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Issue Date: Thursday, April 07, 2011 Issue: Vol. 10, Issue 6 Last Update: Thursday, April 07, 2011

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Libyan uprising forces U.N. action

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Claudia Morales/Section Editor

As unrest rises in the Middle East, it is said that “Tunisia lit the candle, Egypt blew on it, and now it is spreading.” Quotes of that nature, eloquently summing up the tumult, as well as ones spread
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Bright Futures is in danger of budget cuts

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Stefany Gomez/co-Editor-in-Chief

Just as state universities’ tuition is on the rise, Bright Futures is on the verge of suffering from big cuts.
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Apple releases iPad 2 to eager consumers

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Raphael De La Cruz/Staff Reporter

It has been almost a year since Apple Inc. hit the jackpot with the launch of the highly successful iPad. Tagged “the year of the tablets,” competitors such as Samsung, Research in Motion and Motorola
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Florida highways close toll booths in favor of SunPass

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Michael Formosa/Staff Reporter

The Florida turnpike was started in the mid 1950s and was completed in 1957. In 1986, the first toll was introduced to the Florida turnpike. The toll was at Sawgrass Expressway 869. It provided a bypa
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Disney World decides to cancel Grad Nite in Florida

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Jonathan Reyes/Managing Editor

Disney’s Grad Nite has proven to be one of the most anticipated events of the year for thousands of high school seniors. Students have had “magical” experiences at The Magic Kingdom (Disney’s Hollywoo
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Japan forces hard look at nuclear energy

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Brian Goins/co-Editor-in-Chief

Off the coastal shores of northern Japan, the epicenter of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake (the highest to ever strike the country) set off a calamitous tsunami sending walls of rushing water sweeping away
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Editorial

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Editorial Board

News, by its very definition, is information about recent and important events. It is the result of a world and society where change happens by the second. News shapes the world we live in and the fut
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Rock music journalism is magic

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Kimberly Slichter/Staff Reporter

Although rock music journalism has only been around for a little over half a century, the nerve and poetic quality that once encompassed this idiosyncratic form of writing has too soon dissolved into
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Inspiration comes in all forms

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Brittany Villegas/Staff Reporter

A couple years back, a good friend of mine introduced me to a band called Hollywood Undead, and although it wasn’t my style of music, per se, I listened to the song she played for me with an open mind
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Stem cells are future of medicine

Thursday, April 07, 2011 By: Danny Galvez/Staff Reporter

Stem cells have become the hot topic in the media as well as advancing medicine. Stem cells are cells which can take on the properties of the cells around them. This is useful as a medicinal treatment
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