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Lighting Up Cars for Hanukkah

ABC News On Campus reporter Joshua Zuber blogs: Whether it's decorating a Christmas tree, or lighting a candle on the menorah, most of us have our traditions around the holiday season. But in the Squirrel Hill community of Pittsburgh, there's...

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December 26, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

We're Dreaming of a Cheap Christmas

ABC News on Campus reporter Carly Swain blogs: After studying for finals for weeks (or 36 hours straight), you start packing your suitcase to head home for Winter Break and find yourself in quite a predicament. You’re going home for...

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December 23, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

'Repeal Day' Celebrated

ABC News On Campus reporter Marilia Brocchetto blogs: What's Repeal Day, you may ask? Well, it has become a day to celebrate the ratification of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment, which had banned the sale and importation...

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December 10, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Hate-Speech Code Could Face Obstacles

ABC News on Campus reporter Walter Storholt blogs: University of North Carolina President Erskine Bowles has hired a committee to investigate ways to block hate speech on the system's 16 campuses. But a senior staff attorney for the North Carolina...

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December 8, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (5)

Gator Nation Ready to Add to Swagger

ABC News On Campus reporter Dominick Tao blogs: As with any game of this magnitude, the early buzz has been more like a chest-rattling din. The chatter -- no, the sometimes shouting debates raging in living rooms and chat rooms...

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December 6, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)

No Spring Semester for 400 Syracuse Students?

ABC News On Campus reporter Matt Gelb blogs: Syracuse University launched an emergency drive Thursday to raise an additional $2 million by Jan. 31 to help students deal with the rising costs of attending college. According to the university, about...

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December 5, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (11)

Frugality Shortens Holiday Wish Lists

ABC News On Campus reporter Sabina Kuriakose blogs: Sheila Sood noticed something a little strange this holiday season. “It’s odd, because normally this time of year people are thinking about what gifts they’re excited to get for the holidays,” said...

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December 5, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

Dickens Festivities Light Up Town

ABC News On Campus reporter Meghan Lisson blogs: I live in Skaneateles, a little town in the heart of the Finger Lakes region of New York State. Boutiques and little shops line the main road through the village. We have...

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December 3, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (8)

World AIDS Day: Why Don't We Care More?

ABC News On Campus reporter Dominick Tao blogs: Last night a friend sent me a message via Facebook chat. "I have a 104 fever," he wrote. "Must be the HIV." He was kidding, of course. My friend was just sick...

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December 1, 2008 | Permalink | User Comments (3)