Remember that cute girl from your physics class you sent a friend request to a few weeks ago? Maybe you’d forgotten after you didn’t get a notification saying your friend request was accepted. If it’s ...

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April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. It’s important to spread awareness, but this needs to happen more than one month a year in order to end rape culture. Don’t get me wrong– I think dedicating ...

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The way someone treats an animal reflects a key part of who they are as a person. An incident that took place in 1983 shows a cold side of Mitt Romney that can’t be forgiven ...

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Last Wednesday morning, on March 21, COO and president of Chick-fil-A Dan Cathy came to speak at UT on the topic of “Building Effective Leaders.” At the same time, UT’s GLTSBA (Gay Lesbian Transexual Straight ...

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It’s hard to know where to draw the line regarding school dress codes. When it comes to phrases or images that depict certain ideas, there’s a grey zone in deciding what’s inappropriate enough to censor. ...

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Wouldn’t America be a better place if pot was legal, war was illegal and “bulls**t” was outlawed? Roseanne Barr thinks so, and now she’s trying to bring these ideas into the political field. After talking ...

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Now that seeing condoms in vending machines isn’t a novel thing, it might not seem like that big of a deal if any other sort of contraceptive were to appear alongside it. Now, there’s ‘Plan ...

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Ah, Valentine’s Day. Either the happiest or saddest day of the year. As for me, I see it as ‘Single’s Awareness Day.’ For many, spending time with a loved one makes for a wonderful time. ...

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Although not as prominent as it was many years ago, there are still traces of racism in public schools. Reported incidents of racism are not too common, but every sign of it, no matter how ...

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“Keep your mind open, kids, it is possible that the earth doesn’t revolve around the sun. It could be the other way around!” Can you imagine any teacher saying this in a public school classroom? ...

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When hearing of an organization that took down 40 child porn websites, was able to get sufficient information to take down the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and regularly works to reveal governmental ...

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Chick-Fil-A president Dan T. Cathy claims that the company’s goal is to “serve and value all people.” However, Chick-Fil-A has donated over a million dollars to Christian-based, anti-gay organizations. With every Spartan dollar or meal ...

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Westboro Baptist Church. Ring any bells? They’re the religious group known for their extreme stance against homosexuality and their picketing of funerals, carrying signs such as, “God Hates Fags” and “Thank God for Dead Soldiers.” ...

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Last week, I wrote about the five worst photos to post online. Now that you know what not to show other people online, you should also watch what you say to them. On Facebook, your ...

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