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New Texas textbooks too biased
Education in the United States of America is not as standard as you might think. When I was in eighth grade, my U.S. history teacher, Park Gilmore, informed the class one day that the U.S. Constitution does not mention anything about education. No fear though, there is the U.S. Department of Education, which is a…
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Focus on the point of entertainment
I have a friend who always challenges my knowledge of so-called “classic” or “meaningful” movies and books. He was appalled, for example, when I was unaware of the theme of Machiavelli’s “The Prince” or just which movies Tom Hanks has starred in. Even worse, I foolishly admitted to him that I wasn’t sure who Tom…
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Male double-standard
This summer, a man named George Sodini walked into a womenís exercise class. He set down his gym bag, pulled out a pair of handguns, and proceeded to shoot 11 women, and killing three of them, before finally turning one of the guns on himself.† During the investigation, it was discovered that Sodini had a…
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Ski-Jump behind times
I, like so many other people around the world, have tuned my television to watch the worldís best athletes compete for the gold in these Olympic Games. The intense sporting events have come with a series of medal-awarding ceremonies, which feature both the men and the women who have placed in his or her area…
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Awkwardness has its benefits
Last week, Laney Austin í11 wrote about how awkward everyone on this campus is.† Iím not going to argue with her ó there are a lot of awkward people at Wooster.† And sometimes they can be hard to deal with.† Even I, as a somewhat awkward person, often find those more awkward than I† am…
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More can always be done for Haiti
Before Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was already one of the poorest countries in the world, struggling with political instability, environmental degradation, and health crises. After the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck, the nation lost as many as 200,000 lives, leaving more than one million homeless and hundreds of thousands injured with a government in shambles ó…
