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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 good at the act of… Read more
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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 my father is here to… Read more
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SILENT SPACES
Any given day My father is awake at 5 am. He makes coffee in a brass pot in the kitchen, pours it into a porcelain mug, and drinks it black. He walks slowly to the garage in his socks, lights up a Pall Mall menthol, and looks at his tool bench. He goes to… Read more
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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 quantify bias. Some argue that… Read more
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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 suddenly seems shrouded in a… Read more
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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 of maroon or red color,… Read more
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