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A Commuter’s Long Journey

by Lisa Crimaudo My long journey begins at the bus stop home. I am upset because the Suffolk County Transit buses run hourly, and are usually late. Although I receive a student discount, I do not feel validated. The campus ...

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Keep Books in the Classroom

Tucson Unified School District has “banned” Mexican-American Studies books from classrooms – well, they may have, depending on your definition of ban. School textbooks are being taken out of the MAS classrooms, and teache...

by Nicole Kohn

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Say it Ain’t Snowe

When Senator Olympia Snowe announced her retirement, I was disappointed, but in no way surprised. The problems that have driven her from the upper and more dysfunctional house of Congress are easy to see, and anger just about a...

by Trevor Christian

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On Bathroom Ethics

Whenever I’ve had a long day of classes, I take a nice, hot shower to relax and collect my thoughts. Tonight, my trip to the bathroom helped me realize that college is home to two types of people: preschoolers and adults. Upo...

by John Fischer

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PETA Picks Up Where Lincoln Left Off

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, more commonly known as PETA, named five SeaWorld orcas as plaintiffs in a lawsuit earlier this month, contending that animals have the same constitutional rights against slavery that...

by Rebecca Tapio

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Crazy People Pass a Crazy Bill

Some backwoods states in the Midwest have managed to recently pass a little something called the Personhood Bill. It dictates that life and the rights that come with it begin at conception, when sperm fertilizes an egg. What th...

by Liz Kaempf

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