Alternative healing practices gain popularity

Alternative healing practices are gaining popularity nationally, and in some cases are compared to western medicine.

Alternative and complementary medicines provide different therapeutic measures than conventional ones to help with pain, and they have been traditionally used around the world for thousands of years. Some students have found using historical Native American practices, ancient Chinese medicine and other alternative forms have benefitted their mental and physical health.

Complementary medicine is a…

After-school programs keep students from risk

Funding may not be secure for some after-school programs, but community residents agree, they are beneficial to K-12 students who spend after-school time unsupervised.

State budgets have been cut substantially during the last four years, and as a result most  after-school programs are in serious jeopardy, said John Shadowens, prevention coordinator for the H-Group for Franklin-Williamson County.

“We’ve had to continually do more with less, and the point is a lot…

Students stretch dollar’s value with coupons

As a single mother who makes $36,000 a year, Rachel Taylor said she only spends $220 a month because of extreme couponing.

Taylor, a graduate student in workforce education and development from West Frankfort, said in tough economic times, college students find it hard to make ends meet. She said extreme couponing creates a system of accountability and sustainability for students.

“What someone typically doesn’t realize is when they begin couponing,…

Organization establishes Native American presence

First-year Native American students may have difficulty adjusting to campus life, because culturally, they have different traditions and values, said Serina Cinnamon.

Cinnamon, vice president of the Native American Student Organization and a graduate student in education from Milwaukee, said without a Native American Resource Center on campus, resources such as NASO can be hard to find for first-year minority students, unless the Registered Student Organization advertises heavily.

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Abuse victims experience trauma for years to come

Rashaud Media said he was 3 years old when he first witnessed abuse against a woman.

Media, a junior from Aurora studying criminal justice, said he was at a his cousin’s birthday party and saw his uncle abusing his aunt. At the age of seven, Media witnessed his aunt get slapped by her husband.Both situations caused him to look at women differently.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Media, president…

Undergraduate Student Government to tighten regulations, create new finance committee

Registered Student Organizations who submit funding requests to Undergraduate Student Government for their events will now face a tighter budget.

USG has $51,096 to allocate to all RSOs until spring allocations in February. USG finance chair Brittany Greathouse  said a new constitution is being created, and along with it will come regulations that set a limit on the amount of money an RSO can request for the school year.

USG President…

Energy supplements serve as students’ study tools

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USG holds emergency meeting in favor of RSOs

Apple products influence students

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Mobile Vet Center visits southern Illinois

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U.S. Department of Education suggests accountability system nationwide

Department wants to award money based on K-12 student performance

Student teachers in teacher-training programs at universities across the country could earn money for their university based on how well the students they student teach perform.

A new system would still focus on evaluations of student teachers but, if approved, would award money…

Potential strike situation comparable to other universities

Three unions on campus negotiating contract terms with the university have authorized to set strike dates, and the fourth union will vote for or against authorization Wednesday. Similar situations have happened in recent years on several college campuses throughout the country.

Ronald Cole, director of university communications at Youngstown State University in Ohio, said the university’s Faculty Union and Classified Workers Union threatened to go on strike before the 2011-2012…

Student organizations request money for events

On-campus student organizations faced a high multitude of questions when they asked for money from the Undergraduate Student Government Tuesday.

Eight out of the nine groups that stood and made their case for event funding were asked many questions about the events they planned to hold on campus.

USG members asked the reasons for the event, costs, history of the event, and past success of the event.

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USG senators initially deny non-religious group

The Undergraduate Student Government voted to recognize a group of non-religious students as a Registered Student Organization after the group was initially rejected over controversy regarding its religious stance.

At the USG meeting Tuesday, five senators voted no to the approval, three voted yes and two abstained from taking a stance. Spencer Tribble, USG vice-president, said he believes the senators may have allowed their religious beliefs to get in the…

Architecture students help New Orleans community

Students in the School of Architecture traveled to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward to rebuild what Hurricane Katrina destroyed.

The students left Sept. 5 and returned Saturday from thier trip to design a school, church and residential area, and find a place to build a grocery store. Their design projects were meant to help bring back what Hurricane Katrina – a storm that hit the U.S. Gulf Coast Aug. 29,…