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ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ alumna and trustee Kerrii Brown Anderson ’79, former CEO of Wendy’s International, has issued a challenge to all young alumni: Make a gift of $20 or more during February and she’ll match it 5-to-1. Anderson wants to increase participation in annual giving among ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s young alumni.

Churches have always split on doctrinal or political grounds, and prior to the Civil War, that wedge issue, more often than not, was slavery. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ senior Amber Woods explored how early churches in Kentucky responded to debates over emancipation, and her undergraduate research is the latest to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on Lumen Scholars in the Class of 2011.

The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Mock Trial program will compete Oct. 30-31 among two dozen teams from 14 universities in the 5th Annual Justice Louis Brandeis Mock Trial Invitational Tournament at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is sending one team of verterans representing students from all majors and departments to compete at the tournament.

With the 2010 congressional midterm elections less than a week away, only one third of respondents in the latest ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ poll believed Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr deserves re-election as he fends off Democratic challenger Elaine Marshall.