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Blanchette: Thomas gives boost to GU track
May 24, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Emily Thomas didn’t have the usual things that get a high school runner recruited to a college program – like fast times, medals and pedigree. So what did she have?
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Nobel winner tells students to keep dreaming
May 14, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Archbishop Desmond Tutu brought his message of social justice and equality to Gonzaga University’s graduation ceremony Sunday, urging students to dream dreams that could change the world. Tutu, a central … 12
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Tutu calls GU grads to action
May 13, 2012 in News, City Archbishop Desmond Tutu brought his message of social justice and equality to Gonzaga University’s graduation ceremony Sunday, urging graduates to dream dreams that would change the world. 16
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3 Gonzaga students attacked in early-morning robbery
May 10, 2012 in News, City A Gonzaga University graduate student was beaten unconscious when he tried to stop two women from stealing his friend’s purse early today. 16
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Zags land big man from Poland
May 3, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 The first member of Gonzaga’s 2012 men’s basketball recruiting class figures to make a big impression. Przemek Karnowski, a 7-foot-1, 280-pound center from Poland, announced his intentions Wednesday morning on … 2
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Kayakers were ill prepared
May 2, 2012 in Outdoors, City on Page A1 A kayaking group apparently was ill prepared for the lethal combination of near-freezing temperatures, cold water and high winds that took the life of a Gonzaga University honors student April … 8
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Then and Now: Gonzaga’s former football stadium
April 30, 2012 in City on Page A5 In the photo above, Gonzaga University’s football stadium dominates the east side of the campus. Before World War II, the university had a pretty good run as a football school. … 7
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Event aims to foster new businesses
April 21, 2012 in Business on Page A10 About 50 would-be business owners are jumping into a whirlwind weekend designed to help them start a successful company. They’re participants in the first Startup Weekend Spokane, a condensed and … 1
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Gonzaga program helps police crack smaller-scale fraud, embezzlement cases
April 21, 2012 in City on Page A1 Spokane County law enforcement agencies believe they may be seeing the criminal result of the bad economy: Reports of theft and fraud by employees in all types of work are … 6
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Shawn Vestal: Tutu offers chance to challenge our beliefs
April 20, 2012 in City on Page A5 The madness that afflicts Gonzaga usually ends in March. But this year there’s been a prominent case of April Madness – an effort to undo the “travesty” of having Archbishop … 12
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Tutu’s visit stirs criticism at Gonzaga
April 19, 2012 in City on Page A1 Gonzaga University is rejecting calls by social conservatives to find a new commencement speaker because of Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s support for abortion rights and gay marriage. Critics say the apartheid … 82
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Wild spring break
April 15, 2012 in Outdoors on Page C10 College students going wild at spring break party destinations has been the subject of police reports, headlines and even movies. But let’s not forget that many students release the pressure … 2
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Book Notes: Agosin to speak at GU on Tuesday
April 15, 2012 in Features on Page D6 Marjorie Agosin, author, activist, Chilean exile and professor at Wellesley College, will speak at Gonzaga University on Tuesday. Her talk, at 7 p.m. in the Globe Room of Cataldo Hall, …
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Scores of April’s Angels from GU spruce up family center
April 15, 2012 in City on Page B1 Armed with elbow grease, rakes and a spirit of service, about 180 volunteers from Gonzaga University’s April’s Angels teamed up with nonprofit Rebuilding Together Spokane to renovate and repair the …
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Spangler leaving Gonzaga
April 12, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Gonzaga men’s basketball forward Ryan Spangler has been granted his release and is expected to transfer to a school closer to his home state of Oklahoma. “I’ve made a lot …
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Gonzaga’s Standish invited to WNBA draft
April 12, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 When Gonzaga women’s basketball coach Kelly Graves called Kayla Standish a week and a half ago, she thought it was an April Fools’ joke. Graves informed the Gonzaga senior that …
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‘Brilliant’ young man gone too soon
April 4, 2012 in City on Page A5 They filled the front pews, all clad in blue T-shirts stamped with a single word on the front: “nerd.” They had come, these members of the Gonzaga Honors Program – … 1
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Gonzaga honor student killed in kayak accident
April 2, 2012 in City, Idaho Gonzaga University officials today identified the victim of a kayaking accident as a first-year honor student from Everett. 6
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Book Notes: Writers Series draws up last play for Shann Ray
April 1, 2012 in Features on Page D5 The final edition of this year’s Gonzaga University Visiting Writers Series will feature one of Gonzaga’s own. GU professor Shann Ferch, who writes under the name Shann Ray, will read …
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Betancourt speaks at Gonzaga tonight
March 28, 2012 in Features Ingrid Betancourt, the Colombian presidential candidate held captive for six years, will speak at Gonzaga University tonight. 1
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Bulldogs’ run reaches end of line
March 26, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 KINGSTON, R.I. – During a time out in the final two minutes, you could see it on the faces of the Gonzaga Bulldogs. There were no more scoring runs. There …
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Seniors did Gonzaga proud
March 26, 2012 in Sports on Page B5 KINGSTON, R.I. – Kayla Standish knew it was over. They all did. And so with 44 seconds remaining in Gonzaga’s loss to Kentucky on Sunday night in the Sweet 16 …
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Photo: A bittersweet ending
March 26, 2012 in City on Page A1 Consolation prize: Gonzaga University seniors Katelan Redmon, left, and Kayla Standish embrace their mothers, Michele Redmon and Joni Leman, after the Bulldogs were eliminated Sunday from the NCAA basketball tournament’s … 1
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GU gears up for Kentucky’s ’40 minutes of dread’
March 25, 2012 in Sports on Page C1 KINGSTON, R.I. – March Madness brings out the best of the best, even when it comes to clever phrasemaking. Bill Raftery’s “Onions!” is one example. Most of what comes out …
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Blanchette: Gonzaga women earned their spot
March 22, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Ever so slightly overlooked in Gonzaga crashing yet another Sweet 16 in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament this week was the morsel of the Bulldogs holding the nation’s sixth-highest scoring …
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Gonzaga vs. Miami: Remaining tickets on sale at 9 a.m.
March 19, 2012 in Sports on Page B3 No. 3 MIAMI Region: Kingston
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Zags gear up for high-scoring Miami
March 19, 2012 in Sports on Page B1 Sylvia Bullock and Shenise Johnson probably agree on a lot of things, but they sang different tunes when asked about their cross-country trip to Spokane for the first two rounds …
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Even in losing, this team was GU at its best
March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C3 PITTSBURGH – In the walk-in closet at Consol Energy Center where the Gonzaga Bulldogs changed clothes Saturday, Robert Sacre sent off one wave of inquisitors and greeted the next. “Here … 1
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Craft created problems for Gonzaga
March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C8 PITTSBURGH – Aaron Craft not only guided Ohio State to a third-round NCAA tournament victory Saturday. He also gave the Buckeyes’ next opponent plenty to think about.
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Lady Zags more than tough enough
March 18, 2012 in Sports on Page C2 The strokes of the familiar mixed with the hues of the unfamiliar painted a canvas that promised to be anything but bland. From the moment the No. 6 Rutgers and …

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