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State of the Union – Recap
The most remembered quote from the 2015 State of the Union; “I have no more campaigns to run. I know because I won both of them” was about the only thing I heard students talking about following the annual address. While Obama…
Hypocrisy in the NFL
This Sunday the NFL caps off its season with the Super Bowl, the most-watched TV event of the year. This season, though, might be one the NFL wishes it could redo. In terms of the game, it was a fantastic year for the league, with…
Dear Dub: Time For Some Womanly Love!
Last Wednesday, as I sat doing work by the fire, warming myself from the bitter cold of an upstate New York winter, a girl walked by, wearing boots, no tights, and a very short skirt. “What in the world is she wearing?” I thought to myself…
American Sniper: Where’s The Humanity?
“But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.” These are the words found in Chris Kyle's memoir of the Iraq War, recently adapted into the blockbuster film, American Sniper. Over the past few…
Who Needs Ivy Leagues?
The dream of the Ivy League was one that I aggressively strove for. The countless volunteer hours, demanding co-curriculars, daily athletic commitments and an unruly amount of AP classes were supposed to lead up to something…
No Spitting: Humor & Tolerance
Humor is awesome. I truly believe that humor is the most powerful force on this planet (after, of course, Mr. Rance Davis). Well-placed and well-crafted humor produces laughter as well as snorting sounds that can either be adorable…
Religious Tolerance 101
Islamophobia has been a hot button issue lately, due to recent events in which two masked gun men carrying assault rifles broke into the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine office in Paris and brutally shot up the place, while shouting…