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100 word rant: telemarketers

100 word rant: telemarketers

By Haley Galvin | September 9, 2019

As college students, we unknowingly become victims to one of the most annoying aspects of life: telemarketers and scams. Everyone can relate to receiving mysterious calls from an 800 number. You finally get so fed up with it you answer, and it’s someone...

100 word rant: rain

By Haley Galvin | May 23, 2019

This rain these past few weeks has been super annoying. It has been gloomy and raining almost every day and it does not seem to be stopping. There has been maybe one nice day over the past two weeks, and I have had enough. Don’t get me wrong, I love...

FILE - This Aug. 9, 2011 file photo shows Chicago White Sox
manager Ozzie Guillen watching during the ninth inning of a
baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, in Baltimore.
Guillen's website said he's joining the Florida Marlins, but the
post was soon taken down. The post quoted Guillen as saying he was
thrilled to join the Marlins and couldn't wait to get started. The
post went up Monday night, Sept. 26, 2011, then was removed a short
time later and replaced by a blog that discussed Guillen's
departure from the Chicago White Sox while making no mention of the
Marlins. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Ozzie shouldn’t be only one to lose job.

By Jimmy Johnson | September 27, 2011

Ozzie Guillen’s tenure as the Chicago White Sox manager is over.On Monday, the heavily outspoken human firecracker was cleared of his contract by the Sox and reportedly signed on to manage the Florida (soon to be Miami) Marlins.But should the axe only...

Rant: Peyton Manning doesn’t start first game of season

By Tony Osborne | September 8, 2011

Peyton Manning, the iron man of this decade, has finally succumbed to not starting the first game of the season for the first time in 208 games.This may come as a surprise to Colts fans, but don't be startled; this does happen!It's baffling to believe...

Ignoring Rush Limbaugh is the best way to shut him up

Ignoring Rush Limbaugh is the best way to shut him up

By Taurean Small | February 28, 2011

Oh, Rush Limbaugh; you never cease to amaze me. It's not really the things you say that intrigue me, but where you get the courage to say them despite the few million people willing to harm you over them. I imagine that your security staff is comparable...

The Rant: Geno’s number one

By Andrew Singer | February 21, 2011

The UCONN women's basketball team is once again ranked No. 1 in the nation, and I feel like I speak for the entire country when I say "thank goodness." Because after all, nothing is more important than women's basketball and having the best team ranked...

RANT: Obama knows nothing about sports

By Andrew Singer | January 30, 2011

DeKALB | President Barack Obama panders to the masses like it’s his job. Oh wait, it is his job. He constantly references his die-hard love for the Chicago Bears and White Sox. Let’s be honest, though, the president probably couldn’t care less what...

RANT: TCU bucks Broncos

By Chris Dertz | November 29, 2010

Boise State has just pooped its proverbial brick. The Broncos are headed to a conference where no good teams will remain, when Boise State moves to the Mountain West Conference. Only problem is that TCU, Utah and BYU, or the best teams in the conference,...

Boise State fans Gretchen and Dan Simpson, from Tucson, Ariz., cheer during an NCAA college football game against New Mexico State, Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, in Las Cruces, N.M. (AP Photo/Victor Calzada)

RANT: Boise State likely to be left out by BCS again

By Chris Dertz | October 4, 2010

It must be extremely displeasing to be a Boise State fan. After beating Stanford, Oregon jumped the Broncos to move to No. 3 in the nation. Even if Boise goes undefeated and Oregon loses, the message here is clear: No mid-major football program will ever...

NFL needs concussion help

By Mike Buda | September 20, 2010

Concussions are apparently not at the top of the priority list for the NFL at the moment. Prior to the start of the 2010 season, Commissioner Roger Goodell and the NFL created a poster that would be placed in all teams' locker rooms. The poster lists...

RANT: Bear’s cheap win

By Jerry Burnes | September 12, 2010

I'll take a 1-0 start for the Bears, but in reality, they lost that game. Rules are rules, I know, but Calvin Johnson caught that final pass, and highlighted the minor intricacies - and problems- with football's terrible rules. "Megatron" had every aspect...