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Student employment may help replace some MAP grant funding

By Kaylyn Zielinski | March 3, 2016

Students may think only focusing on school is best, but having a job while attending a university is beneficial.While grants and scholarships can help pay for college, it is difficult for many students to earn enough from them to fully pay their tuition....

Fair trade goods sales aid alternative spring break

Fair trade goods sales aid alternative spring break

By Hany Abdel | November 24, 2013

The Sociology Student Advisory Committee invited JustGoods, 201 Seventh St. in Rockford, to sell its ecological and socially responsible handmade goods Wednesday and Thursday in Reavis Hall.The committee and JustGoods agreed that 10 percent of Wednesday...

Class project leads to house bill amendment

By Lauren Dielman | March 5, 2012

A class project for students in a sociology class led to a recently instated amendment to House Bill 180. House Bill 180 is concerned with “disorderly conduct” at a memorial service or funeral. The amendment increases the time that the conduct is...