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Friday, May 25, 2012


Jeremy Freeman


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  • Firstyear-blogs-his-way-through-college
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  • Economist-rails-against-bush-economic-policy-in-speech
  • Get-in-the-spirit-ween-at-swat

Jolt-ing perspective

After a recent and offensive anonymous threat posted on the Daily Jolt, we could only shake our heads and say: Get it right, n00b. This poster grievously transgressed the delicate rules of dialogue wh…

Hypocritical letters

There were four Letters to the Editor in the Nov. 8 issue of The Phoenix. Each was an instance of tiresome self-righteousness, and each carried the rank stench that arises whenever hypocrisy and poor …

Recognize boundaries?

In his Feb. 8 Phoenix column, “Recognize boundaries of science, religion,” Nathaniel Peters asserts that science and religion describe different worlds and propose different types of explanation. He…