It is that special time of year for sports fans everywhere. Baseball is just starting, playoff hockey and basketball is getting underway and the Summer Olympics are right around the corner. For this reason, I would like to take this chance to rant to you about some of the issues I have with sports (what
READ MOREIt is great to be back writing for the Etownian this semester. But I was having trouble picking what my first article should be about; especially since there has been so much to talk about in the last few months. So I decided to do something a little different this week by doing a rapid
READ MOREThere is no one who is more marginalized in the first world than college students. We are always being exploited for free labor, having our IDs checked and being told to turn our music down. We are stereotyped as people who drink all day and we are all fans of the band Vampire Weekend (I
READ MOREIt is finally October. A time when the leaves are changing and the weather is turning. And there is one thing on every college student’s mind: “What am I going to be for Halloween?” Personally, I feel like I have grown out of Halloween over the years. The idea of dressing up in a costume
READ MOREAs I was driving through Philadelphia on my way home for fall break, I saw a homeless man with a sign that read “The End is Near: 2012” (it was actually spelled ‘Neer’ but I’ll spell check him to be nice). My first thought was, oh my gosh, he is right. The end is near!
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