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When Tyler Clementi, a gay student from Rutgers University took his own life, campus pressure forced the university to open its doors to gender-neutral housing.

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Opening a door for tolerance

Unlike the majority of the 345 NCAA Division I basketball teams in the country, SIUE can say it ended its season with a victory.The Cougars did not win the NCAA tournament or any of the other three post-season tournaments. What they did accomplish was an 84-55 victory over NAIA Hannibal LaGrange to push their record to 8-21 finalizing their three-year stint as a Division I Independent.

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Men’s basketball ends with a win against Hannibal LaGrange

“As Co-Captain, I would actually like to tip my hat to the Co-Captains of the Club for our fine leadership in Austin.” The HBS Soccer Club looked to continue its successful run from last fall into the spring this past month as it journeyed to Austin, TX for the annual Texas MBA Soccer Classic, the largest MBA tournament in the country.

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HBS Soccer Club Strong Showing In Austin

The second annual Hangout Music Festival will take place May 20-22 in Gulf Shores, Ala. Only in its second year, The Hangout Music Festival has already set itself apart from the other music festivals offered around the country

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Hangout Music Fest boasts unique lineup

A recent research poll found 45 of Americans feel things are going well in the country.

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Video: American Optimism

What began as a German tradition in 1886 in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pa., has turned into one of the most sought after events in the country. From a group of ladies in Houston, to a group of students from the Jersey Shore, thousands gathered in the freezing rain and ice early Wednesday, marking the 125th Annual Groundhog Day celebration and trek to Gobblers Knob.

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Punxsutawney Phil predicts early spring

As a human-an empathy-oriented and rationally-driven being-it is not hard to find myself disgusted with any number of prospects and situations in my life, my city, my country or my world. When struggling with my own confusion in this quickening life, I turn to the words of J.M. Coetzee, who said “all creatures come into the world bringing with them the memory of justice.” We are weaned off youthful idealism by the hard hammerings of a fast-paced and trying society and decide true peace is unattainable

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Westboro’s attempt to exploit suffering in Arizona fails

In much of these United States, although more so south of the Mason-Dixon line than in the North East of the country, there exists a tradition that can trace its root back into antiquity. An event that had parents and would-be well wishers scrambling to and fro.

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Fate for soccer players in USA

The Strand, the tenth oldest operating movie theatre in the country, will undergo $5 million in revamping efforts before the years end.

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An old time favorite will undergo improvements

As SIUE walked off the court following a 27-point loss to Purdue last season, it left the Cougars exhausted.Forward David Boarden sat down with now-graduated guard Aamir McCleary to discuss how SIUE lost. SIUE played the fourth ranked team in the country close in the first half before the Boilermakers pulled away to easily escape on national television.

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Challenges await upstart Cougars