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		<title>Right Wing, Party of Four: Why Republican Candidates May Fall Short in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few things in D.C. more certain than the reelection of an incumbent president. The non-incumbent party knows that they are fighting an uphill battle, and in many cases probably refrain from trying too ...]]></description>
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		<title>Will You Be My Valentine?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Annabella Palopoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. ...]]></description>
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		<title>What Should Win: Dogmatic Grammy Picks from a Sour Individual</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:59:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Asking me to make Grammy predictions is a lot like asking Ebenezer Scrooge to mix the holiday eggnog; who knows what kind of sabotage is being invited? And I’ll admit that, along with most major ...]]></description>
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		<title>SOPA and PIPA: A Regulation Rundown</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/26/article20897</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paola Crespo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 12, 2011 a law was proposed by Senator Patrick Leahy called Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) with the purpose of giving the U.S. government ...]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates Need Their Mouths Washed Out With SOPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg Spracklin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SOPA stands for the ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’. If you’re a religious Wikipedia user or saw the big black rectangle over the Google logo last Wednesday, you’re beginning to understand that this might be an ...]]></description>
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		<title>Child Denied Kidney Transplant Because of Disability?</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/25/article20791</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Webster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three-year-old Amelia Riviera of New Jersey was recently denied a kidney transplant by a doctor with The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. According to her parents, the sole reason for the denial is because the child ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Terrorist ‘Fighter’? How Marky Mark Insults the Memory of Flight 93</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mark Wahlberg has played many action characters, and his movies always promise copious amounts of bullets, explosions and tight-shirted, manly fighting scenes. Recently, he decided to go a step further and declare himself a would-be ...]]></description>
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		<title>Atheist Student Harassed by Groups of Christians</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Keesee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religion is a touchy subject, to put it lightly. Religious wars have plagued our history but have also extended into the modern era. A new and unnecessary war has begun, leaving high school student Jessica ...]]></description>
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		<title>Gaffes in Succession: Why Hillary Should Not Be Vice President</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/25/article20740</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelsey Allagood</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need to keep the Clintons out of the White House. I realize that this statement may sound like blasphemy to my fellow Democrats, but rest assured I am not hating on Bill’s or Hillary’s ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kid Assaulted, Video Posted to YouTube</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/25/article20830</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominique C. Barchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the society we live in today, it is almost impossible not to notice the amount of violence that surrounds our everyday lives. You can see it on television, in movies and even up close ...]]></description>
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		<title>Wage Slaves: How Americans are Paid Less than Ever</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/25/article20806</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Caraballo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a hidden cost to the everyday goods Americans purchase and consume. That hidden cost is paid in taxes that fund anti-poverty programs such as Welfare and Medicaid which are used by companies to ...]]></description>
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		<title>Geek Gospel: Embracing Geekdom in College</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/25/article20769</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Solomon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that excited me most about leaving high school for college was the idea of being someone different. I’m a senior now, but I remember my freshmen year and how I was ...]]></description>
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		<title>Racist Incidents in Public Schools Show Limits of Progress</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/25/article20802</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annabella Palopoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 ...]]></description>
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		<title>Court Says No Federal Protection for Employees of Religious Institutions</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/25/article20751</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Boston Ross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 11, the United States Supreme Court rendered its decision in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In its decision the Court held that churches and other religious entities ...]]></description>
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		<title>Cruel and Unusual: ‘Scream Rooms’ Found in Connecticut School</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/25/article20796</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Westerholm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farm Hill Elementary school, of Middletown, Ct. has been forced to hire full-time psychologists and provide better training to faculty. The hiring came after complaints about scream rooms in the school where special needs children ...]]></description>
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		<title>Kardashians Go Plastic (With New Barbie Doll)</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/18/article20533</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Keesee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will always look back at my childhood fondly with many memories of the countless Barbie dolls that cluttered my room. Barbie was just so pretty and she did it all! She was a flight ...]]></description>
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		<title>Last of US Troops Withdraw From Iraq</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/18/article20574</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Adams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As promised by President Obama in late October, the last of U.S. troops exited Iraq at the end of 2011. With the United States’ withdrawal complete, Americans everywhere should celebrate the homecoming of our armed ...]]></description>
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		<title>Definition of Rape Receives Necessary Update</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/18/article20581</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hannah Webster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in more than 80 years, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has expanded the definition of rape. The old definition applied only to women and required some form of resistance ...]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Would Die in a Zombie Apocalypse</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/18/article20542</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Solomon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2012. The fabled year that the world ends. In early 2011 there was fervor over the idea that everything would go up in smoke. People have relaxed a lot since then, with the idea of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Reverend Gets Relevant: Opens Up Tattoo Parlor In Church</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/18/article20559</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Westerholm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether a pastor is putting a tattoo shop in his church, or displaying publicly the importance of sex in marriage, they are doing all they can to increase interest in services and strengthen their congregation. ...]]></description>
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		<title>Evolution: Fact of Science, Not Theory</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/18/article20520</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annabella Palopoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“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? ...]]></description>
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		<title>Last Candidate Standing: America’s Presidential ‘Survivor’</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/18/article20587</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Caraballo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are few comparisons to the events that have occurred in the race for the Republican nomination for presidency over the past few months. A TV game show is probably the most apt description of ...]]></description>
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		<title>College Stereotypes and Their New Year Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/18/article20593</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dominique C. Barchus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“New year, new me,” that’s all I’ve been hearing. Let’s be honest, just because the last digit of the year changes overnight, doesn’t mean you will. For some reason most people always use the New ...]]></description>
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		<title>Homeless Woman’s Tweets Change Her Life</title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2012/01/18/article20571</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paola Crespo</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My last article in 2011 for The Minaret was based on technology and how it has changed our lives in terms of our relationships. This year, the theme of technology has continued when AnnMarie Walsh’s ...]]></description>
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		<title>Tech Blackout - Three Days. No Technology. Many Inconveniences. </title>
		<link>http://theminaretonline.com/2011/11/30/article20434</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Casey Cavanagh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“No, Casey. Don’t do it. That’s too dangerous. Get a different assignment.” That was my father’s immediate reaction upon telling him that I would be going into a three day “blackout,” eliminating any form of ...]]></description>
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