Category: Essay
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What Waits Behind the Windows
A boring portrait – a subject placed in the center to die – a building deteriorating like the quality of this photograph – no. A girl – young, but with an edge – she looks strong, yet also like she knows she is weak – we only get a glimpse of…
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What Happened in Ferguson is Fucked: Indicting Black Youth
On the evening of August 9th, 18 year-old Michael Brown was shot at least 6 times – twice in the head – and left to die in the streets for 4 ½ hours. The man responsible for this murder was Officer Darren Wilson, a white police officer from Ferguson, Missouri. November…
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Burlington Police Whip the Shit out of Some Guy in Chiv’s Backyard
The Burlington Police Department is facing possible sanctions and penalties in lieu of a dispute on Main Street early Sunday morning. A 20-year-old male from Winooski was seen punching somebody in the face while police were responding to an unrelated call concerning a man climbing a street lamp. When police…
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Bowling Epidemic Moves from West Africa to Dallas
Picture this. You’re standing at the end of the lane, bowling ball in hand. The never-ending sound of crashing pins causes your head to pound as you experience muscle pain and weakness from holding the ball for too long. After a few more rolls you begin to develop stomach pain…
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Harry Potter and Schrödinger’s Cat
When Harry Potter, the protagonist of J.K. Rowling’s magical fantasy series by the same name, suggests that his friend could be ‘bugged’ with a hidden microphone, she incredulously explains that, “All those substitutes for magic Muggles use — electricity, computers, and radar, and all those things — they all go…
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The Great Perhaps
I’ve always been really fascinated with books. When I was little my parents would read me Curious George every night before bed, and I would always request the same story over and over, specifically the story of when George swallows a puzzle piece and has to go to the hospital.…
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Earth Space
There is nothing special about Indiana. The land is flat; fields and shitty cities line most of the roads. The rain falls cold at night in late May when we pull into Speedway, just off Interstate 70. Nothing tells us we’ll remember this night. It’s the same red sign now…
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Big Sister
The average baby talks during its second year of life. Me on the other hand—I was a little late. In the shadow of my sister, I was always a little late. My pediatrician warned my parents of the possibility that I was mute. I’ve always felt like normal parents should have…
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I Watched a Two-Minute Vimeo Video For My Creativity Class And It Blew My Mind
Sometimes you see something on the internet that matters. It’s rare, but it happens.A pretty cool visualization of an audio clip I watched recently fits the bill. Essentially, the video was about how every person goes through this “creative gap”, or a time in their life when nothing you are…
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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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