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Sexual Assault Awareness Extends Beyond a Month

By Sexual Assault Awareness Extends Beyond a Month

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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Mac Malware Just the Beginning for Apple Viruses

By Mac Malware Just the Beginning for Apple Viruses

Finally, the fallacious claim that Apple’s flagship product, the Mac, cannot get viruses or malware had the nails on its coffin sealed shut. This month, it was revealed that there were 600,000 Macs infected with ...

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Romney’s Instance of Animal Abuse Makes for Unfit President

By Romney’s Instance of Animal Abuse Makes for Unfit President

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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Smart Debating: Smart-phones Mix With Education

By Smart Debating: Smart-phones Mix With Education

Do smart-phones make for dumb students? A March 21 US News & World Report article suggested that the use of smart-phones in the classroom “concerns some professors.” Despite citing NYU business professor Aria Finger’s support ...

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High School Student’s Gay Pride Shirt Deemed ‘Disruptive’

By High School Student’s Gay Pride Shirt Deemed ‘Disruptive’

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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“#ToMyUnbornChild If your gay, I’ll kill you”

By “#ToMyUnbornChild If your gay, I’ll kill you”

“#ToMyUnbornChild if you turn out gay, I will burn you alive.” –Daborey Burrell (@Shityboy2Stainz). #ToMyUnbornChild was a trending topic on Twitter on March 12 of 2012. The idea was that users could tweet to their ...

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Tuition Rates of Florida’s Public Universities May Rise

By Tuition Rates of Florida’s Public Universities May Rise

Students at Florida State University and University of Florida may soon see some drastic tuition increases. A recent bill passed by the Florida legislature would allow the two public universities to raise their tuition beyond ...

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Liberal Perspective: ObamaCare to Some, Health Scare to Others

By Liberal Perspective: ObamaCare to Some, Health Scare to Others

On March 23, 2010 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed and finally reformed an ailing healthcare system that was broken. As the two year anniversary of the bill’s passage approaches, the relentless ...

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KONY 2012 Madness Hits the Web: Viral Video Spreads Awareness

By KONY 2012 Madness Hits the Web: Viral Video Spreads Awareness

On March 7, 2012, my Facebook newsfeed was bombarded with the name Kony. I was being sent requests to sign petitions and saw status updates with videos, posters and messages that said “STOP KONY!” I ...

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Liberal Perspective: The White House’s Controversial Contraception Plan

By Liberal Perspective: The White House’s Controversial Contraception Plan

In the last few weeks there have been many people decrying a supposed war on religion being waged by President Obama and his administration. The issue originally began when Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen ...

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Florida House Bill a Potential Disaster for Foster Students

By Florida House Bill a Potential Disaster for Foster Students

On Feb. 9 2012, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill that will lower the age in which foster children are cut off from government support. The bill mandates that they will be left ...

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Jeremy Lin Comments Lead to K-Pop Outburst

By Jeremy Lin Comments Lead to K-Pop Outburst

Floyd Mayweather’s post on Twitter on Feb. 13 sparked plenty of outrage. He tweeted, “Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he’s Asian. Black players do what he does every night ...

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Mayweather’s Insensitive Remarks Spur Debate on Racism in Sports

By Mayweather’s Insensitive Remarks Spur Debate on Racism in Sports

I’ve never been much of a basketball fan, but I’m pretty up to date with the big names within the sport. However, a couple weeks ago tons of people were tweeting and making Facebook statuses ...

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Tweets During Grammys Ask ‘Who is Paul McCartney?’

By Tweets During Grammys Ask ‘Who is Paul McCartney?’

Paul McCartney. The name alone has this sort of legendary status to it. There is only one Paul McCartney, one John Lennon, one Ringo Starr, and one that other guy (just kidding, I mean George ...

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