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Makeup and feminism: pros and cons

By Casey Farrington · Monday, May 13,2013 12 a.m.

How do we escape the grip that beauty has on us if it is necessary in order to get jobs, or promotions, or respect?

America v. Religion: a saga

By Shannon Luke Morgan · Monday, May 13,2013 12 a.m.

America protects your right to worship who you want, where you want, when you want, why you want, and for the most part, how you want. What we don’t protect is your right to use your religion as an excuse to harm or kill others.

Mississippi Unchained

By Dane McDonald · Monday, Feb. 25,2013 12 a.m.

A staggering 148 years after the United States of America formally abolished the uncivil practice of slavery, Mississippi has finally jumped on the bandwagon and ratified the 13th Amendment.

Be cautious about market-based solutions

By Evan Stahr · Wednesday, Dec. 5,2012 12 a.m.

Undoubtedly, we as a society need to help those in poverty find homes. Easy credit and pressure to own a home are not good ways to achieve this goal, though. Direct government help could be a better option.

Democrats: stop your spending

By Dan O'Connell · Monday, Dec. 3,2012 12 a.m.

Entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid eat up twice what defense does. Democrats have been throwing around the possibility of up to $400 billion in entitlement cuts, but they won’t kick in for 10 to 20 years.

Gay "conversion" therapy is idiotic

By Emma Wenninger · Friday, Nov. 30,2012 12 a.m.

Overcoming a traumatizing past by trying to rid a person of homosexuality is like trying to set a broken leg by giving a person sinus medication.

No more "homophobia"

By Gabrielle Winslow · Thursday, Nov. 29,2012 12 a.m.

The Associated Press Stylebook has decided to nix certain salient but murky terms — including homophobia, Islamaphobia and ethnic cleansing.

Fox's Venker is deluded

By Sam Ostrowski · Thursday, Nov. 29,2012 12 a.m.

Women aren’t pie factories and baby farms anymore. Women are apparently angry and defensive, turning men away from them and leading to a lack of marriages.

Politics on the silver screen

By Dane McDonald · Friday, Nov. 16,2012 12 a.m.

To tide you crazies over for the next four years, I thought I’d compile a list of some of the best and juiciest politically flavored flicks, to sate your appetite for scandal for another four years.

Crotch brains

By William Gryna · Friday, Nov. 16,2012 12 a.m.

Does our country have any integrity at all? Is it that people who have fame and power think from their crotches instead of from their brains?

A look at 2016 Democratic presidential candidates

By Evan Stahr · Wednesday, Nov. 14,2012 12 a.m.

Both parties will have to nominate candidates, and I thought I would take this chance, as many others have, to give some insight into Democratic contenders.

Daniel Craig: The best Bond

By Dane McDonald · Wednesday, Nov. 14,2012 12 a.m.

Craig harkened back to Connery’s Bond as a fusion of sex and danger. But he did it differently and, in my opinion, even better.

First and foremost, I am an Army brat

By Amber Hendricks · Wednesday, Nov. 14,2012 12 a.m.

Before anything else, I identify as an Army brat, and it, more than anything, has shaped who I am.

Can Facebook make huge profits from its users' huge egos?

By Austin Zoot · Wednesday, Nov. 14,2012 12 a.m.

For a small fee — only $7 — you can put your status at the top of your friends’ news feeds, essentially calling attention to it above all of the other crap that accumulates on the draincatch of the internet.

Giving in to the dream

By Austin Zoot · Friday, Nov. 9,2012 12 a.m.

No matter who you voted for or your political stance, we all have a stake in the future of this nation. It doesn’t matter how you voted. Obama is your president.

The absence of partisan voting "integrity"

By Sydney Hofferth · Friday, Nov. 9,2012 12 a.m.

I wanted to believe it was an honest attempt to streamline our voting process, but last-minute moves made by Republican lawmakers in Ohio and Florida during the past week have convinced me otherwise.

Activism doesn't end after victory

By Evan Stahr · Friday, Nov. 9,2012 12 a.m.

There has been a resounding victory for American liberalism.

The Democrats' circus campaigning

By Alex Carlisle · Monday, Nov. 5,2012 12 a.m.

I haven’t witnessed many presidential campaigns, but I can’t imagine the amount of absurdity the Democrats have rolled out this election season is normal.

Vote, then whine

By Christina Shelley · Monday, Nov. 5,2012 12 a.m.

This election is going to have an impact on you whether you vote or not. I can guarantee that.

Myth of the econoRomney

By Casey Farrington · Friday, Nov. 2,2012 12 a.m.

Here’s an awkward secret: it is predicted that regardless of who is president, 12 million jobs will be created by 2016. Either candidate will create jobs. A lot of jobs.

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