Omeka - Digital History at Ursinus

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This article written by President George Leslie Omwake brings up the issue of the school's lack of funding for its new library. The building had been constructed with the aid of workers from F.E.R.A. (a New Deal program), but at the time found itself…

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This is one of the tunnels under the grounds of Ursinus College, but it is no longer in use.

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This image provides a better look at the full lab. The rusted desks and crumbling cement shows both the age and the isolated nature of this location. It's exactly how many people picture the ideal living space of a ghost!

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Looking up shows just how old these labs are - the ceiling is exposed while students clamber up and down the stairs directly above us.

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With the 'Radioactivity Laboratories' label still intact, the entrance to the labs requires a ladder to climb down to the doorway - it's never easy to get to the best secrets!

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Rusted desks are piled high on the muddy ground inside one of the two sealed radioactivity labs.

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Pfahler Hall in the mid-autumn sunshine (left) and all lit up at dusk (right).

Pledging Under Siege.jpg
An argument by an Ursinus professor on why the pledging tradition has to be reformed in order to preserve Ursinus's Greek culture

Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity to participate in Spring intake.jpg
An article entailing the process that the organization was going through, including spring intake events, to establish their chapter on Ursinus college campus.

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Details the new rules for rushing and how they will make a positive change to the Ursinus College Greek community.
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