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		<title>Letter from the editor By Erin McCarthy</title>
		<link>http://www.theessaymag.com/2012/03/cimbing-rocks-by-erin-mccarthy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 06:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Getting outside of your comfort zone &#160; I FIND JOY IN DOING things that scare the crap out of me. The feeling that comes when a difficult or frightening task is tried is a unique one, and I love it. I find that there’s something valuable in making yourself uncomfortable because it takes a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Access: Athens&#8217; Sunday School for Chinese Students By Yingchi Wei</title>
		<link>http://www.theessaymag.com/2012/03/the-next-four-years-by-lynsie-dickerson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:54:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a foggy morning, and a little bit cold. It is now is 8:25 on a Sunday in January. The campus is very quiet as it usually is on Sunday morning. A group of six Chinese students are standing in front of 36 North McKinley Avenue, and they are all about twenty years old. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Four Years By Lynsie Dickerson</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a word that seniors seem to either desperately avoid or enthusiastically embrace: Graduation. And as June 9 approaches, another reality continues to sink in: I need a job. While some students may be OK with moving back home and then trying to find work, the thought of living at home after college makes me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ridges  By Lindsey Brenkus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eleemccarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What makes the Ridges so attractive to freshman and drunkards alike on a Friday night in Athens? What is appealing about the so-called “ghosts” of its past? In reality the only spirits that visit the grounds are excited students ready to explore the Athens community. When studying the outer architecture of the Ridges it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knitting for Good By Megan Exline</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eleemccarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday nights at Baker Center in the 1804 Lounge, amidst satin curtains, navy blue and orange kaleidoscope carpeting, and a shiny black fireplace, sit members of A Stitch in Athens. Below their quiet banter, you can hear the scitch-scatch sound of their knitting needles flowing at varying speeds. They all have various colors of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climbing Rocks  By Erin McCarthy </title>
		<link>http://www.theessaymag.com/2012/03/an-access-athens-sunday-school-for-chinese-students-by-yingchi-wei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2012 03:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eleemccarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio University’s Ping Center boasts a pretty impressive rock wall. At 36-feet tall, the wall serves as a centerpiece for the recreation center. It is the first thing anyone sees when they walk into the building, and when it’s open, it is always filled with climbers of all different levels. Experienced climbers Shay Rosser and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OU Hockey teaches future Bobcats with Learn to Play programBy Jake Betzner</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A hockey player spends his entire youth trying to earn a spot on an NHL roster. He follows a rigid set of steps for turning the dream into a reality. He sacrifices a night out with friends to wake up for a 5 a.m. Saturday morning practice. He piles his gear into a car to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Beach: Alternative Spring Breaks  By Jordan Chepke</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>eleemccarthy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; At the mention of spring break, what are the first images that flash through your mind? For most college students it is a vision of clear blue waves, white grains of sand, and a warm, calming breeze. For others, however, spring break means something more. As the cold winter air causes geese to fly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Spot a Freshman By Alex Hider</title>
		<link>http://www.theessaymag.com/2011/11/how-to-spot-a-freshman-by-alex-hider/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msimmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Issue 9 "Words of Wisdom"]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We’ve all been there before… new school, new friends, new lifestyle, and no parents. There is no doubt that freshman year of college is the most exciting, different and in some ways scariest year of our young lives. To those who have been there before, we can tell whom you are. For any student in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Moving By Megan Exline</title>
		<link>http://www.theessaymag.com/2011/11/keep-moving-by-megan-exline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 04:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>msimmons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Story by, Megan Exline Photos by, Ross Brinkerhoff &#160; Janalee Stock has always enjoyed exercise, from growing up as a competitive gymnast to finding herself exercising unintentionally while chasing her three kids around the yard. Stock started running 30 years ago by making the two-mile trip from her house to her mailbox and back. She’s [...]]]></description>
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