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Americans like to claim they're in love - indeed, totally obsessed - with having a huge military might. There are movies glorifing the military life style ("Jar," "In The Army Now") or war ("Saving Private Ryan," "Windtalkers," "Platoon," "Full Metal Jacket"), and games all about … [Read more...] about Support the Troops?

Fear, genocide, destruction, death: these things will never go away unless we learn to get rid of our self-centeredness, Bhante Madawala Seelawimala claimed. Crossing Borders and Building Bridges held a presentation on Thursday, September 18, on how Buddhists view world peace. … [Read more...] about Buddhist Peace: The Final Frontier at YCC

I am sick of this election. There have been interesting points, and it even still boasts the kind of controversy associated with the end of the Clinton administration. It's just gone on too long, or rather it just started too early. Maybe we're just so eager to push the Bush … [Read more...] about Election Burnout

The New York State department of Health has recently reported that nearly 1 million women get pregnant each year before the age of 20. The numbers are increasing daily and according to research done by the department, 2,800 teens are getting pregnant each day. Although these … [Read more...] about Safe Sex Increasing Among College Aged Youth

In the Yuba-Sutter area, many currently enrolled college students are the first in their families to receive any sort of higher education. Yuba and Sutter counties have a large percentage of older students coming back to school, or even enrolling for their first time. Because … [Read more...] about Basic Skills Initiative: Working for Change