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Thursday, February 9, 2012

David Burgy

Next step: follow-through

These are dark days for the queer movement, though loaded with much historical importance. We still find ourselves governed by a lame duck administration that is antagonistic to most marginalized com…

Taking the next step

I find myself in the position of an opinions columnist on deadline, on the week of the election, which for those in the know, means that what you are reading right now was written before the results o…

Coming Out Week: just the first step

In case you haven’t noticed the chalk-adorned sidewalks and paths, it’s Coming Out Week at Swarthmore College. The week is important to the community because it is a time to celebrate queer identity …

Act to fight against HIV/AIDS

Thirty three days from today, the nation will go to the polls and vote in one of the most important elections that our nation has ever faced. Americans will decide, on November 4, the course which ou…

Faltering American economy needs more than bureaucracy

$407 billion. That, according to a recent article in the Washington Post written by Lori Montgomery, is the expected federal budget deficit for the end of this budget year. Said deficit will compris…

Republican inaction a boon

McCain was right. This week was no time for party politics, or rather, no time for Republican Party politics. Thus, I must laud the Republican Party for its wise decision to shorten its convention i…