Author Archives: Alexx Engles

HIV/AIDs in Champaign-Urbana

AS MANY OF US KNOW, HIV/AIDS has become a major epidemic in Africa. In 2007, the UN estimated that about 1.9 million people were newly infected with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. We see many billboards and other media reminding us … Continue reading

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The Wolf in Hipster’s Clothing

With the newly opened Urban Outfitters on Green Street, we are not only inviting yet another huge corporation to suck money out of our community; we are also furthering our town’s gradual corporatization. Urban Outfitters is a unique corporation because … Continue reading

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