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I would like to say hello to everyone on ProgressiveU. I have never blogged before. But there was a motivation behind beginning this blog. I am home for the summer. I go to the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, but am now in Spring Hill, Florida. I have lived here since I was about 4, and I really have never been thrilled about living here.  Read More »

****NEW UPDATES!! 5/23/07

SGT Darin Grzywa, of Camp Corregidor, Iraq has been selected as a Distintive Faith Group Leader and is also acting as a point of contact for care packages! The group there is fairly isolated and don't have access to many of the Pagan type items they need. Please remember them when sending along care packages!

Pagan Soldiers
c/o SGT Darin Grzywa
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Apparently, the fans of Paris Hilton have banded together for a petition to Arnold Schwarzenegger, governor of California, to pardon her for her 45-day jail sentence for violation of probation and DUI. As of today, the petition has more than 900 signatures. NINE HUNDRED.  Read More »

From the When not in Africa. . . blog.

April 25th, the first US Malaria Awareness Day. An award winning photographer, Chien-Chi Chang, traveled to Uganda to give image to the story that is very often never heard, to give a face to the people who are never seen. This is not just another award winning privileged person traveling to get pictures or a story because these images and story are accompanied by a call for action. The images were used to raise awareness and promote involvement with Malaria No More. This is an organization that is fueled by celebrity involvement and received great attention from American Idol, but this is an issue and conflict that does not require you to be a celebrity to make a difference. Everyone is a celebrity in their own right.  Read More »

Colbert was that genius at the White House Correspondent Dinner in case you forgot. A comic genius and graduate from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart he's branched out and made a whole new type of comedy. Listed atop TIME magazine's 100 most influential people, this man is truly a role model. He believes it's yogurt but refuses to believe it's not butter! Sheer genius right?  Read More »

From the When not in Africa. . . blog.

Poverty: a state of being extremely poor; inferior in quality or insufficient in amount; our generation's greatest problem; the world's worst disease; a trap. The definition of poverty is one that is not difficult to grasp, yet so many do not understand how or why it plagues our world of riches. Our world is plagued by poverty and, contestably, Africa is the hardest hit due to it's historical status of being relegated to unimportance. While poverty continues to take lives day after day the power wielding countries, institutions, and agencies argue over a solution. That solution is called development. Leaders, institutions, philanthropists all argue as to how development should be facilitated, what the best facilitator is, and how aid should be implemented. Is aid the best facilitator of economic development to bring an end to poverty?  Read More »

         We're told that our parents have a great affect on us, but yet we supposedly learn to make our own decisions and do what we feel is morally right. However, if we're taught wrong, or if we're taught that we're worthless, how will we turn out when it is finally time for our adventure in the real world?  Read More »

After major thought and contemplation I have come to the consensus that the reason our society is the way it is, is because of violence, drugs, and nonsense stuff. The new generations of today are tomorrow’s future.  Read More »