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Gayles, Joy Gaston. and Shouping. Hu. "The Influence of Student Engagment and Sport Participation on College Outcomes Among Division I Student Athletes." Journal of Higher Education 80.3 (2009), 315-333. This study examines college athletes that do educationally enriching activities, does it help their academic outcomes. The study found that student backgrounds had little effect on academic outcome, but engagement in activities does.

Clark, C. "The Future of Libraries." 2010. CQ Researcher. Vol 7. pg 457-480. Web. 18 Nov 2010. The article is about the role change libraries have faced going from a place where many get information to what it is now. This change has partially been brought on by computers, which libraries use to deliver its information. Some who prefer how it was claim that it is incovienitent while the library professionals foresee a hybrid that will bring in components of traditional print media and electronic media.

Sheehan, Dwayne, and Larry Katz. "Using Interactive Fitness and Exergames to Develop Physical Literacy." Physical & Health Education Journal 76, no. 1 (Spring2010 2010): 12-19. SPORTDiscus with Full Text, EBSCOhost (accessed November 18, 2010). Teaching through physical activity and exercise games can be a very useful way for children to learn. This article talks about how physical literacy is important towards the fight against inactivity in children. It also talks about using exercise games with children to share knowledge of physical literacy to kids at a young age. Physical literacy and its importance are key to proper physical education. Unique teaching methods may also prove to be useful when it comes to physical education.

Keller, Josh. "Colleges Large and Small Help International Students Adjust to American Life." Chronicle of Higher Education 56.8 (2009): B20-B23. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. The article discusses adjust with the U.S. universities life style, how they can make friends with other students both International and American. what are the problems that most students face, how the universities officials can help them feel like home and ensure that they get the quality of education they wanted to have here in the U.S.

Artical talks about the impact music has on the brains development. It also explains the connection between musical structure and cognitive activity. 

Huston, Sandra J. "Measuring Financial Literacy." Journal of Consumer Affairs 44.2 (2010): 296-316. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. This article talks about the need for people to better understand their finances and how to avoid a financial crisis. This article gives supporting facts on the number of people who are identified as financially literate and gives percentages. There are also many barriers in trying to move toward a way to measure financial literacy and talks about the importance of finding a way to measure financial literacy.

Stratton, J.M. "Emergent literacy: A new perspective." Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness 90.3 (1996): 177. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 1 Nov. 2010. This article explains how children learn the concepts of symbols and print through interaction with adults. It then continues to apply this to that of visually impaired children. The article states that children grow in their understanding of the environment through hands on experiences. It is necessary for a visually impaired child to develop hand skills. This is because it is their hands that are used to do the majority of their reading. It is through home and school environment as well as motor developments can help a visually impaired child become more literate.

Powell, Lisa, Jenny Williams, and Henry Wechsler. "Study Habits and Levels of Alcohol Use Among College Students." alcoholpolicymd.com. impacTEEN, Feb 2002. Web. 21 Nov. 2010 This article examines the negative effects alcohol has on college student's study habits. It provides numerous graphs representing the date collected and explains all of the results found. This article explains that alcohol really affects a student's likelihood to skip and class and fall behind in school. This article also takes a look at a student's likelihood to drink based on campus involvement, race, and parental drinking habits.

Winner, Ellen, and Lois Hetland. "Art for our Sake School Arts Classes Matter More than Ever-But Not for the Reasons You Think." Arts Education Policy Review. 109.5 (May 2008): 29-32. Academic Search Complete, EBSCO. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. Winner and Hetland outline why the arts are essential to learning. As the title denotes, the reasons are not what you might expect. They carefully observe a handful of Boston art schools to find exactly why art is so important. Going in depth to support each claim, they use specific scenarios from their fieldwork.

Schwartz, Nancy E. "Communicating Nutrition and Dietetic Issues." Journal of the American Dietetics Association 96.11 (1996): 1137-1139. Web. 20 Nov. 2010. This article talks about the lack of nutrition that people have. A lot of people are unaware of the importance of nutrition and how it can help you. It explains how nutrition can come to grow and how you can involve more of it in your everyday lives.

this is a government web site that gives all the facts for DUI and DWI's. the DMV talks about the harsh penalties that one will receive if caught. they also talk about the risks of drunk driving and how many people die from it. "Ohio DUI & DWI Laws & Enforcement - DMV Guide." The DMV Made Simple - DMV.org. Web. 10 Dec. 2010.

This is a overview of a minors rights in different states. It defines each of the issues and talks about each of the benefits. there is also a large chart with each state and whether or not they support the given issues. GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE. "An Overview of Minors' Consent Law." Guttmacher. 1 Dec. 2010. Web. 12 Dec. 2010. .

Johnson, Marlene. "NAFSA Opinion Article: Toward a New Foreign-Student Strategy". The Chronicle of Higher Education. July 28, 2006, Volume 52, Issue 47, Page B16. This opinion about the article states how the governments of some countries actually have strategies in place to attract a given amount of international students to their nations every year, most times to meet a certain goal. It states how they spend millions of dollars to make the nations more attractive to these students, and I'm guessing they do this because they know of the added benefit that having these students will have to their own nations.

Stroud, April. "Who Plans (Not) to Study Abroad? An Examination of U.S. Student Intent." Journal of Studies in International Education; 11/01/2010, Vol. 14 Issue 5, p491-507. This journal examines international education, specifically on how the U.S is taking steps to increase its students knowledge about the rest of the world, by increasing its study abroad programs and locations, as well as also changing schools curiculum and material, or bestly by passing federal Regulation to enforce all of this.