Smith, contributor; Sydney Portilla-Diggs, student correspondent; Alicia Pike, student correspondent; Heather Darrow, special contributor; Nick Young, photography and layout.

Collin College gets second U.S. Professor of the Year
This November a single number -- No.1 -- dominates the mathematics classrooms at Collin College as veteran professor Rosemary Karr brings home the prize for being the best in the country.
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Killing Fields survivor tells What It Means To Be An American
Tales of great tribulation and survival are extraordinary no matter how you cut it.
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Legends in community honored
A U.S. congressman, a member of the Texas house of representative, judges, mayors and city commissioners, council members and superintendents were among the hundreds of people attending the Collin College 2007 Living Legends celebration.
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Humanities students show 'artitude'
Improve one's artitude at humanities exhibit.
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Spring Learning Communities classes released
Peanut butter and jelly. Hall and Oates. Scratch and sniff.
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CougarAlert up; sign up for safety, convenience
Collin College is introducing a new program that will add to the convenience and safety of students, faculty and staff.
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War, economy, celebrity: The 2007 that was
As January looms closer and people start looking towards 2008, it is time to take a step back and remember the events that shaped the past year. From celebrities to politics, students recall what they considered to be defining parts of 2007.
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College News
A lot happening. And we capture it through the medium of photography.
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Top 10 things to do over the holiday break
Many things to do, not a lot of time to do them.
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Student News
Former students hit the stage.
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5 Tips to Avoid Passing On a Winter Cold
There are probably a billion things you could do to avoid a cold this winter. But if those worked 100 percent of the time, nobody would get sick.
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Zeroing in on violence against women
Since January 2007 Zero Tolerance of Violence has been providing education and training related to the prevention and intervention of violence against women at Collin College.
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End of a semester means the beginning of a career outlook
So, what is significant about the end of a semester?
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Transfer Tip -- Check into the field of study curricula
Plan to transfer? Take a tip.
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Drug use of a different color
Ritalin becoming a drug of choice on campuses.
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Campus Dates
There's always something brewing at Collin College.
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Quick Facts -- Drug awareness survey
In fall 2006, Collin College administered its sixth Drug Awareness Perception Survey.
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December Employee Birthdays
Happy birthday to those born in December.
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