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Students Lack Faith in Politics

Jazlyn Beltre Staff Writer Many students have abandoned voting because of the current economic crisis, according to an article in The New York Times by Susan Saulny in July of 2012 entitled ‘Stung by Recession, Young Voters Shed Image as Obama Brigade.’ The votes of college students and other first…

Dorm Room Etiquette

Alex Parker Editor-in-Chief There are a good number of students who come into college that are not virgins. I’m not judging, I was not a virgin my freshman year. Most of us go from living with our parents where we have our own room and at least the impression of…

Say Goodbye to Summer Love

Alex Parker Editor-in-Chief To the demise of all students the summer has come to an end and with it all, or most, of the summer romances. It’s hard not to succumb to the temptations of a summer fling. The parties, the beach, backyard barbeques, theinnate feeling of adventure; they all…

Relationship Column: You Jump, I Jump?

Alex Parker Alex Parker There isn’t a girl in the world who doesn’t gush over big screen romances. That Jack and Rose, “You jump, I jump,” or Noah and Allie, “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird,” type of love. A love so strong and passionate that it feels like…

Political Column: And The Winner Is!

Daniel Caccavale As we all know, there is a very important election coming up in November, the race to see who will be the next president of the United States. Will President Obama be re-elected or will the Republican candidate be given a chance? But, then again, we don’t even…

Relationship Column: Socially Stunted

 Alex Parker I’m not sure if I have mentioned this in the past but I waitress part-time. You may wonder why this is relevant to a relationship column. Well, stop doubting me because it is. I see dozens of couples that are out to eat and/or on first dates come…

Political Column: So Much for Freedom of Speech

Daniel Caccavale America is the land of the free, or so we are told. The First Amendment guarantees all Americans five freedoms—speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition. As far as religion goes, you are free to practice as long as you don’t break any other laws. For example, many decades…

Relationship Column: It’s That Time

Alex Parker I was looking through Kahlil Haywood’s former column, “Damn He Got a Point” (last year’s relationship column), in the hope that something would spark an idea for this week’s column. I stumbled across one entitled, “Red Alert!” It was the possibility of girls becoming extraordinarily bitchy when their…

Political Column: In the Constitution We Trust…Maybe

Daniel Caccavale The Constitution of the United States of America is the basis for all of our laws. It describes certain rights and freedoms that every citizen is entitled to and it establishes some very crucial and irrevocable laws that no one is allowed to break. It sets up our…

Facebook: Is it an Obsession or a Drug?

Genna Apfel It appears that almost every person has a Facebook account. Some of us may go on it ten times a day where others may check it once or twice daily. However, it seems our daily rituals have changed, or at least it has for me. It used to…