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Problems with SOA
It’s that time of year: the protest against the School of the Americas is coming up.† In a few days, thousands of people will converge on Fort Benning, Ga. to call for the school to be shut down.† Everyone should have a clear understanding of the school and the controversy behind it, so I’ll explain…
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Why people should stop sexting
It happens far too often.†† You’re just hanging out with your friends then someone in the room looks at their phone, texts a little, then immediately makes a frantic exit with some weird excuse like, “Oh no! I left my hair crimper on!” ††Okay, first of all,† no one crimps their hair anymore and second,…
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Political Ads distract from the issues
It’s election time again, and political advertisements have once again flooded our favorite television shows and even our mailboxes telling us who to vote for. So if you enjoy watching two candidates having a verbal fight to the death on your television screen, then you must have been jumping for joy this year.
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Shape up, Wooster
The past two months have been an eventful chapter in The College of Wooster’s anthology, a section I would call “The Fall of Etiquette.” Despite the College’s legitimization of emptying our wallets with the $30 million Scot Center or aesthetic restoration of living spaces to combat an unforeseen housing crisis, no amount of cash can…
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Pennies are outdated and useless
For a long time, I have considered myself to be a fairly happy person.† I don’t hold many grudges, I detest bullying and meanness and I hope to smile more than I frown.† Try as I might, though, there are three things that truly get my goat: Brad Childress, the Dilbert cartoons and the penny.
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Bullying comes in many forms
As of late, there has been heightened national awareness to the increased instances of bullying and violence in response to Rutgers student Tyler Clementi’s as well as several other students’ suicides. In fact, it is suspected that suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students with about 1,100 deaths per year. Despite…
