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Earlier this week, President Barack Obama wrapped up what he deemed a "turning point in our pursuit of global economic recovery." The G-20 Summit, which works to strengthen international financial structures and help create a thriving environment for economic growth, garnered a $1.

April Fools' Day is always full of practical jokes, but the real practical joke happened two days after April 1 when the unemployment report came out, along with the subsequent talk about the end of the recession. It was easy for people to see the unemployment rate as bottoming out since we went from losing approximately 740,000 jobs in January to this March data that has job losses at 663,000 jobs lost.

In response to the current recession and its relative intensity when compared to those of recent decades, many have made the bold suggestion that we should do away completely with the current way of doings things. Many have proposed nationalizing the American banking industry and, recently, protesters at the G-20 Economic Summit have called for the end of capitalism.

When I read on March 31 of the Sun-Times Media Group's recent filing for bankruptcy, my initial reaction was one of shock and overwhelming disappointment. Sun-Times Media, of course, is the umbrella organization that operates 59 American newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times paper.

A man walks into a Hummer dealership. The salesman leaps from his desk, shocked that he has a customer: "I'm sorry, we only have about seven cars left on the lot, but feel free to look around." The customer, silent, walks to the nearest H-3 model, opens the door, and says, "Word on the street is a hybrid revolution has begun in America.

Let's continue from where we left off last article. How do I weigh living in Australia to being back at Loyola? Since last article, I've been all over. Mainly I've been spending my free time in Melbourne, Great Ocean Road, and the awesome, magnificent, unique, one-of-a-kind (yes, not enough words out there could cap my feelings for this place) city that is Sydney.

Thumbs Up Tables Outside McManus Wish you could be in Paris in the springtime? Well, Loyola's done its best to make you feel like you're there with its newest addition, the cafe-esque, wrought iron tables outside McManus Theater. Ideal for sipping your Surfin' Joe's coffee or having a sunny lunch with friends, this is by far one of the best spots to peoplewatch on campus.