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College Towns Bolster Security

College is synonymous with parties, antics and lots of alcohol. While having a good time during your 4 years in college is important, knowing the law and obeying sed law is crucial to insuring you leave college without an arrest record.
According to Lt. Carl Leoni of the DeKalb Police department, an over served individual could [...]

Gulf Oil Spill Opinion Improves

The closing of the leaking Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has come as a breath of fresh air to the entire nation. A $6 billion fishing industry which was been shut down for the majority of summer is now re-opened, president Obama went for a swim in the waters off of Pensacola [...]

Getting Out of College in 4 Years

A recent study of 1,400 American colleges and universities released through the United States Education Department showed only 53 percent of incoming freshmen graduate in four years. With rising tuition costs, getting out of college in four years with a degree is desirable for all parties involved.
Steve Estes, academic advisor in Liberal Arts and Sciences [...]

Conservation International: In Search of Extinct Species

Picture Credit Arkive and Professor Heinrich Mendelssohn, Tel-Aviv University

Extinction of species across the planet has been an issue for several hundred years. Conservation International is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting these species and raising awareness of what these plants and animals do for humans.
Most recently, CI announced its support of “teams of scientists as they travel to the world’s most threatened places [...]

Heavy Rains in Midwest Hinder Crop

It seems the old adage “Rain makes grain” has been misunderstood by Mother Nature in much of the Midwest this year. According to Lisle Paul, University of Illinois Agronomist, the saying should read, “Timely rain spread out throughout the summer makes grain.”
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, DeKalb Illinois receives 4.89 inches of [...]

Goodwill Helps Create Jobs in Time of Economic Hardship

To tweak a popular saying, “One man’s donation is another man’s treasure.” Goodwill stores throughout the United States, donated goods often turn out to be much more valuable then previously imagined.
The average Goodwill store receives an average of 100 donations per day at nearly 40 lbs per donation. Each donation of 40 pounds creates 4 [...]

Obama’s Health Care Reform Increases Confidence in Health Care

President Obama’s healthcare bill was forced through congress on March 22nd, 2010. Having been called a “Do-Nothing” president, Obama chose to reform a business as old as the nation herself, healthcare.
The bill had very mixed reviews at the time of its passing. Every republican voted against it while 34 democrats joined them, a slim margin [...]

Obesity During Pregnancy May Result in Overweight Children

Weight gain and Obesity have been hot topics worldwide for the past ten years as well as America; one in three people are overweight or obese worldwide. A recent study published through a medical journal called “The Lancet” and funded through the U.S. National Institute of Health, a direct correlation between women who gain more [...]

Gulf Oil Spill ‘Bottom Kill’ Order Given

The Gulf Oil Spill could be resolved forever by the end of next week.
An explosion aboard the deep water horizon on April 20th, 2010 left 11 men dead, 17 wounded and would leak nearly 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf over the next 3 months.
According to some the cleanup could take 20 years [...]

New Quit-Smoking Method: Change The Way You Think!

Cigarette smokers have always had a very hard time kicking the habit. The phrase “I want to quit but I can’t,” has been uttered by nearly every smoker who has tried and failed to quit smoking.
Nicotine replacement, meditation, a change in scenery and even hypnotism and acupuncture have been stop-smoking aids for well over half [...]

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