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The art of tattooing

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:29:00 -0400

By: Brittanny Townsend

Most students at Muskingum probably hated getting their shots when they were young, but these days students are paying someone to poke us with needles. Tattoos are becoming more mainstream even with the extreme cost. Tattoo shops can either charge by t...

California 13-year-old to attempt to climb Everest

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:27:45 -0400

By: Raquel Maria Dillon

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 13-year-old California boy plans to try to climb Mount Everest in a quest to reach the summits of the highest peaks on all seven continents. If Jordan Romero succeeds, he’ll become the youngest person to conquer the wor...

Health Care Bill Has Pros, Cons For Students

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 16:26:34 -0400

By: Nicole Pyers

The recently passed health care bill has inspired emotional responses from both sides of the issue, mostly because the bill will effect everyone - including students. What does this health care reform mean for Americans and more specifically what does th...

International Peace Walk passes through New Concord

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:20:29 -0400

By: Cheyenne Campbell

Last Friday, members of the Catholic Students Coalition welcomed the weary travelers of the Footprints for Peace campaign to New Concord and the Muskingum University campus. Footprints for peace is leading the International Peace Walk which began at the ...

Christian pilgrims mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem

Wed, 7 Apr 2010 14:16:22 -0400

By: Shira Rubin

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Christians from around the world marched from the Mount of Olives into Jerusalem to mark Palm Sunday, retracing the steps of Jesus 2,000 years ago. The pilgrims waved national and church flags and followed a white...

Column: The real meaning of "Yeah Red"

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:22:22 -0400

By: Chloe Moloney

If you&rs...

Cultural Corner: Searching for the American Culture

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:19:48 -0400

By: Allison Maykuth

When thin...

Column: $2 on $20? I Think Not!

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 18:18:23 -0400

By: Danielle Mathes

A server's guide to tipping

Imagine standing in the middle of a crowded restaurant with a heavy tray full of food, and people screaming commands at you from all directions. “Miss! I need a refill!” “Ma’am, there’s a hair in my food!” “Can w...

Student Loan Reform Connected To Health Care Bill

Mon, 22 Mar 2010 22:44:48 -0400

By: Jim Kuhnhenn

Interest made on student loans will help pay for health care reform

Riding the coattails of a historic health care vote, the House on Sunday also passed a broad reorganization of college aid that affects millions of students and moves President Barack Obama closer to winning yet another of his top domestic policies....

Rep. Space Decides To Vote Against Health Care Bill

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:14:15 -0400

By: Joshua Chaney

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Pivotal moments in American health care history:

—1798: The Act for the Relief of Sick and Disabled Seamen in 1798 marks the beginning of federal involvement in health care. —1854: President Franklin Pierce vetoes a national mental ...

Obama close to health law success that eluded past

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:09:12 -0400

By: Calvin Woodward

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rarely does the government, that big, clumsy, poorly regarded oaf, pull off anything short of war that touches all lives with one act, one stroke of a president's pen. Such a moment now seems near. After a year of riotous argument...

Ohio State: Employee kills co-worker, then self

Tue, 9 Mar 2010 14:44:06 -0500

By: Matt Leingang

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio State University custodial employee who received a bad job evaluation shot two co-workers in a campus maintenance building, killing one of them, and then fatally shot himself, officials said Tuesday. Nathaniel Brown...

Column: Loopy laws all across the United States

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:15:35 -0500

By: Chloe Moloney

Everywhere in the United States, no matter how far into the wilderness you roam, there are always going to be laws...the supreme law of the land, created by our glorious founding fathers and then some. Of course, we all have our opinions on laws ...

Muskingum Track continues its progression

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:14:09 -0500

By: Donte Artis

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New credit card act brings changes for students’

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 15:32:35 -0500

By: Cree Walker

Credit cards are the evil enemy to college students everywhere, or that’s what we have been told. But what has the recently passed credit card bill done to help those of us who could not resist the temptations of being a cardholder? 78 percent of ...