By Miles Johnson When people hear that I’m from a Chicago suburb, they usually follow up with a comment about the brutal Chicago winters. Although I live 42 miles west of the city, I don’t correct these people and speak of the freezing Batavia winters. It has always been in Chicago that I’ve f

The University of Georgia Small Business Development Center and S.C.O.R.E. (Service Corps of Retired Executives) are co-sponsoring two workshops on starting a business. Each workshop is a three-hour class, and the workshops are scheduled for 6 p.m. Jan. 14 or Jan. 28 at the Small Business Assistance

By Ben Wright Tyler Steen, 21 years old and an industrial design major from Connecticut was found dead in an alley on Congress Lane Dec. 14. The whys and wherefores are still being worked out, but, as facts, they do little to describe the life, the warmth, the smile, the kindness and compassion that

Recently, the House took time out of its busy schedule fighting two wars and dealing with the economic crisis to discuss a matter of utmost importance. The proposed legislation- H.R. 390- would ban a game from referring to itself as the national championship, unless it’s the result of a playof

By Travis Walters Rupert Murdoch has recently laid the blame of the failing newspaper industry at the feet of Google. He claims that Google is stealing their content because they index it and send people to it when they’re looking for it. In a breathtaking display of the kind of thinking that&

By Myrriah Gossett Some people might be avid followers or fans of the new Television show “Cougarville”. This show, which I have only watched a few times, is based off of a real place, Sarasota, Fla., where middle-aged women, cougars, are on the hunt for much younger men. I grew up just south of

By Ben Wright As an industrial design student and curmudgeon, I tend to look at the world, and especially objects, with a critical eye. Sometimes this criticism is viewed as overly harsh, or perhaps even unwarranted; I say it’s deserved. Without people like me, the world would be a much happie

By Victoria Phetmisy Schools in America are facing a catastrophe. I used to think reforming healthcare should be the biggest issue in politics, but I’m starting to realize that we need to be pouring time into our education system. Because of the recession, a study done at the University of Washing

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