The semester is nearing an end. Can you feel it? Great, isn't it? Better soak up some more Life Section before summer arrives, and this is the perfect week to do it. So sit back and enjoy!

Graphic By: Rachel Pastirik The Heat Oppressed Mind   Shaun Corley | Staff Writer Two weeks ago an article appeared in this section on how to deal with a depressed friend. The article stated that an estimated 19 million Americans suffer from this debilitating disease. It’s an illness that takes its toll not only on the person suffering from it, but all those around them. Click here to read about one Whimmer’s battle with this crippling illness.

Graphic By: Rachel Pastirik Insight from the Employed   Melissa Conner | Whim Alumni Life can totally turn around in a few months. For a lot of you that time is more than rapidly approaching; it's falling in your lap as we speak. So here's some advice from the newly graduated, and even more recently employed, on what it's like to emerge in the real world.

Graphic By: Rachel Pastirik RU Student Wins Lotto   Valerie Beelman | Staff Writer Radford University students were recently vacationing over spring break when one RU student became one of Virginia’s newest lottery winners.

Graphic By: Jonelle Thackston Viewpoint   Jonelle Thackston | Graphics Manager Full of national and state parks and filled with hills and rivers, Virginia is a beautiful state. Much of Virginia is untouched by industry and the wildlife is abundant. Also being farm country, Virginia has vast fields of food and hay. There are also a couple colors that are sure signs that you are in Virginia. The mountains are blue and the dirt is red.

Graphic By: Jonelle Thackston Top 10 Celebrities You Do and Don't Want to Kiss   Whim Staff Every week the staff gets together at our Whim meetings to come up with a Top Ten list. It’s fun to come up with and even better to read. We've got some good ones this week. Read!

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