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NEWPORT, RI- Exhausted students roam the campus with coffee in their hands unknowingly making matters worse.

A long line forms at Jazzman’s café as students rush to grab their coffees before and after classes just to stay awake. While a student places an order she rummages through her purse to gather enough change to pay for her latte.

By: Christina Kostic and Jonna Palermo Posted In: The Video Channel Pictures: Photo credit: Christina Kostic and Jonna Palermo

ORLAND PARK, Ill.- “Bite me.”

It’s a request British actor Robert Pattinson gets almost daily as star of the new vampire film “Twilight” (opening Nov. 21).

“It’s crazy,” said Pattinson, 22, waiting inside the Hot Topic store in the Orland Square shopping center.

Tragedies are never pleasant to relive. The story of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay Wyoming man who in 1998 was brutally murdered because of his sexual orientation, is no different. When the dust finally settled, Shepard became a global symbol of unity and solidarity for people of all races, religions and sexual preferences.