International Relations

The most important aspect of understanding foreign affairs and global issues is creating equal ground between a plans decision maker’s and beneficiaries. Developing countries have a low sense of power because of oppression and poverty. 
Bush recently made a trip to tour five African countries for the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program. It is a [...]

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Generate Skills in School

 
Most of my fellow seniors are nervous for graduation. Well, not graduation, but the abrupt change of lifestyle we will experience afterward.  The transition is a day looming in the near future. The potential for the rest of our lives is around the corner, but the majority of graduating seniors don’t know what they will be doing after the caps are tossed into [...]

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Government Wants Money Put into U.S. Economy

It’s a dream come true when you are told that you are getting paid for no reason. But, there has to be a catch if the money is not coming from a raise, loan, or paycheck, right?
The United States national debt is skyrocketing and in order to stimulate the economy, the federal government has a [...]

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Social Media Can Build Client Relationships

  It is said that word of mouth is the number one marketing tool used by company’s. No mouth is wider and more vocal than the Internets’. The Internet is among one of the tools used throughout social media, a trend gaining popularity throughout Public Relations. 
As of September 2007, approximately 1,244,449,601 people worldwide use the Internet. Millions [...]

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Polar Bears to Extinction, What Next?

I’m a West Coast girl and, as the stereotype goes, I’m one of those hippies who cares about our green Earth. I was asked the question yesterday, “Do you like polar bears?” This questions came from a young activists from Greenpeace and so I started once again to think about the environment and the effects of global warming.
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Providing the Nation with Hope

“Yes We Can” emphasizes one more reason why Barack Obama swept Hillary Clinton in Washington State, Louisiana and Nebraska on Saturday.
“For when we have faced down
impossible odds, when we’ve been told we’re not ready or that we
shouldn’t try or that we can’t, generations of Americans have responded
with a simple creed that [...]

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Hillary’s Tears

The Presidential Campaigns of 2008 are more unique than any other in the past. Candidates are gaining celebrity status and their personalities are turning into separate brand names. 
Adrants writes that Hillary Clinton started as the “Lead Brand” as she was gaining Democratic popularity. Barack Obama challenged Clinton’s campaign and became the [...]

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Salem Friends Reflect

My thoughts and prayers go out for the Nagel family.
Jared Nagel (right) works at the IKE Box in downtown Salem in 2005. Courtesy of StatesmanJournal.com.
People may be spending a lot of time celebrating Mardi Gras or the Chinese New Year, but I would like to take a moment and reflect on a fellow West Salem [...]

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Networking for Jobs

I’m at the point in my life where it’s time to look for a job. I have several interests that mainly direct me to working in Health Care PR for children’s hospitals. After researching for jobs I hit a wall and decided to search Web sites on how best to start job searching. The Find a [...]

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Super Bowl Sunday

Welcome to Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008.
The Super Bowl is one of the most-watched television shows of the year that defines America and its leisure activities. According to Gender, Race and Class in Media written by Dines and Humez, the media “contributes to educating us about how to behave and what to [...]

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