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		<title>Girls Scouts face boycott over welcoming a transgender girl</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 14- year- old Ventura County resident declared a boycott on Girl Scout cookies after hearing the Girls Scouts of Colorado was considering allowing a transgendered child to join. According to New York Daily News, The teenager uploaded the YouTube video in protest of 7-year-old Booby Montania joining the organization. The video argued that Girl [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PeoplePoll: How do you celebrate Black History Month?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“In the past my private school would do different commemorative events to MLK, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou.” Sebastiana Laremat freshman mass media/bursiness major “Looking up black inventors and reflecting and realizing how fortunate we are that our lives are easier because of these inventions.” Gregory Smith freshman office administration and technology major “I celebrate Black [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Separating church and state</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/02/02/separating-church-and-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[J. Daniel Young]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The religious leanings of our politicians are almost as prevalent as their stand on the issues – which are often impacted by their religious beliefs.]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t mess with how I dress</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Turner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to the classroom, students should have to worry about tests and papers, not how they are dressed.]]></description>
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		<title>The union’s in need of help</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/01/26/the-union%e2%80%99s-in-need-of-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[J. Daniel Young]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama opened his annual State of the Union Address with a lesson in cohesion, working together and having one another’s back. He pointed out that the heroes coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan had to work together in order to accomplish their goals; a recurring theme throughout the speech. While his words rang true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers learn how to educate</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/01/26/teachers-learn-how-to-educate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a child in a public school, you may want to look at a study that has set the education world abuzz this month. You may also want to ask your child&#8217;s principal or superintendent what he or she plans on doing with the information. Harvard and Columbia researchers discovered that quality teachers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PeoplePoll: Who is your ideal candidate for the upcoming election?</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/01/26/peoplepoll-who-is-your-ideal-candidate-for-the-upcoming-election/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/01/26/peoplepoll-who-is-your-ideal-candidate-for-the-upcoming-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Doesn’t make a difference-they’re just a pretty face anyways.” Heidi Duthoy MS psychology major “Unless Ron Paul gets the Republican vote, I’m still voting for Obama.” Yannick Gill junior Spanish major “ Ron Paul 2012!” Clark Franzman sophomore theater major “I would like to see President Obama re-elected.”Brittany Vereen senior sociology major “ I support [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grinding down on the books</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/01/26/grinding-down-on-the-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amber Smith]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of the worst economic times since the Great Depression, it's easy to get caught up in our own affairs and take certain things for granted.]]></description>
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		<title>Students choose digitalization</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/01/19/students-choose-digitalization/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/01/19/students-choose-digitalization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spring semester 2012 has started, and the first week is all about getting textbooks. Since most of the books are expensive and sometimes the bookstore runs out of stock, students find the process stressful. Purchasing E-books is one of the options available to students now. “E-books came out around 2004 and it has been growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PeoplePoll: What do you think about the Internet having censorship rules?</title>
		<link>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/01/19/peoplepoll-what-do-you-think-about-the-internet-having-censorship-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.vsuspectator.com/2012/01/19/peoplepoll-what-do-you-think-about-the-internet-having-censorship-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rebecka McAleer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“ They should have censorship because kids are getting exposed to a lot of information without their parents knowing.” Brandon Spellman sophomore accounting major “ I don’t really mind them having censorship rules.” Damian Gray junior mass media major “ I think it’s stupid!” Cyle Brown freshman chemistry major “ I think it goes against [...]]]></description>
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