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Students Who Say Lunch Is Like Prison Food Take Protest City-Wide Posted: 13 Dec 2015 04:25 PM PST More than 500 students at Theodore Roosevelt High School in Chicago skipped lunch or brown bagged it last week, protesting the moldy fruit and burnt entrees they're forced to eat five days a week. All students should participate," reads a posting from the civics class working to change the school lunch program not just at Roosevelt, but for all Chicago public schools. The project, titled "The School Lunch Project: Culinary Denial," lists several complaints with the Chicago Public School lunch program, including small portions and fat and sodium filled entrée choices.

What the Economy Gets When Colleges Invest in Mental Health Posted: 13 Dec 2015 05:00 AM PST In response to rising rates of depression among students and increased demand for therapy, many American universities have been ramping up their mental-health services. These colleges surely want to take care of their students, but it has other benefits too: Mental-health disorders can hinder educational outcomes, lowering grades, delaying students' graduations, and causing students to drop out.

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