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I was so busy while in Selma, Ala. that this is the only picture I managed to get of myself

Travel, Not Transit

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer March 11, 2015
I found myself a nice piece of bus station floor and spread out my sleeping bag. I sat down and ate my fries quickly, hoping to catch a nap before my next bus. A man with his own basket of fries, smothered in cheese sauce, approached me. “That’s a nice set up you got there, mind if I join you?”
The March prepares to enter the BP oil refinery in Whiting, IN.

Oil workers on strike

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer February 9, 2015
Just yesterday, about 1,400 workers from two more oil refineries — BP's Whiting and Toledo, Ohio operations — joined the strike, now 11 refineries strong. The Climate March walked through both of these refineries. I imagine some of the very same workers we spoke to in Whiting are now risking their livelihood to demand better working conditions.
Our Car-Centered Society

Our Car-Centered Society

By Faith Meckley, Staff Writer September 29, 2014
While walking along Route 65 out of Maumee and toward Toledo, a pick-up truck operated by a sleeping driver struck me head on. Unlike the unfortunate Peace Marcher in 1986, I can live to tell the tale.

Women blamed for systemic issues

By Ramya Vijayagopal September 12, 2013

There is no question that sexual assault is a problem. What is arguably a bigger problem, however, is how societies perceive this issue throughout the world. According to a CNN iReport in August, a...

Students use break to fight for causes

By Sabrina Knight, Assistant News Editor March 21, 2013
Don Austin, assistant director of community service and leadership development, discusses his experience at an alternative spring break, where participants focused on environmental issues such as hydraulic fracturing.
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