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A little dirt couldn't hurt

A little dirt couldn’t hurt

By Kimberly Randall | February 5, 2013

Do you remember when you were younger and loved to make mud pies and cakes out of dirt, longing to taste the finished product of your spectacular, unmatched creation of greatness? Though, it was never permitted by those darn grown-ups who told you not...

Attendance shouldn’t affect grades

By Anthony Szudarski | February 4, 2013

As a student, every now and then I’ve realized that there will be days where I simply cannot go to class and days where my bed is just too comfortable to leave. My question is this: Should my grade for a class I’m paying to take be affected by this...

Online dating ruins real romance

By AJ Edwards | February 4, 2013

Have you ever logged into your email account and found you have received several messages about meeting someone online? Or have you turned on the TV to see some picture-perfect couple boasting about how they found each other through some website and it...

Embarrassment may be the alternative to punishment

By Holly New | February 3, 2013

Douglas Engelbart once said, “The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.” This makes me wonder if we should embarrass people until they mature. We live in a time where prisons are overcrowded...

What corporate mergers mean for students

By Cody Laplante | February 3, 2013

A merge is a marriage of two businesses. The latest nuptial is between two major international companies: InBev and Grupo Modelo. You’ve heard of them right? No? Well, I bet you know their products. InBev, the producers of the beers Busch and Budweiser,...

Support for veterans is very important

By AJ Edwards | January 30, 2013

Returning home after a long trip can sometimes leave you feeling stressed, anxious or even a little bit depressed. Sometimes it’s because you left a wonderful vacation and now have to deal with the reality of being a student or an employee. Maybe you’re...

American politics need religious objectivity

By Hayley Devitt | January 30, 2013

On Jan. 21, when President Barack Obama publicly swore in for his second term, he placed his left hand on two Bibles: one that President Abraham Lincoln used in his own inauguration and one that was owned by Martin Luther King Jr. While I admired his...

De-stigmatize disabilities

By Cody Laplante | January 29, 2013

So we’ve all heard of the “F” word, the “B” word and the “N” word. Well what about the “R” word? That’s right--“retarded.” How many times a day do you use it? We have all heard of the campaign “Spread the word to end the word,”...

Drug crimes overpower violent ones

By Danny Cozzi | January 29, 2013

Most of my friends know me for being a joker. Most of the astutely hilarious jokes I tell are blatant and exaggerated lies. I wish this story could be one of those. Here’s the would-be punch line: Every 42 seconds someone is arrested in America for...

Politicians and social media is a good thing

By Annastazia Camarena | January 29, 2013

Twitter has come a long way since it was created in 2006 by co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams. Many of Twitter users may not know that the reason you can only express yourself in 140 characters is because it had to fit into a text message, being...

Erase the taboo on breastfeeding

Erase the taboo on breastfeeding

By Kimberly Randall | January 28, 2013

To breastfeed or to not breastfeed? This is a question that many new and expecting mothers ponder upon as there is much to think about for each answer. For many years now, breastfeeding has reigned as a popular method of feeding babies, with vast benefits...

Politicians are walking advertisements

By Cody Laplante | January 27, 2013

“Yes We Can.” This was the phrase plastered across televisions in 2008. These three words were at the center of Barack Obama’s first presidential campaign. However, do these words give the voting population any indication as to the policies Obama...