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Social Media Play a Larger Role for Young Voters
With advancements in technology and the growing popularity of social media, many views are evident about its place in the political system and its potential to affect young voters. Steven…
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WMU Sustainability Moves Forward
Western Michigan University’s Office of Sustainability is working on a list of over 80 different projects to help turn WMU into a green campus. WMU has pushed forward a solar…
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Cell Phones Allowed in High Schools
High schools all over the country are allowing cell pho during school hours and classes because some school officials believe it may be beneficial to the education of students. Some…
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Programs Seek to Bring Grads Back Home
When recent college graduates leave the state of Michigan, it affects the state’s economy, the president of Michigan Future Inc. said. Lou Glazer said that states with the highest college…
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Single Mothers in Poverty
By Nora Strehl In 2010, 20 percent of the individuals living in Kalamazoo County had an income below the poverty level, which, for a family of three, meant living on…
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Local Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality
By Javon Dobbs Kalamazoo County’s infant mortality rate as a whole has shown a decrease in recent years but a disparity between black and white infants persists. In 2009, Kalamazoo…
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Community Efforts to Combat Poverty and Crime in the Edison Neighborhood
By Jason Koole The Edison Neighborhood Association and Western Michigan University are working to make the Edison neighborhood feel like more of a community, to decrease crime rates and to…
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Vine Neighborhood Burglary Rate Rises
By Meghan Neuland It’s 3 a.m. and Conor Maile, a 25-year-old casino cook, sits in his bedroom on McCourtie Street in the Vine Neighborhood listening to music when he hears…
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Kalamazoo Workers Recognize the Value of a Vehicle
By Meghan Chandler As the daylight hours seep through the blinds, she knows that she has to get up soon. She checks her phone: 10:30 a.m. She has one hour…
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Kalamazoo Hispanic Community Struggling to Reap Benefits of the Kalamazoo Promise
By Ted Yoakum Since its introduction nearly seven years ago, the Kalamazoo Promise has transformed the city’s public education system, giving thousands of students an opportunity many would not have…