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Alanis On the Matter

February 19, 2010 by

So, bad timing. Planning everything out with your friends or whoever, only to find out that the days you made your great plans for also happen to be the only times your best friend can visit or that y...
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Dear Hippies: Please Take a Bath and Shut Up

February 19, 2010 by

Hippies are annoying. And they smell. Has it ever occurred to you -- as some dreadlocked scallywag is screaming "WAR CRIMINAL" or "DOWN WITH OLD SPICE" -- that it's very hard to find someone who actua...
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Take Steps to Prevent Reckless Drunk Driving

February 19, 2010 by

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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I Deny Thee Thrice, Chocolate

February 18, 2010 by

You know, the Weatherhuman isn't particularly religious, but fuck if I don't wish I was.
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Common Sense Curbs Craigslist Hocus Pocus

February 18, 2010 by

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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Info Session To Inform About A.S.

February 18, 2010 by and

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

February 17, 2010 by

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

February 17, 2010 by

Napping is godly.
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Delight in Igniting Old Flames

February 17, 2010 by

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

February 16, 2010 by

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

February 16, 2010 by

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

February 16, 2010 by

"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

February 12, 2010 by

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

February 12, 2010 by

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

February 11, 2010 by

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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