By Maddie Galassi
November 30, 2015
A University student has found a way to fix a common problem many students encounter in the nightlife — paying cover at bars.Cover’d, which launched November 17, is an app that allows users to pay for cover at Kam’s on their mobile device, eliminating the need for cash to enter the bar. Th...
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By Sarah Foster
April 21, 2015
They found her in the middle of the Syrian Desert.
She was 2 years old, lying abandoned on the side of the road, when a group of French nuns first approached her. They were there to save other stranded children just like her, hoping to bring them back to French orphanages for safety. Without a family o...
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By Brittney Nadler
September 15, 2014
It was a girl that changed *Derrick’s life the night she introduced him to alcohol.
In high school, he was the kid that got mad at friends who used substances and often wondered why anyone would hang out with “that” crowd. He was “in the shell,” and a “loser,” as he described himself. Until he...
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