Archive for ‘November, 2009’

KRANTZ: Southern droll

In my travels over fall break, I ate some turkey, saw some relatives and spent time in the good old South. Exploring the foothills of north Georgia reminded me of the reality that all small farms face: in order to stay in business, they need to sell what they grow.

DONNELLY: Home is where the fleeting sense of belonging is

Upon crossing your hometown’s threshold for the first time in awhile, it takes a seasoned set of eyes to successfully power through your homely seventh grade choral director’s decade-later rendition of ‘I Touch Myself’ at its lone dive bar.

STAFF EDIT: Swiss miss-take

An unexpected result to a referendum held in Switzerland Sunday yielded a new ban on the construction of minarets throughout the country, the religiously symbolic towers that function to summon Muslims to prayer.

STAFF EDIT: Univ. of Can’t-afford-ya

Though word is out that the current economic crisis plaguing the United States is gradually stabilizing, individual states are still finding need for new cutbacks and budget revisions. In California, schools within the University of California system received shocking news that tuition will be raising by 32 percent, starting next fall.

Credit card rates rise

Banks across the country having been raising interest rates on credit cards ahead of new federal regulations that go into affect in February. Fifty percent of Americans have had their credit card interest rate increased in the past six months, according to a Rasmussen report.