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Gender Inequality In The Military (And In Our Backyards)

“It’s rarely discussed in the media and within our society that sexual assault in the military happens to 20 percent of women, and even more experience daily sexual and emotional

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Grand Ol' Prejudice

By Rachel Birdsell I have always been in favor of free speech and would hate to see our country without it. But, sometimes people let things fly out of their

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Making Ripples

By Amanda Bancroft Looking for a spooky way to light your home and yard this Halloween? Consider the eerie illuminations of candles, lamps, and solar lights. Many people carve Jack-o-Lanterns

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Solar Power: Still Emerging?

By Mikel C. Lolley The Earth is an isolated system, and like a battery, the Earth has been storing the sun’s solar energy for 4.5 billion years. Stored as heat,

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The Gene Pool Is Murky

By Rachel Birdsell For those of you unfamiliar with the Darwin Awards, they’re bestowed posthumously to those who have died in spectacularly stupid ways.  Unfortunately, we are narrowing down the

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The Food Awakening Of All

I walked into the kitchen of a friend I had met in the Environmental Awareness Club at the University of Central Missouri. The first thing I noticed was the hanging

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Casings — A Cause For Concern

By Joyce Hale The purpose of casing conduits that pass thousands of feet down into the ground is to create a permanently isolated free-flowing path for gas to come to

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An Ode To Pink

By Rachel Birdsell Ladies, do you ever feel discriminated against by having to use so many things that are obviously made for men? Well, I’m here to ease your frustration

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Making Ripples

By Amanda Bancroft Admit it — at some point, you’ve fantasized about living in a sandcastle you made on the beach as a kid. Or maybe you created a snow

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Pink — The Color of Appreciation

Pink was the first thing I saw, and the last thing I wanted to see at the Becoming An Outdoors-Woman conference hosted by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission last