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Cooperative Grumbling: An Editorial on How to Play Nice
As we push forward to become a truer liberal arts institution, promoting “Learning Everywhere” in every piece of Strategic Planning literature we print, the College needs to do a better job of engulfing its
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Kony 2012: revenue benefits company more than children
With over 84 million hits on YouTube, you know it’s at least worth a peek. Invisible Children’s 30-minute video advertising their Kony 2012 campaign became viral virtually overnight as viewers of all ages got
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College attendance decreases marriage chances
Growing up, I always believed I could have whatever career I wanted and go to whatever college I wanted to (as long as it was dirt cheap). If I had known that going to
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Drone warfare destructive, unethical
War destroys happiness. Many people, including the unarmed and innocent, are killed. Wives become widows and children become orphans. War consumes a tremendous amount of resources. In 2006, the National Priorities Project estimated that
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Put Your Records On: Laura Stevenson and the Cans
On the Turntable: Laura Stevenson and the Cans Genre: Folk Rock My Rating: Refreshing beats and ingenious lyrics coalesce to soothe your music soul. Before I get down to business, I just want to
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Company mandates nicotine testing for employees
I’ll be the first to admit that I enjoy smoking a pipe or a cigar on rare occasions. I think it surprises many people when I confess to enjoying a high-quality stogie after my
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States remove No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind, “one of President George W. Bush’s most touted domestic accomplishments,” according to the Huffington Post, is no longer in effect in 10 states. President Barack Obama has freed these states
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Research on eating less helps scone lover
When Dr. Jane Cavender introduced the speaker in Gibble the other day, she was aware that the audience consisted of biology students and faculty interested in learning about the relationship between calorie intake and
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Put Your Records On: Elvis Perkins in Dearland
On the Turntable: Elvis Perkins in Dearland Genre: Folk My rating: Try and fail to write poetry after being inspired by Elvis Perkins. The first time I heard Elvis Perkins, it was one of
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Satan goes to college; promptly expelled
TEMP ORARY March 27, 2012 1For too long Satan’s precise strategy to bring about America’s downfall had been a mystery. What exactly was the devil up to? Satan had of course made a rousing appearance in Biblical times, but
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