Ack! I just drove around for hours looking for a parking spot, I got lost looking for all of the different wings of the school, I don't know where I can find my lunch, I don't know what professors are good, and I have no idea what is going on!
Parkland is a different kind of a college.…
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When I was growing up in Mississippi, we always had a vegetable garden during the summer-so did many of our neighbors. We were never short on tomatoes, corn, bell peppers, zucchini, cucumbers, or any of the other wonderful standards of summertime. When I moved out on my own, and my parents moved themselves and their garden back to Georgia, however, I was stuck with grocery store produce.…
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill.-As an admissions scandal continues to make news, thousands of students converged on the University of Illinois campus over the weekend for the start of undergraduate classes Monday.
The mood among students was back-to-school euphoric and most - but not all - said they're willing to forgive and forget about the summer scandal.…
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WASHINGTON-The White House and the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that this year's federal budget deficit will top $1.58 trillion, less than projected this spring but still historically high-high enough to pose serious problems for President Barack Obama's agenda.…
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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-An Arlington Heights, Ill., town hall meeting on health care reform led to impassioned debate Monday afternoon, with overflow crowds chanting, carrying signs and forcing a second meeting.
U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk, a Republican from Highland Park, Ill.…
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WASHINGTON-The nation's largest business lobby wants to put the science of global warming on trial.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, trying to ward off potentially sweeping federal emissions regulations, is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to hold a rare public hearing on the scientific evidence of man-made climate change.…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Everything so far is on schedule to begin delivering swine flu shots to the public by October.
Government officials already are working with manufacturers to package the vaccine in vials-the "fill and finish" stage-for distribution to doctors and clinics and hospitals.…
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CHICAGO-When Hasan Mavric bit into a date to break his first Ramadan fast on Friday, the taste sparked a series of rituals he had never performed during the ninth and holiest month on the Islamic calendar.
After prostrating himself for the nightly recitation of verses from the Quran known as taraweeh, Mavric worked to elevate his awareness of God with additional prayers at home after midnight.…
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