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3 Questions To Ask While Pursuing Your Dream College
By Anna Swenson
Even if you’ve read twenty brochures and ten college guidebooks about a school you’re considering, it can be tough to determine what life at that university is really like. Until your futon is moved into your…
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Is Pop Culture to Blame?
“Follow me and do exactly what the song says: smoke weed, take pills, drop outta school, kill people, and drink,” Eminem rapped in his 1999 song, Role Model. Even before the turn of the…
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Earlham College Student Athletes Get Involved
This school year Earlam College in Richmond, Indiana honored 14 of their student athletes by giving them Community Service Awards for their outstanding…
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SAT Scores: Mo' Money, Less Problems?
In a recent paper, three educators came together to explore the effect that family background and income has on SAT performance. Race, Poverty and SAT Scores: Modeling the Influences of Family Income…
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SAT Scores: Mo' Money, Less Problems?
In a recent paper, three educators came together to explore the effect that family background and income has on SAT performance. Race, Poverty and SAT Scores: Modeling the Influences of Family Income…
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More Guns For Less Violence in Schools?
In the midst of the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut where a gunman recently killed 20 students and 6 faculty members before taking his own life, the conversation about gun…
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Lessons Learned Outside the Classroom
By Trenay Tate
Coming to college is a huge transition for any person, and I’m no different. I didn’t really know what to expect going to college alone eight hours away from everybody that I love, but I can truly say that…
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Actress Thandie Newton Embraces Her Otherness
Its fun to paint a picture of what celebrity life is like based on what we think we know about them. For actors it’s even easier to always see them as the character we loved or hated them as most regardless to how they actually are in real life. That is unless you’re thinking about actress Thandie Newton after watching her…
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Quick Natural Makeup Tip
When choosing the right look after young ladies decide to start using makeup, often times less is more. There are such a variety of natural products that will help preserve your youthful innocence all while giving you necessary splashes of color where you best see fit.
In…
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Facebook Rolls Out Anti-Bullying Tools With White House Support
President and first lady Obama appear in a video urging people to help prevent bullying, both online and off.
By Doug Gross, CNN
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10 Weird But True Facts About Kissing
Kissing is an integral part of our courting rituals, holiday celebrations, and romantic comedies. Most of us can probably still remember cheering on the characters of our favorite TV shows when their lips touched for the first time. We know that locking lips makes us happy and excited, but there are several aspects of smooching that we don't normally consider. Try not to think about these 10 facts the next time you're making mouth babies with your…
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Advice From A Former Obese Kid
The new year has brought with it renewed pledges to make 2012 the year we finally take on the childhood obesity epidemic. (See an …
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11 Facts About Teens and Self-Esteem
1. Low self-esteem is actually a thinking disorder in which an individual views himself as inadequate, unworthy, unlovable, and/or incompetent. Once formed, this negative view of self permeates every thought, producing faulty assumptions and ongoing self-defeating behavior.
2. Seven in ten girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way, including their looks, performance in school and relationships with friends and family…
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Five Ways To Be the Coolest Kid on Campus!
By Kwasi Agyeman
1. Share your passion with every person you meet!
Pick a club, organization, or even start your own. Once you figure everything out about your new extracurricular activity, tell everybody about it! The more important your organization becomes the more important you will become, creating a sizable amount of influence you…
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