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BY BRIONA PRICE ’16 Contributing Writer I’m almost halfway through my first-year and I feel like a complete pro. This time last year, I was applying to F&M and no…
Sexual acts are not shameful, but avoiding Safer Sex Parties is
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’13, SLOANE MARKLEY ’14 Senior Editor, Managing EditorThis week we had every intention of attending VOX’s Safer Sex Party. Yet, at the threshold we found it impossible…
Reiterating some facts about the upcoming presidential election
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer The election is close. Gallup is calling the race ahead for Romney by a wide margin, though Romney’s surplus owes exclusively to massive…
“Lost generation” needs to take initiative, stay informed
BY BRIONA PRICE ’16 Contributing Writer I blew it. I didn’t watch the vice presidential debates last Thursday and that is okay with me. I had so much to do…
Going frat for a day: what quick judgment says about our society
BY GRACE RILEY-ADAMS ’15 Contributing Writer “Does anyone know this girl?” “Seriously… name,” and “bahahahahahhahaha,” were all comments posted under a Facebook photo of me in the campus dining hall.…
Let’s make the most of our time while we still have it
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’13 Senior Editor So randomly, out of the blue, and with no general warning I was hit with the realization that I am more than halfway through…
American politics are becoming little more than a boxing spectacle
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer American politics borders on blood sport. At the end of the day people are competing for power over one of the highest offices…
Republican party must shift sights
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer Obama’s campaign strategists have an important battle ahead of them: they must fight complacency in the face of odds that favor them vastly.…
We have been bought by technology
BY MATTHEW GIROLAMI ’13 Arts & Entertainment Editor I feel like I go through this process every day: I choose a fervent political/environmental/ethical stance—and then after assessing the state of…
Romney’s silver spoon negates moral compass
BY BRIONA PRICE ’16 Contributing Writer I have always been a little skeptical about the ways people choose to vote, and in the upcoming election I have, perhaps erroneously, decided…
America remains quick to accept mudslinging and slander
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’13 Senior Editor Whenever I turn on the TV or the car radio, go online, or even walk down the street recently, I notice there is a…
In defense of proper emails
BY SARA BLANK ’14 Opinion & Editorial EditorIn high school, my history class was abuzz with nerves before a test. The next day, frustrated with our behavior, our teacher gave…
Why Romney is mistaken about the 47 percent
BY DYLAN JENNINGS ’14 Contributing Writer If you have been paying any attention whatsoever to the news — if not, seeing as there’s a presidential election on the horizon, you’d better start — then…
Unjust, unnecessary voter ID laws are a step backward for democracy
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Contributing Writer I have always been proud of the United States as a place of equality and opportunity. It is therefore extremely troubling to me that…
Considering the anatomy of a bandwagon sports fan
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Staff Writer There may be no species more fascinating in this world than the “bandwagon fan.” They enthrall us, confuse us, and often anger us with…