March has always been one of my favorite months. When I think of March, I think of two things: my birthday on March 27 and March Madness.

“March Madness” refers to the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament. What makes it so great is the unpredictability and the excitement of the games. Take this year, for instance – number 10 seeded Davidson beat number 2 Georgetown and number 3 Wisconsin, and, our local Drake Bulldogs (seeded number 5) lost at the buzzer to number 12 Western Kentucky. (Hats-off to a wonderful season by Drake, by the way).

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Hello! I’m Brian Dix from the D.P.M. 2011 class. About me - I grew up in Sioux Falls, SD, about 4 hours from Des Moines, and attended South Dakota State University. I have been married to my beautiful wife Amy for a year on April 14. (Note to self: get her flowers or be in the doghouse!) and we live in Pleasant Hill, IA, about 15 minutes from DMU.

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Money isn’t everything, but it sure is nice! Luckily for lots of our grads, there’s money to be made in the medical field!

Forbes rated the 25 best-paying jobs recently.

1 is anesthesiologist
2 is surgeons
3 is obstetricians & gynecologists
6 is general internists
8 is psychiatrists
9 is family and general practitioners
11 is all other physicians and surgeons
12 is pediatricians
15 is podiatrists

see the article!

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According to Congressional Quarterly, Iowa is the fifth most livable state in the country. They make these designations based on quality-of-life indicators such as low crime and poverty, high income and education rates.

This ranking is based on the following factors, applied to all states:

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