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Why your vote really matters in this election
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How ‘This is America’ challenges modern society
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Donald Glover — the Emmy, Golden Globe and Grammy award winning artist known as the critically acclaimed talent behind the moniker Childish Gambino — recently released a music video for his latest hit single, “This is America.” The video currently holds 172,189,383 million views on YouTube and has garnered a significant amount of attention on…
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March for Our Lives students protest for stricter gun regulations
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On Saturday, March 24, 200,000 protestors gathered in Washington DC for the March for Our Lives demonstration to enact stricter gun laws in the United States. It was created and organized by #NeverAgain, a group of students who survived the mass shooting that occurred at Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14. Everytown…
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Books, movies and music, oh my!
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As a kid growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s, life was pretty good. Jumbo Video was our local movie rental place of choice and going there was always a treat. My dad would take me into the dimly lit, slightly dusty VHS paradise and I’d be handed a small paper bag of…
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Editorial: Recognizing everyday sexism
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International Women’s Day just passed with a flood of female empowerment related social media posts and appreciation for all of the strong women deserving of recognition. Although we have made considerable progress with women’s rights and the movement overall, there is still a long way to go and it is by no means perfect. I…
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Your hobbies and passions shouldn’t be forgotten
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If someone had told me I’d get to a point in my life where I’d tell myself that I didn’t have the same time or energy that I once did — to read for pleasure, sketch, knit or do any of the other countless time fillers that once took up a great portion of my…
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Pillow talk isn’t on par: men and women discuss sex differently
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I overhear conversations almost daily — to be honest, usually from hetero men — who recount their latest lay or sexual conquest like they’re David Attenborough narrating a mating ritual on a BBC nature documentary, only with significantly less English finesse. Commonly accompanied by various hand gestures or aggressively self-assured proclamations of their prowess in…
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Questioning how Larry Nassar’s crimes went unpunished for so long
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Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University sports medicine doctor, will be sentenced 40 to 125 years in prison for criminal sexual conduct. He is already serving 60 years in federal prison for a conviction related to child pornography charges in a separate case and will spend the rest of his existing…
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Ram’s Super Bowl commercial is tasteless and tacky
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Sunday’s Super Bowl played out like any other, with forgettable and memorable moments that notably included the commercials that were aired during it. One of those commercials was a tasteless Dodge Ram advertisement that incorporated a speech from Martin Luther King that was played over a series of clips, presumably aimed to inspire those wishing…
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Embracing your past and present passions
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I’m the type of person who used to take my passions incredibly seriously. When I was younger, the things that I liked were an essential part of who I was. I unabashedly — to an embarrassing extent — proudly embraced them without a hint of any shame whatsoever. Making my obsessions known to anyone who…
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