Amusement Park Changes Rollercoaster Name From ‘Rebel Yell’

Amusement Park Changes Rollercoaster Name From ‘Rebel Yell’

An amusement park in central Virginia is quietly changing the name of a popular rollercoaster from Confederate-tinged Rebel Yell — but it's not so quiet anymore.

The amusement park, Kings Dominion, in Doswell, Virginia, won't say whether the change has to do with the Confederate connection — but critics think it's obvious and they're hammering the park on its Facebook page:

Poll:  80 Percent of Boston College Students Sexually Active
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Poll: 80 Percent of Boston College Students Sexually Active

Matthew McDonald

Sex outside of marriage is against the rules at Boston College, which is a Catholic college run by Jesuits. But an undergraduate group called Students for Sexual Health surveyed 393 students in December, and found that sexual activity on campus is common; one of the organizers told The Heights, the student newspaper, that he thinks it's the first survey of its kind at a Catholic school.

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