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<title><![CDATA[Commitment takes balance and strength]]></title>
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<author> Amanda L. Abad </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Amanda L. AbadSex and the Sun<br><p>
	While having lunch with a friend, I asked her if her long-time boyfriend was 'the one.' She said she wasn't sure because she's a commitment-phobe, someone who cannot or will not commit to any person in any relationshi
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Technology advances and smothers us]]></title>
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<author> Angela Van Ostran </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Angela Van OstranThe Spinning Wheel<br><p>
	In a store the other day an adorable toddler wandered up to me and set a very slobbered-on iPhone in my lap. I'd never touched one before and this one wasn't making a good first impression.
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Basketball fever hits our region]]></title>
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<author> Anthony Dacong </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Anthony DacongThe Quick Slant<br><p>
	San Diego is not a city branded for its tradition in sports. With its illustrious beaches and laid-back lifestyle there is plenty to keep the inhabitants occupied other than underachieving sports franchises that have plagued the city since, well and hellip...</p>]]>

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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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	San Diego is not a city branded for its tradition in sports. With its illustrious beaches and laid-back lifestyle there is plenty to keep the inhabitants occupied other than underachieving sports franchises that have plagued the city since, well&hellip...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rediscovering a grand South Bay treasure ]]></title>
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<author> Albert Fulcher </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Albert FulcherThe Human Chord<br><p>
	Hiking the trails, I went with one objective and -not to have one.
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011</pubDate>
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	Hiking the trails, I went with one objective&-not to have one.
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<title><![CDATA[Yes, love can conquer great distance]]></title>
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<author>  By Amanda L. Abad </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span> By Amanda L. Abad<br><p>Many  people are pessimistic when it comes to long distance relationships. It  seems as if nothing but the negative 'what-ifs' fill their heads instead  of what brought the couple together in the first place. Long distance  relationships can be successful...</p>]]>

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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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<media:description><![CDATA[Many  people are pessimistic when it comes to long distance relationships. It  seems as if nothing but the negative 'what-ifs' fill their heads instead  of what brought the couple together in the first place. Long distance  relationships can be successful...]]></media:description>
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<title><![CDATA[Can long distance relationships survive time and miles?]]></title>
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<author> By Anthony Dacong </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>By Anthony DacongNo, technology cannot replace contact<br><p>Many people are na and iuml;ve enough to believe that love conquers all, that  distance is but another obstacle to overcome in their fairy tale love  story. Some convince themselves that absence simply makes the heart grow  fonder. The truth is, most long dis...</p>]]>

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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Student employment is not an equal opportunity]]></title>
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<author> Cody Yarbro </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Cody Yarbro<br><p>Southwestern College administration has taken a lot from students, such  as classes, freedom of speech and money. Now the school is removing any  chance for middle class students starting and finishing college in a  timely manner....</p>]]>

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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Faith and science both seem to be on shaky ground]]></title>
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<author> Jillian Harian-Harton </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Jillian Harian-Harton<br><p>Mankind, clamoring for answers, struggles to find the truth between  science and faith begins to advance itself in this race of answers.  
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[American standards pale against Italy’s beauty ]]></title>
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<author> Jen Moreno </author>

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<![CDATA[<img src=><br /><span class="by">By: </span>Jen Moreno<br><p>Culture shock can be electrifying. Going from a New World city with fast  food restaurants on every corner, stores that never close and cars that  fit up to eight people to an Old World city with just two McDonald's,  shops whose hours are more mysterious...</p>]]>

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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010</pubDate>
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