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Vet Thanks Vets
Posted  on June 25, 2008 at 6:05 PM
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Neil's deployment in Fallujah, Iraq could have been completely different if it wasn't for all those who fought before him.Click here to see Neil's story.

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A New Way To Network
Posted  on June 05, 2008 at 10:22 AM
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“With the current economic situation, getting hired seems like a big accomplishment for college graduates,” said Justin Shane who graduated this May from the University of Arizona.

Even before the economy took a down turn, Shane was concerned about getting a job after college. He, like many students, thought one perk of joining a fraternity would be getting a leg up in the job market. However, he found out it isn’t quite that easy.

“When I first joined my fraternity, networking with alumni for job opportunities was a huge positive,” Shane said. “When I was a junior in college, I started to network with FIJI alumni.  Quickly, I realized how difficult it was to find alumni that were in my field and in a hiring position.  From this problem, the idea forugreekrow.comevolved.”

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Arizona's Republican State Convention
Posted  on May 18, 2008 at 11:46 PM
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"It's was a little Rowdy at first," Jennifer Bollig said about the "necessary chaos" of her first Republican State convention.

 

More than 1,000 people showed up at Saturday's event, where state delegates chose the people to represent Arizona at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota this September.

 

The morning was a little hectic, but everything ran more smoothly than at Nevada's convention on April 26, which was recessed after Ron Paul supporters outnumbered McCain supporters in Nevada's delegation to the National Convention.

 

Amid speeches, campaigning Congressmen, suits, and white hair, young faces stood out of the crowd. Many were volunteers, from the Teenage Republicans, College Republicans, and Republican Professionals organization, but a few participated in the process.

 

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Apparrel with a Purpose
Posted  on May 14, 2008 at 8:25 AM
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This past February, three socially minded seniors, Ryan Brown and Nick Stewart of University of Arizona and Brock Ameele of Oregon State University, launched a campaign to support our troops stationed in Iraq called Thankful for Freedom.

 

"With graduation rapidly approaching and the 'real world' ever looming, a longing and urge arose to address current issues--not to just talk about them but to actually make a difference and do something," Ameele, Brown and Stewart explained onthankfulforfreedom.com.

 

Without expressing their personal feelings towards the war in Iraq, the trio has set out to build their own million-member army--outfitting them in olive green shirts with a yellow ribbon on the front. They also aim to raise $5 million to be shared among Disabled American Veterans, Give 2 the Troops, Hire Heroes USA, and the United Services Organization.

 

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Earth Day At UA
Posted  on April 21, 2008 at 1:37 PM
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On Wednesday, the University of Arizona was hit with a campus wide blackout which caused a ton of classes to be canceled. Having no electricity was a crisis to some, but for the school’s Earth Day Celebration and Campus Sustainability Fair it became a unique opportunity. Though the outage had nothing to do with environmentalism, it did, by coincidence, reinforce the organizers’ message and gave students more free time to enjoy the event. “The goal of today is for someone to come here and learn something new about what sustainability is, and how they can contribute,” fair organizer Liz Zavodsky said. “It’s not hard at all, and I think people will stop by and see how easy it is to eat locally, to shop locally, and to really make a difference. Those who wanted to protect the planet pledged to lower their footprint and support campus sustainability initiatives. “I will consider the environmental, social and economic impact of my daily decisions,” the oath said. “I will...
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April in Arizona
Posted  on April 01, 2008 at 7:36 AM
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Depending on which tee-shirt you read, anything could be the new black. Attendees at this year’s Solar Rock are bound to think green is the new black. The 100-percent solar powered concert and festival aims to educate the public about the effects of climate change. As if they can’t feel it every summer when the temperature hits record setting triple digits.

 

“A solar powered concert and festival would be the best way to get the word out about solar power and global warming,” one of the event organizers, Natalie Shepp, said of Saturday’s second-annual shindig, which will feature local bands, speakers, and tons of information about alternative energy.

 

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Super What?
Posted  on March 16, 2008 at 10:53 PM
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Is there anything about this election that is not bigger than ever? We’ve seen two Super Tuesdays, and voter turn out is super high, and super-sized budgets are funding a super tight Democratic race. It seems like the word “super” is about to lose all its meaning. So what are next… super delegates.

The super delegates causing a buzz this election have been around for years. Anyone born after 1982 doesn’t know a Democratic primary without them, but few people under the age of 26 know they even exist, let alone understand what they do.   It’s fair to say that people who wore Mebembers Only jackets the first time they were cool don’t totally understand how they work.

“It’s a really confusing system, and I<