Pilot Inspektor is my personal favorite. My sister’s is Audio Science.
What am I talking about? Celebrity baby names, of course.
With the recent birth of Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz’s baby boy, Bronx Mowgli, I thought baby names would be an interesting rese
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When talking to college students, the general consensus was that yes, they missed their homes. Yes, they missed Mom doing their laundry. But what did everyone admit they missed about home?
Their dogs. Why? As one college student put it, “You can’t talk on the phone to your
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“Going Green” is a phrase that is used so often today, it sometimes loses its force. With celebrities building “green” houses, and wearing “green” clothes, people today have begun to get the impression that being green can only be for the wealthy.
Green is a term used to describe the env
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I was home for all of five minutes before my mom began to gush over her newest girl-crush. She’s genuine, she’s stylish, and she’s a great mother.
She’s Michelle Obama.
When I spoke to several other people about this, my mother’s newest obsession, the
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Screaming fans, midnight showings…vampires?
How do these all relate? The Twilight movie! The movie, opening nationwide November 21, is causing mass chaos among the over 17 million fans who can’t wait to see Edward Cullen on screen. The midnight showing of this
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Our Illinois contributor tells some ghost stories about campus.
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Who knew the prize for the OSU vs. U of I game was so adorable?
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Teaching assistants are extremely common on the University of Illinois campus. In my 5 semesters at this school, I have had 13 TAs. TAs are usually students themselves, applying for their masters or doctorates in the subject in which they are teaching.
This can have both positive
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Since kindergarten, we were told to be safe and look both ways before crossing the street. U of I goes one step further, with SafeWalks, a program started on campus in order to prevent assaults occurring, especially late at night. SafeWalks was designed for the most part, for girls who are walking
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Some tales of woe from students who have tried to find help at Illinois' health center.
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Barack Obama is the new president-elect of the United States of America.
When the news was released that Obama was the projected winner of the 2008 election, screams and cheers broke out across the campus from those who wanted him to win. Dozens of student
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Brobama is having an Election Night mega-rally at Grant Park tonight. All of Chicago is going insane. Companies are letting their employees off at 3 pm to avoid the million people that are expected. The CTA is using long trains to accommodate. A mill
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College is certainly entertaining. When I asked ten students at U of I if they would consider this university “fun,” all ten answered yes immediately. But though college is filled with friends, parties, and laughter, it is also sometimes stressful. Whether this stress is caused by difficult
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Halloween at U of I is an experience everyone should be able to have before his or her all-too-short college career ends. There is no better place than college for girls to dress up as slutty cops, or slutty fairies, or just sluts, and get away with it. There’s no parental test to pass before lea
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No matter what people say about taking organic chemistry or solving long math problems, I maintain that being an English major is the most difficult on campus. I became an English major for the same reasons as any other of my fellow fools: I loved to read and write, and hope not t
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