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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Residence Hall Construction Approved]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siena College is about ready to break ground on a new upperclassman residence hall. The Town of Colonie Planning Board gave its final approval on the project at a meeting on Tuesday, November 17.
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:06:14 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Siena Earns 5th Highest Graduation Success Rate in Division I]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siena College earned the fifth highest Student-Athlete Graduation Success Rate (95%) according to the 2009 NCAA Division I Federal Graduation Rates and NCAA Graduation Success Rates Report which was released Monday afternoon. Siena had the ninth best Student-Athlete Graduation Rate (84%), which was 5% higher than the school's regular student body.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Going Green Goes with Everything]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As pop music blared from the speakers and their friends cheered, Siena students strutted their stuff on a makeshift runway in the Sarazen Student Union. 

They werent trying to impress Tyra Banks or Michael Kors. Instead, the volunteer models did their little dances on the catwalk wearing various eco-friendly fashions, ranging from organic workout gear to eco-evening gowns from Runway 7, in hopes of impressing upon fellow students that you can look good and help the environment at the same time. 
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:06:54 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Forget Dating, Siena Students Try Speed Networking]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today's economy, it seems like people will try anything thatll help them land a job. College students are no exception. 

Earlier this week, Siena students took a shot at speed networking. Much like the now famous form of dating, students spent just a few minutes speaking with professionals about their career paths. Then, once the gong sounded, they moved on to a new table and a new person to talk to.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:57:12 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Men's Basketball Games on New Radio Network]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siena Saints fans can now hear all of this seasons action on two Capital Region radio stations. 

Starting with Friday nights season opener at Tennessee State, Siena mens basketball games will be broadcast live on the Saints new flagship station, Talk 1300 AM in Albany and also on WWSC 1450 AM in Glens Falls. The addition of WWSC expands coverage beyond the heart of the Capital Region.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:36:34 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spooky Siena Scramble]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Siena community was off and running this Halloween during the Colleges first Spooky Siena Scramble.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:43:27 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Siena Hosts Latino Youth Conference]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Latino heritage was on display at Siena in October as the College hosted the second annual Latino Youth Conference, organized by the Capital District YMCA Black and Latino Achievers Program.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:39:08 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Angels Among Us]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=1502]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Its hard to imagine a world without constant contact and instant access to information. Advances in technology, ranging from the growth of the Internet to peoples dependence on cell phones, have made it easy to deliver messages without meeting face to face.
 
Most people would chock these developments up to scientific progress, not divine intervention, but contemporary philosophical pioneer John Caputo, Ph.D. said during a speech at Siena College, that todays technological breakthroughs are symbols of angels at work.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:20:13 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama Advisor Discusses Community Organizing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of President Obama's advisors visited Siena last week to discuss strategies the Obama camp used to engage citizens in during the 2008 presidential campaign]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:22:49 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[G.C. Haymes: Collected Works Opens in Yates Gallery]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=1492]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Siena College is proud to showcase the works of another local artist in its Yates Gallery. 
 
Starting on Thursday, November, 5th with an artist lecture and reception from 4p.m.6 p.m. in the Standish Librarythe collected works of G.C. Haymes will be on display.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:18:03 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Siena Student Performs on WGNA]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=1479]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at these photos of Siena senior Jon Lewyckyj and his band mate, John Lomascolo performing their song, I dont think Im crazy live on Country 107.7 WGNA-FM Friday morning.
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:11:53 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Changes to Siena College's Halloween Festivities]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately, Sienas annual campus trick-or-treating program has been cancelled. The Halloween tradition was scheduled for Friday afternoon, October 30th, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the residence halls. It has been put on hold this year because Siena has had confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus. With the increase of H1N1 cases throughout the Capital Region, the college has decided to cancel trick-or-treating in the residence halls to minimize further exposure to school age children and Siena students participating in the event.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:06:29 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Siena Student's Music Airing on CMT]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After two successful runs in the NCAA Tournament, Siena College has become synonymous with Cinderella stories. Now a Siena student is hoping Reba McEntire will become his Fairy Godmother in another single-elimination, bracket-style tournament. But instead of college hoops, senior psychology major, Jon Lewyckyj is playing in country musics version of the big dance.
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:57:59 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Festa Vino 2009]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out the photos from Festa Vino 2009!]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:51:29 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cushing Named CFO of the Year]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=1443]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Chair of the Siena College Board of Trustees and TrustCo Bank Chief Financial Officer Robert Cushing 77 has been named 2009 Public Company CFO of the Year by the Capital District Business Review.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:14:07 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Students Restore Psychiatric Hospital Gravesites]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=1442]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Dedicated Siena College students traveled to Western New York in early October to take part in Operation Dignity, which is a national movement to restore old and abandoned psychiatric hospital cemeteries.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:34 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Siena Offering Courses at Local Correctional Facility]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=1440]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Siena College has finalized a new teaching program at the Mt. McGregor Correctional Facility in Wilton, New York.
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Linda Richardson, Ph. D. said the instruction of inmates at Mt. McGregor is slated to start on November 2nd.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:57:32 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Dean Blasting named to New York Council for the Humanities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.siena.edu/pages/179.asp?item=1437]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Siena College Dean of Liberal Arts, Ralph Blasting Ph. D. has been appointed to a three-year term on the New York Council for the Humanities.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:37:55 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Residence Directors Honored]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four members of the Siena College Residential Life staff have been honored for their professional development.]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:59:45 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Streaks of Support for Breast Cancer Awareness]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[About 400 members of the Siena College community went streaking this month in an attempt to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research. 
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:44:04 GMT</pubDate>
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