Category: Essay
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ISIS Militants Show Interest in Buying Atlanta Hawks
Bruce Levenson recently announced that he would sell his controlling stake in the Atlanta Hawks franchise due to the racial controversy of an email he sent in 2012. Levenson complained in the email that the black fan base made ‘southern whites uncomfortable’ and that he wished to draw larger crowds…
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PILLS
“So, have you noticed a positive effect?” The words hang in the air, demanding attention, filling the small doctor’s office like a thick smoke, swirling around and demolishing any sense of calm. With one short question, this is no longer routine checkup, this is a self-evaluation of the past couple…
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BANGING ON A FUTON MATTRESS MEANS IT ISN’T THE FLOOR: COLLEGIATE HOOK-UPS
Hooking up in college can be tricky business. Even if you manage to snag the hottest person on the dance floor as your one night stand, and are capable of making it back to their place, there is a possibility of things going terribly wrong. I don’t think I’m very…
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WHAT FELL WITH THE TOWERS
My mother had prepared me my favorite lunch – peanut-butter and jelly sandwich without the crust and an ice-cold Yoo-Hoo to wash it down with. As I began to dig into my food, a knock on the door echoed throughout the room. A woman from the school office tells me…
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TRUTH OR DARE: MEDIA’S NASTY CASE OF JEKYLL AND HYDE
by Jane Adams The existence of political bias in modern media is largely a debate of semantics. All perspectives are framed by the foundation that synthesis of information commands judgement, but a key point of contention lies in whether an absolute truth exists. This debate arises at an attempt to…
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WINTER IS COMING: A RECENT COLLEGIATE’S GUIDE TO VERMONT SEASON’S
Spring – A time for hope. This season happens in about three to four short weeks. You start with fuzzy buds sprouting from every twiggy digit available. It only first becomes noticeable as you look at the landscape and wonder if your eyes are going bad on you, as everything…
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BINDI WEARIN’ WHITE GIRLS
It’s easy for people to think that it is okay to appropriate sacred religious symbols such as the bindi. A traditional decoration worn by women (and some men) in South Asia, the bindi is worn in the middle of the forehead and is either a small jewel or a dot…
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#WENEEDEDIT
by caitlyn syman Remember that guy that you hooked up with last year in a dark basement up against a beer pong table? Yeah, the one that has a warped idea of what six inches actually is and a tongue that could probably make it to China if he treated…
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HOW TO BE A DOUCHEBAG: YOUR EVERY DAY HOW TO GUIDE
There are many things to remember when speaking of “How to be a Douchebag.” Douchebags like me come in many shapes and sizes in this day and age, but we are going to talk mainly about how to be a bro-like douchebag. The first thing to remember is talk like…
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ANNA ANTHROPY’S DYS4IA
“Games have this capacity for exploring dynamics and systems that no other form does. This was a story about frustration – in what other form do people complain as much about being frustrated? A video game lets you set up goals for the player and make her fail to achieve…
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