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The Roommate Double-Double: Careful Where That Appetite Takes You

Logic is the devil of language. And you want to know why? Because it would make perfect sense for you to fall in love with your hookup’s roommate. Talk about a classic mix-up. Have you ever woken up...
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‘Is George Zimmerman Guilty? I Don’t Know — And Neither Do You’

If you didn’t hear about it when it started gaining attention during finals week or Spring Break (if you did, what were you doing paying attention to politics during either period?), the sensation o...
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Colorblindness Doesn’t Mean Turning a Blind Eye

It is so puzzling to me that many of my peers truly earnestly believe we now live in a colorblind society. On the one hand, I can understand where they’re coming from: there are far fewer instances ...
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How the Party of “No” Managed to Oppose Its Own Idea

Last week, the Supreme Court heard three days of oral arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, with conservatives giddy and itching to see the presiden...
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Go Green or Go Home

Although Earth Day is not until April, Community Housing Offices likes to be ahead of the game and celebrate Going Green during March, when wearing green for St. Patrick’s Day makes us think of goin...
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“As the Ominous Cloud of Finals Approaches, Take Shelter in the Great Outdoors”

Do you stress over upcoming finals? Is the apprehension burning you out? Do you find yourself pining to relieve built up anxiety over the readings and preparation required? If you answered yes to any ...
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To Press Charges, or Not to Press Charges: That is the Question

A couple of nights ago I was watching the movie “Spider-Man 2” with my son in my lap. It’s one of those relaxing moments that define your purpose in life. Some of you who have kids will know tha...
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Confessions of an American Homebody Abroad in Australia

I would classify myself as a homebody. When given the option, I will choose to watch a good movie and enjoy a glass (or bottle) of red wine over walking the dirty streets of Isla Vista to search for a...
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Without a Written Moral Code, What Inspires Atheists to Live Morally?

It’s an unfortunately common thought that in order for one to be a moral, ethical person, one must also be a religious person. More precisely, it’s believed that one becomes moral only from being...
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Sexuality and Flexibility: No, No, Not That Kind of Flexibility

I spent a long while trying to think of what to write for my first sex article for the Daily Nexus, and as I thought about it, I was forced to think about what, exactly, a sex article should cover. T...
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Baby-Eating: Still the Obvious Solution to Our Economic Woes

In his seminal 1729 essay, “A Modest Proposal,” social theorist Jonathan Swift presented a plan to solve Irish poverty through the exploitation of a valuable, renewable resource. Swift proposed in...
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Christian Voice Needs No More Representation

I have a problem with the inclusion of a Consult a Christian column, but not because I want to suppress the Christian position in favor of championing atheist, Jewish, empiricist, Rastafarian, secular...
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“A True Friend Will Help You Bury the Body and Then Drive You to Mexico”

It isn’t difficult to make friends in Isla Vista, but this place is so much like a dream that it makes it hard to tell who your real friends are, as opposed to fake friends that only want to know yo...
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Bro, Your DJ Career Is Probably Not Going to Work Out

Dear Morning Stack,   Everybody is pressuring me to be something I’m not. My mom wants me to stay in school. My dad wants me to be a doctor, but I want to be a DJ. I’m not interested in chemi...
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This Space Was for a / Real Article, But Now We / Just Have Some Haikus

New freckles appear Where did you come from? Asymmetrical   It’s hard to drink from Water fountains when wind blows Stream into my face   Dirty eraser, You didn’t even do your Job at all...
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