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ws_table id=”3″ By Sarah Abohana “O beautiful, for spacious skies, for amber waves of grain…” very few songs symbolize our country better than the words of “America the Beautiful,” a song written in the 1890s which was heard then by a population of about 63,000,000 Americans (Census of Population and Housing, www.census.gov). Much has changed since the 1890s. Our country has …

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ws_table id=”3″ An Underestimated IssueBy Corey Gier Poverty.  Health Care.  Economic Instability.  All of these are issues that the people of the United States are readily aware of.  There will always be problems existing in our country.  But a problem that is not commonly considered is the one concerning our steadily growing population.  Many negative effects socially, economically, and environmentally are …

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ws_table id=”3″ By Cheryl Gaul Have you ever seen the stars? I mean truly seen the stars, with no light pollution inhibiting your view? I had not until last year, when my father and I backpacked in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At night, the stars shone with a clarity I had never before thought possible. For sixteen years, I had viewed …

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ws_table id=”3″ By Alison Tuch The subject of population growth has always been important to me.  I was born in Richmond, Virginia and have lived in the area my entire life.  I have seen many negative changes in Chesterfield County, where I grew up, due to exploding growth in population.  These changes range from trailers outside every school to traffic …