BY DEBBIE WONG
“In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; in all things, love.”
Those words are displayed on the front wall of the Main Street Moravian Church in Northfield, and they are the words that Pastor Amy Gohdes-Luhman used to open the Town Hall Meeting on drug abuse held in Northfield on Nov. 8.
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Health Care
Former Young Addicts Speak About Drug Abuse in Northfield
The Health-Wealth Connection: Janet Lewis Muth
BY BRIAN GILBERT
Listen to: A Podcast with Janet Lewis Muth
Growing Up Healthy
What major factors contribute to good health? Janet Lewis Muth has three possible answers: access to affordable housing, access to public transportation, and access to affordable, healthy food.
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At Carleton, the 4th Annual Global Swim Against Sarcoma
BY NORA CASSIDY
Ted Mullin
This past Saturday, all over the world, swimmers swam their hardest for a man they never met.
From Carleton College in Northfield to Windhoek, Namibia and Townsville, Australia, swimmers “left it all in the pool” for the 4th annual Ted Mullin Hour of Power. The event is a non-stop relay that raises...
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From Students with Disabilities, Stories of Effort, Empathy and ‘the Stubbornness not to Die’
Sam Dunnewold, a Carleton sophomore, speaks at "This Is My Story." Photo courtesy of Veasey Conway.
BY MAIA RODRIGUEZ
When Sarah Carter was first tested in grade school for a possible learning disability, the test results were disappointing – she had dyslexia. But even more disappointing in some ways was the response of the school...
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Avoiding Health Insurance ‘Death Spiral’ is Key, Carleton Speakers Say
BY JULIA OLSON
A recent talk on health care at Carleton College began with members of the audience, mostly students, telling the group why they had come.
Nearly every student said they felt under-informed about the present national debate on health care reform.
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Paul Thissen, Campaigning for Governor at Carleton, Says Economic Security is Top Issue
Gubernatorial candidate Paul Thissen talks with Carleton student Yoni Blumberg
BY LEAF ELHAI
Two days after Minnesotans went to the polls on Nov. 3 to elect a new slate of local officials, one politician, DFL Rep. Paul Thissen, was still hard on the campaign trail.
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Mohamed Bakri, VISTA’s Man on Campus, Works for Better Health Care for All
Mohamed Bakri
BY BRIAN GILBERT
After decades of impassioned debate leading to no substantive legislation, the epoch of health reform may finally be ready to reverse that trend.
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In Northfield, Sen. Marty Pushes ‘Minnesota Health Plan’ to Cut Costs, Broaden Coverage
BY MAIA RODRIGUEZ
Last Thursday night at the Northfield Community Resource Center, DFL state Senator John Marty argued that the current state and federal health care system was simply “not good enough,” and elaborated on the key principles of a new state health care proposal that he said would provide better care and cut costs...
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What the Pharmacist Sees: Tough Trade-Offs During Tough Times
BY JEFFREY JUUL
During the economic downturn of the past year, people have had to make sacrifices, at times compromising their own health care for bare necessities like food, daycare or adequate clothing.
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Parents Address Youth Drug Abuse with ‘Take it to the Box’
BY KATE MCDONALD
A new program to reduce drug abuse among area young people is targeting not the youths themselves but rather their parents.
Specifically the program takes aim at the sloppy way that many adults dispose of their extra prescription drugs, or leaves them around for children to pick up and start using.
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