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Getting hitched for forty bucks
One wedding coordinator has found a way to help struggling brides, and children, all for $40.
CNN's Fredricka Whitfield explains.
Mandatory Fitness Class
Since 2006, students at Lincoln University near Philadelphia have been required to take a class called "Fitness for Life" to graduate. The catch: not all students have to take the class. If a student's Body Mass Index (BMI) is below 30, he or she is exempt. (A normal BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9) But for students whose BMI is over 30, the class is mandatory. It meets 3 hours a week and involves physical activity as well as information on nutrition, stress, and sleep. University officials say they're being proactive and addressing the issue of obesity head-on. But some students say its discrimination based on weight.
What do you think?
Is it fair for this university to require students with high BMIs to take a fitness course?
Post your comments here, and Heidi will read some of them in the Newsroom, from 9-11am ET.
Status Quo or Reform?
As health care reform moves forward in the Senate it’s not without road blocks.
In a Saturday night vote, the Senate agreed to begin formal debate on a bill after Thanksgiving but there’s still division over the bill as it stands now.
So we wanted to know what you think.
Is the status quo better than what’s outlined in either the House or Senate bills?
Leave us a comment, we’ll share some of them on air in the CNN Newsroom, 11am — 1pm ET.
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