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The annual Student Health Services (SHS) flu vaccination clinic for students and staff will provide 2,000 doses of the vaccine to help protect the community protect from the highly contagious virus. The clinic will be held on Oct. 26 and 27 in the Wilbur Cross South Reading Room from 9 a. (0) comments
Each year on Halloween, UConn students get dressed up in costume to go out trick-or-treating with the main goal of stuffing their pillowcases with pounds of candy. This year, Hillel at UConn is presenting students with an alternative to trick-or-treating: Trick-or-Canning. (0) comments
Viewers that watched last night's gubernatorial debate between Republican Governor Jodi Rell and Democratic challenger John DeStefano on television, might have been a little surprised to see the event accompanied by an unlikely television ad from Clifford Thornton, the Green Party nominee for governor. (1) comment
What is generally meant to help is hurting students across the country in rising numbers. The abuse of prescription pills has increased drastically over the years, as shown in a recent survey conducted by the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs. The survey took place between September 2005 and February of this year, and found that 15 percent of 11th graders, 9 percent of ninth graders, and 4 percent of seventh graders use prescriptions recreationally, according to the Washington Post. (1) comment