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The Swattie Horror Picture Column: In Which We Bid Thee Adieu

Though our time as columnists is fleeting, you will find that our final wisdom-nugget neither drips with false compliments, nor oozes with idolatrous praise.

May 6, 2010

Opinion

Two Girls One Laptop: An Evening of Feminist Pornography

Full disclosure: In an attempt to mine for inspiration for our column and spare Marianne's partner the guinea pig status afforded him in the last column, we had decided that tonight was the night to snuggle up and watch some skin flicks.

April 26, 2010

Opinion

The Tea Party Movement is Not Racist and it is Disingenuous to Suggest Otherwise

Racism still exists in America, and it wouldn’t be too surprising to find that some members of the Tea Party movement have latent racist beliefs. But even as the prevalence of racism in America steadily declines, Democrats exploit the serious issue of

April 20, 2010

Opinion

The Tea Party Movement is a Reaction to Obama’s Race, Not Just His Economic Policies

The conclusion that the Tea Party is motivated by class divisions only tells half of the story. The other half wasn’t emphasized in the New York Times/CBS poll because, well, respondents won’t fess up to it. It’s race.

April 20, 2010

Opinion

The Phoenix through the Ages

Our oldest campus newspaper was first published in 1881, rising from the ashes of the Great Fire of Parrish. In its earliest form, the Phoenix was more of a literary journal than a newspaper as we think of it today.

April 19, 2010

Opinion

Decisions, Decisions

We’d like to call for a broad and considered school-wide conversation that re-evaluates what types of decisions are important to students, evaluates why those decisions are important, and moves towards re-shaping the way students are included in -- and excluded from --

April 12, 2010

Opinion

Getting it and Getting Tasered: It’s a Swat Story

With Valentine’s Day a safe month and a half behind us, we find this the ideal time to engage with the topic that feverishly consumes your every thought.

April 11, 2010

Opinion

Orgasms, Easter Eggs, and Defining for Yourself What Constitutes Good Sex

Orgasms, it has recently occurred to us, are a lot like Easter eggs. Sometimes they're big; sometimes they're small. Sometimes you find a whole bunch, and sometimes only a few make it into your Easter basket. More to the point, though, the

April 9, 2010

Opinion

Deleted Comments

Here are the comments the Editors of the Daily Gazette deleted because we believed they violated our new commenting policy. Also, a letter written by Stephanie Appiah '10 addressing the current state of comments.

April 9, 2010

Opinion

Unpaid Internship Regulations: They Don’t Help Us

Last Friday, the NYT highlighted a recent initiative by one of the Labor Department’s top law enforcement officials, M. Patricial Smith, to crack down on the increasing number of firms that illegally use unpaid internships for free labor. I’m not sure who

April 8, 2010

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