With the end of the school year right around the corner, many students are in search of the perfect summer job. Jumpstart McLean County may be the answer to some students' job searches. Jumpstart McLean County is currently seeking 15 college students to commit to 300 hours of service over the summer to "working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed.… Post the First Comment

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., resolute defender of the environment, spoke in the Braden Auditorium on Tuesday night. The theme of Kennedy's lecture discussed the corrosive impact of excessive corporate power in democracy, particularly in respect to the environment.… Post the First Comment

On Tuesday, the Senate voted 50-48 in favor of setting a deadline for the Iraq War. The House had voted in favor of the matter previously before it went to the Senate. The current polls show that the American public wants to see the war in Iraq go in a different direction, according to Tom Ponce, a junior political science and history education major.… Post the First Comment

The Annual Charity Drag Show sponsored by PRIDE will be held on Saturday, March 31 to help raise money for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) students. According to Patrick Drackley, a freshman music education major and the public relations coordinator for PRIDE, there will be both professional and student performers.… Post the First Comment

Lysa Chen The Chronicle (Duke) (U-WIRE) DURHAM, N.C. -Although Wikipedia - like Google - has carved its way into the common vernacular, some say students should think twice before turning to the free online encyclopedia for their academic work. Middlebury College's history department recently banned Wikipedia as a source for student papers, and professors at other schools, including the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Los Angeles, have followed suit.… Post the First Comment

(U-WIRE) MADISON, Wis. - State Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, and state Rep. Frank Boyle, D-Superior, want to give Wisconsin's terminally ill patients the right to "die with dignity" in a proposed bill. The two legislators are circulating a bill that would allow a doctor to prescribe a dying patient life-ending medicines.… Post the First Comment

(U-WIRE) BOULDER, Colo. - The State of Colorado made some serious news Tuesday regarding the future of statewide renewable energy, even if scores of otherwise dignified Coloradoans held multi-colored toy pinwheels during the ceremony. Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter signed two bills into law Tuesday during a ceremony at the National Wind Technology Center (NWTC) just south of Boulder.… Post the First Comment

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian state TV showed video Wednesday of the 15 British sailors and marines who were seized last week, including a female captive who wore a white tunic and a black head scarf and said the British boats "had trespassed" in Iranian waters.… Post the First Comment

CHICAGO (AP) - Almost 300,000 reading and math tests taken by Illinois students in 2006 were discounted because the state relaxed a rule under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to a published report. The number of unreported tests is more than five times the number the previous year, the Chicago Tribune reported in its Wednesday edition.… Post the First Comment

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - The Saudi king sharply criticized Arab leaders Wednesday for divisions and infighting and painted a bleak picture of the bloodshed and turmoil across the Middle East as he opened an Arab summit in the Saudi capital. King Abdullah said in an address to the delegations that Arab nations are "further from unity than they were at the time of the founding of the Arab League," the 22-member body formed in 1945 to promote Arab unity.… Post the First Comment

CHICAGO (AP) - Thick smoke poured from the roof of a 45-story office building Wednesday, forcing workers into the downtown streets as firefighters rushed inside. The fire was contained to equipment on the building's rooftop, and was not coming from inside, Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said.… Post the First Comment

OCEANSIDE, Calif. - Five tattooed skulls stretch from Marine Cpl. Jeremy Slaton's right elbow to his wrist, spelling out the word "Death." He planned to add a tattoo spelling "Life" on his left arm, but that's on hold because of a Marine policy taking effect Sunday.… Post the First Comment