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Search for hammer ends

By Laura Pelner
Campus Editor

Police have in their possession the hammer reportedly used on Aug. 2 in the murders of the two South Korean sisters killed in a Purdue Village apartment.

Purdue Police announced Thursday that a 14-year-old boy found the hammer in the Wabash River and took it home. The boy, whose name was not released, told police he found the hammer several weeks ago while wading in knee-deep water just south of the John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge.

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Purdue graduate learns about life

FIRST STEPS: Purdue grad Leah Ross kneels by the plaque that marks the starting point of the 2,168-mile Appalachian Trail. Ross hiked for 143 days to raise money for autoimmune disease research.

By Megan Finnerty
Features Editor

The feeling in her toes came back last week.

But for her last four months on the legendary Appalachian Trail, Leah Ross couldn't feel the stones, twigs, gravel, mud and miles she crossed.

After starting the 2,168-mile hike on March 13 in northern Georgia, the December Purdue graduate finally, and tearfully, wrapped her arms around the signpost atop Maine's Mount Katahdin Aug. 3.

The hike had been, she said, emotionally, physically and mentally grueling.

It had also been an incredible, 143-day adventure — one during which she learned more about herself and her world than she had in 16 years of school.

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PMU offers free food to students

By Matt Lindner
Staff Writer

Purdue students and faculty will be able to sample the best food the Union has to offer for free at the Taste of PMU on the front lawn of the Purdue Memorial Union today from 2 to 4 p.m.

The event, which is in its sixth year, will give students and faculty the opportunity to try food and beverage samples from the eateries in the Union. It also gives the Union an opportunity to showcase two new restaurants — Freshens, which specializes in making smoothies, and Villa Pizza.

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