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Invasion of privacy: "And then, Grandma added me on Facebook"

By Kiara Lee | March 3, 2010

So, you're on Facebook and you check your News Feed: Your best friend "had the BEST night everrrr & hearts," your roommate "is now friends with Barack Obama," and your lab partner "just became a fan of Macaroni and Cheese" - you know, nothing out of the ordinary. Then, you check your friend requests, and you are stunned to see your grandma's beautiful face on the computer screen.

Opinion

Non-politics in Washington

By admin | March 2, 2010

I applaud U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning. Not because he held up $10 billion from the unemployed. Not because he stood up to the Democrats.

Opinion

Guide to campus etiquette

By Jacki Raithel | February 25, 2010

Since the beginning of time, people have been eating: apples, pears, TV dinners and frozen pizzas. We probably all started eating the same food - straight off a tree.

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My take on: Charles Darwin's theories and potential applications

By Fiona Carmody | February 25, 2010

Not all of us are lucky enough to be enrolled in Ecology 200 for a small portion of our lives. As one of the lucky ones, I thought I'd share a few of the more interesting aspects of Charles Darwin's observations about various animal species with all those unlucky students who are missing out. First: the predator-prey dynamic.

Opinion

Studying abroad as a state of mind

By Liz Monahan | February 24, 2010

With the study-abroad decision date just around the corner, many second-year students are anxiously waiting to hear which country they will live in, study and explore for at least four months of their lives. To me, studying abroad was living, but in much more than the conventional sense.

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Voice of reason: a guide to campus laundry room etiquette

By Jacki Raithel | February 17, 2010

Ever set your clean clothes in a glob of glue-like detergent that's been lying in wait on top of the washing machine? Ever cruised into the laundry room one minute after a cycle finished and stood in the doorway while awkwardly debating with yourself whether to claim your clothes as someone else impatiently removes them for you, or come back later once they've left? Ever been a little sketched out about the self-propagating piles of clothes that live in laundry room corners? Here are some tips for cleaning the hostile laundry-room air while we clean our clothes. No.

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