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Dec 15, 20112 min read

Professionals Propose Natural, Safe Alternatives to ‘the Pill’

While sitting in her work-study office, senior speech and applied communications major, Leah Hackney was nervous. She wasn’t in trouble...

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Dec 15, 20111 min read

Demolition Derby

Photo by Odochi IBe The 1000 block of Euclid Street NW looked more like a scene out of Transformers Friday afternoon, with broken glass...

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Dec 15, 20111 min read

Sweet Themez Are Made Of These: D.C.’s Cupcake Craze Reaches Adams Morgan

Photo by Odochi Ibe Sweet Themez, the latest cupcakery in a city already over-frosted with dainty dessert shops, has opened in the former...

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Dec 15, 20111 min read

Today in Weird Newspaper Covers

The Examiner also had some funny business on its cover this morning. A Thai child apparently killed a nun…with an oar? The front-page...

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Dec 15, 20112 min read

Sweet Relief: Cupcakes Meet Bulletproof Glass at Olivia’s in Ward 8

Photo by Odochi Ibe In some ways, Olivia’s isn’t all that different from the plethora of other cupcakeries that have proliferated in D.C....

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Dec 15, 20112 min read

Johnny Depp Pours Himself Into His New Film, “The Rum Diary”

The Rum Diary.” The film set in 1960s San Juan, Puerto Rico, where Depp’s character, Paul Kemp a failed novelist travels to Puerto Rico...

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Dec 15, 20112 min read

Popular Contraceptive May Spread HIV, Controversial Method For HIV Prevention Found

Contraceptives that may increase the chances of contracting HIV In the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, doctors have tried...

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Dec 15, 20111 min read

Skynear Designs Opens Up Its Britto Box

the (e)merge art fair and its satellite events, but on Monday, the city and its art scene was back to normal. But one little corner of...

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Dec 15, 20112 min read

Health Roundup Food Allergy & Mortality Rates Among African-Americans

Higher percent of food allergies in Black Children A national study done by Dr. Rajesh Kumar, associate professor of pediatrics at...

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Dec 15, 20112 min read

How to Fit Fitness into Your Schedule

Sweaty men and women, strange metal machines with dangling devices–can you guess where you are. Although some of the equipment is complex...

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Dec 15, 20112 min read

Fight The Freshman 15 Follow these steps to avoid gaining extra pounds and added stress during your

Although the first semester is four months long, many students’ health takes a nosedive. Loaded plates from the cafe buffet, late nights...

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Oct 19, 20111 min read

The Pen is Mightier than the Sword

“”Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault.” I am a journalist. I understand the power of words...

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