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Best Buddies host ‘Spread the Word to End the Word’ event

By Alex Fiore | February 28, 2011

DeKALB | NIU students will pledge to amend their vocabularies in Gabel Hall Wednesday as part of Best Buddies' "Spread the Word to End the Word" event. The national event is designed to help people eliminate the word "retard" from everyday conversation,...