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I walk up a set of rickety metal steps on the side of an 18-wheeler and cautiously open a steel door. I am faced with a scene that would make Ray Bradbury shudder: a tiny room jammed with flat-screen monitors playing to a dozen people behind computers wearing futuristic glasses, shouting things like “Go for gold” and “the Flag is down.” But this is not a scene from a foreboding science fiction novel. It’s my life.

For the ninth year in a row, Â鶹ÊÓƵ is ranked among the nation's 376 top colleges and universities by The Princeton Review. The 2012 college guide, released Aug. 1, also ranks Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s study abroad program as #4 in the nation, and Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s theater program as #15.

The American Red Cross has provided Â鶹ÊÓƵ with information on ways the community can respond to devastation caused by Hurricane Irene.

Leaders of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ Black Alumni Network (EBAN) leadership team gathered on campus July 30 to plan initiatives for the upcoming academic year, including enhanced Homecoming events and a new mentoring program to better connect alumni with current students.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Phoenix athletics has launched a new campaign to encourage all community members to Live the Maroon Life.