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Press unfairly criticized
President Obama expressed his support for the assault weapons ban, a motion led by Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), on Dec. 18. The following day, Obama supported his statements with a press conference in which he promised to address gun control in the aftermath of the Newtown tragedy. It was then that he charged Vice President Joe…
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The unjust death of Aaron Swartz
When Aaron Swartz was 14, he helped author RSS 1.0., an internet program essential to the operation of many contemporary websites. He would later go on to help with the Creative Commons copyright license. His website Infogami, which would later be used to support the web.py framework and Open Library sites, merged with Reddit in…
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a response to Robin Klaus’ “Dorms are not dumps”
Letter to the Editor Written as a response to Robin Klaus’ “Dorms are not dumps” in the Nov. 16 issue of the Voice. Upon reading the “Dorms are not dumps” article, I took a moment to analyze what I just viewed. The humorous introduction was a situation students may encounter during their stay here.…
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In defense of Disney
Gwen Symons In the last edition of the Voice, I felt personally berated by contributor Dan Grantham for what he claimed was my inability to branch out from my childhood interests. Speaking as someone who not only has had the same favorite book for the past ten years but also as a great lover of…
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Fiscal compromise urgently needed
Ian Benson With the fiscal cliff looming on the horizon, the hope that Congressional Republicans and the White House could come together and forge a bipartisan resolution is slowly fading. The House Republicans, led by Speaker John Boehner, proposed their own plan to avoid the looming automatic tax increases and spending cuts, which the Obama…
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Star-gazing or celebrity obsession?
Laura Merrell When I found out that one of the world’s hottest couples, William and Kate, were going to have a baby, I dropped everything. I spent the next hour reading articles about what hyperemesis gravidarum was and looking at slideshows people had made to commemorate their cutest moments. Obviously, I have a problem. Many…
