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Take Steps to Prevent Reckless Drunk Driving

I had a wake up call about the fragility of life this weekend when I found out that a friend of mine was killed by a drunk driver early Friday morning at Brown University. It seems like at least once ...
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Common Sense Curbs Craigslist Hocus Pocus

P.T. Barnum is credited with the saying, "There's a sucker born every minute." Ironically, it turns out he never actually said that. Instead, in an attempt to discredit him, another circus owner accu...
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I Deny Thee Thrice, Chocolate

You know, the Weatherhuman isn't particularly religious, but fuck if I don't wish I was.
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Info Session To Inform About A.S.

Spring Quarter means student government elections. Over the last several weeks, there has been a lot of resentment toward our student government, Associated Students, due to some allegations over the ...
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Failure of Healthcare Bill Affects Students

Over a million people across the United States suffer from a lack of health insurance coverage due to pre-existing conditions. Millions more find themselves losing their homes due to the debt they acc...
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Nap Time

Napping is godly.
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Delight in Igniting Old Flames

Ah, Spring. It has arrived in full bloom, along with cloudless skies and girls in bikinis and UGGs working on their February tans. As the weather continues its persistent custom of cycling from warm t...
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Protestors Represent Widespread American Discontent

To date, the revolutionaries have won. Government tax-and-spend stimulus bills are now politically toxic, and the push for a national healthcare bill has been soundly defeated.
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Love Stinks

So did everyone fall in love this weekend?
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Extreme Views Ignore Reality and Offer No Viable Solutions

"Our rich are too poor and our poor are too rich!" It's a pithy expression that captures the outlandishness of the Republicans' core ideology. But for those unsatisfied with a party that espouses only...
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Be Sweet to Your Roommates This Valentine’s Day

You may be hoping for roses, chocolates, a sweet serenade, a fancy dinner or a love letter from your crush or partner this Valentine’s Day (I know I am!), but don’t forget about the other ...
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Staple Gun Politics

So the Weatherhuman's new favorite thing is the staple gun. It's just so... nifty! It posts stuff up nice and easy without you having to bruise up your fingers pushing dumb tacks into the wall. Instea...
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Campaign Helps to Identify Abuse

The term "abusive relationship" tends to have an unfamiliar quality to it -- except, of course, to those who have experienced one. You might picture a housewife who can't leave her husband even though...
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Weighing In

OK, OK, so I've been getting complaints about not weighing in on this stupid A.S. debacle.
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Right’s Lies Disguise Obama’s Pragmatism

What seems quite astonishing is that Mr. Begakis believes he is fighting lies with truth (“Buyer Beware: Obama’s Fiscal Plans Sell Public Big Lies,” Daily Nexus, Feb. 2), but he real...
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