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photo by Matt Roth.Tuesday, September 18, 2012..The electricity is turned off inside Wilson College's John Stewart Library. The Library has been closed for renovations and reparations. The tiny all-female liberal arts college has relied on electronic books and a coffee shop area in Lenfest Commons which has become the interim Library location...Wilson College President Barbara Mistick, created a commission to recommend ways of putting the tiny, all-female liberal arts college on a sustainable financial path. The Chambersburg, PA college nearly closed down in 1979 and is in danger of going under in the next few years if big changes aren't made. On the table are going co-ed, moving somewhere else, among other possibilities.

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photo by Matt Roth.Tuesday, September 18, 2012..The electricity is turned off inside Wilson College's John Stewart Library. The Library has been closed for renovations and reparations. The tiny all-female liberal arts college has relied on electronic books and a coffee shop area in Lenfest Commons which has become the interim Library location...Wilson College President Barbara Mistick, created a commission to recommend ways of putting the tiny, all-female liberal arts college on a sustainable financial path. The Chambersburg, PA college nearly closed down in 1979 and is in danger of going under in the next few years if big changes aren't made. On the table are going co-ed, moving somewhere else, among other possibilities.