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No matter what or how much has crumbled around me over the past four years, I've always had the loving arms of my family and the demanding arms of this responsibility to reassure and refrain me at the cliff's edge. That's where I find myself today; not contemplating a jump, but rather actions on a number of situations- the kind of actions that aren't mistaken as nebulous. More ... Recent stories about the rattlesnake hunts reminded me of the do do bird. Do dos were large, clumsy birds that were unable to fly. They became extinct in the 1600s. We're told that rattlesnakes are now threatened with extinction. I say if all of them disappeared from this earth, they would go the same way as the do do bird -- no one would miss them. More ... Derrick Thiel is one of 29 "Bike & Build" volunteers who pedaled through the region this week to raise money for affordable housing. He is a secondyear studio art major at the University of Virginia. I am always up for fun and doing new and creative things, which is why I was inherently drawn to Bike & Build. More ... Dear Editor, Pennsylvania's extensive industrial history has left a legacy of toxic pollution that threatens our environment and public health. Our state continues to lead the nation in the importation of municipal wastes. More than 1,000 abandoned hazardous sites are littered across the state. More ... To the editor: We recently learned about a new scam targeting military families. Typically, the caller (youngsounding, American accent) calls a military spouse and identifies herself as a representative from the American Red Cross. The caller states that the soldier has been injured and cannot receive treatment until paperwork is completed. More ... To the editor: Last week the U.S. Senate, in the midst of procedural gridlock, pulled its immigration bill from the floor. More ... |
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