Month: October 2008

Carving the health benefits of pumpkins

It is that time of the year when many will begin their search for the perfect pumpkin and spend countless hours figuring out how to carve it into a Jack-O-Lantern masterpiece. This is the time of the year when pumpkins will manifest into creatures during Halloween night; when mothers will spend countless hours in the kitchen making their homemade recipes of pumpkin pie and pumpkin rolls. This is also the time of the year where pumpkins adorn the walkway to houses and sweaters. However, while pumpkins may be useful as decorations for the fall season, they provide a greater purpose to serve as health benefits to the body.

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Revitalize Your Body and Spirit

Have you ever been through a period of time where you just feel super tired and lethargic and you don’t ever feel like doing the things you really love to do? Well here is some interesting information that can help you to create a great personal makeover.

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The Color of Love: Embracing and Accepting Interracial Relationships

Relationships. All of us (whether we want to admit it or not) have had them or want them at some point in our lives. The truth is that no man is an island and we need something called love to survive. Unfortunately, the ideas of misguided generations have created barriers to what kind of relationship one should have. One of the largest barriers is labeled race.

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Heritage Day prompts students to give back

On Saturday, October 25th the African American Cultural Center (AACC) will welcome scores of area kids for this year’s Heritage Day. Heritage Day is an annual event that involves students from multiple student organizations working with area students, most of them ranging from six to fourteen years old.

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