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Texting slang not a way to ace a paper

By AJ Edwards | July 1, 2013

Texting has become so important to the way we communicate we have even begun to shorten or abbreviate entire words to make them easier to type as shorthand texts.While texting may be an easy way to ask your friend which bar they plan on frequenting this...

The similarities between crows and humans

By Kayla Nebel | April 18, 2012

Humans are simple creatures. We clean up to go out and show off. Bright objects catch our eye and sometimes fascinate us to the point of obsession, and in desperation we will eat almost anything. We live shore to shore on almost every continent on Earth...