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Amanda Howeth

Effective Study Tips for finals

The semester is coming to a close and students are preparing for finals and typically, many students wait until the last minute to sit down and go over notes and study. If you are one of these students, here are a few tips and suggestions for effective study methods. First things first — find a clean and quiet space. Working in a messy environment will make things more difficult. Clear an area and sit down somewhere quiet. Full story

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Monica Gamez

Quick Tips

It’s time to sell those books

As the DMC Spring Semester comes to an end, many students look forward to a relaxing summer until Fall classes start back up in August, but money is always an issue for everyone, especially college students. Full story

Library Corner

Frozen River

DMC Curricular Enrichment Film series

White Library - Room 530 Fridays at 2 p.m. “Frozen River” 2008 - R - 97 min. Two women form an unlikely partnership smuggling illegal immigrants across the Canadian border. Full story

Vehicle Accident

Krista Torralva

DMC student still in critical condition one year after wreck

On April 10, Darker Days and several other bands gathered on the Gators stage for a common cause: to raise money for a friend in one of several benefit concerts to raise funds for Seth Waid who, in the summer of 2009, was involved in a vehicle accident that killed his friend, Robstown native Cristobal Isaac. Waid remains in critical condition. Full story

Renaissance Festival

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Actors wanted

Renaissance Festival will hold auditions

The Texas Renaissance Festival’s (TRF) 2010 Performance Company will be holding auditions for characters to perform at this year’s 36th Annual festival in Plantersville (near Houston) Saturday, May 1 and Saturday, May 8 at 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on both days. Full story

MADD

FoghornStatistics from MADD:

• Someone is killed by a drunk driver every 45 minutes.
• In 2008, about 11,773 people died in drunk driving related crashes—a decline of 9.8 percent from the 13,041 drunk driving related fatalities of 2007.
• About three in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives.
• Fifty to 75 percent of drunk drivers whose licenses are suspended continue to drive.
• Since 1980, the year MADD was founded, alcohol-related traffic fatalities have decreased nearly 50 percent, from over 30,000 to under 15,500 and the actions of MADD have helped save over 383,000 lives.
• People other than the intoxicated drivers paid $71.6 billion of the alcohol-related crash costs, 63 percent of the total cost of these crashes.
• A first-time drunk driving offender has, on average, driven drunk 87 times prior to being arrested.

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