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Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

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    Martin Luther King Jr. giving his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. - Biography
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    Martin Luther King Jr. during a march for Civil Rights.
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    Martin Luther King Jr. pictured with his family. - Newsweek
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    Both people with and without color march with Dr. King.

On the third Monday of January each year, Wesleyan and most of America is let out of school to celebrate the birth, life and achievements of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Born in our very own Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. King was a Baptist preacher. From the mid-1950s until his death, Dr. King headed a pacifist movement for civil rights. Keep Reading

Wesleyan Students Hit the Slopes

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While most Wesleyan students spent the weekend sleeping in, watching Netflix and sleeping some more, others joined the Christian Life Ski Retreat that was this past MLK, Jr. weekend, Jan. 13 to Jan. 16 in Ghent, WV.  The trip is available for every grade in the high school; it is first come, first serve signup.

A group of 50 students and five faculty members traveled up to Winterplace Ski Resort to hit the slopes. They left before school Friday morning and drove seven hours on a charter bus, only stopping twice for lunch and to pick up their skis. Keep Reading

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