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Giving up on hard news and embracing Jon Stewart

Our generation has discarded the traditional evening news for a variety of nontraditional news sources. News websites, blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other digital sources are now the primary news source for 71% of Americans aged 18-29 according to the Pew Research Center.
February 13, 2014

It’s not the ‘Same Love,’ and that’s okay

There are a number of problems with Briana Cox’s January 30 article, “Controversies of Billboard’s Top 10.” Perhaps I’m just socially conscious to an exasperating degree, an accusation that Cox has leveled at music critics in 2013, but I believe that the
February 6, 2014

Destroying fundamental American principles

Today governments conduct unprecedented warrantless mass surveillance on citizens at home and abroad. Because defenders of such policies cite reasons of national safety and the greater good of society, opponents are often labeled extreme or insane. Yet the Fourth Amendment to the
February 6, 2014

Robert George will not create community

The build-up to the Robert George and Cornel West-led collection has been dominated by discussion of George’s association with the National Organization for Marriage and his many troubling statements on queer people.  Unfortunately, very little breath has been spent on how exactly
February 6, 2014

The value of human doctors over robots

It’s a dimly lit office. Four large computer screens come alive with a patient’s mammogram. Dr. Dan Miner ’77, senior radiologist at the Southern New Hampshire Hospital and my externship host, examines several dozen images to see if he can detect an
February 6, 2014

Charting Delhi’s changing political skyline

A strained silence fills the hall as Delhi’s newly elected chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, rises from his seat to address the Delhi legislative assembly for the first time. He wears the same scarf and sweater that he wore throughout his campaign. His
January 30, 2014

Not enough professors to go around

Over the past week, I have attended several department information sessions in preparation for the sophomore plan. More than any of the requirements, recommendations and advice on the proper way to explain a major choice to disapproving family members, what has stuck
January 30, 2014

Civic engagement and Student Council

Student Council has a leadership problem. While reorganizing and expanding the organization may provide more structure and manpower, it does not address the underlying issue. Few people really know or care about what Student Council does, and Student Council doesn’t assert itself
January 30, 2014
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