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Northern Star

Academia should come before amenities

By Annastazia Camarena | February 11, 2013

As we all hear about the financial burden of rising college tuition, we can’t help but to want better things at our universities, especially as prospective college students. Now more than ever we see new renovations and investments in luxury living...

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...