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Students question candidates’ plans for loan pardons
While U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney both address the financial strain of college costs, they offer different solutions to conquer student debt. A number of Boston U.
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Column: Last legs of campaign can decide race
“It’s over for Mitt Romney.” If you paid any attention to the news this past week, that was the refrain bandied across cable channels and the front pages of newspapers.
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Column: Why words are just words and Muslims don’t have the right to not be offended
Do we have the right not to be offended? In today’s world of hyper-political correctness and nearly instantaneous communication, it’s hard to miss an offensive statement made publicly.
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Column: U.S. on road to divided government
This upcoming presidential election will not be defined by the victory of Obama or Romney. Rather, the congressional elections are what matter most.
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Column: Occupational contradictions
Monday marked the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, and protestors celebrated the event with songs, parades and blockades around the island of Manhattan, a spectacle that resulted in approximately 180 arrests for disorderly conduct.
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Column: Not such a stretch to see that Libya attacks were planned
It seems as if the world is talking about the violence and protests in the Middle East. With so much news flying around, it can be difficult to make sense of what is going on.
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Editorial: Attack in Libya fueled by religion
The American consulate in Libya was attacked on Tuesday, leaving four killed including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and up to 10 Libyan security personnel dead or wounded. It is speculated that militant Islamists in the northern sector of Benghazi planned the attack well in advance.
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Column: The power of Pigovian taxes
If you’ve filled up at the pump recently, you probably were reminded how much it costs to drive. But all the gas, insurance, repairs and other things you pay for are not the only costs of driving.
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Column: I’m not sorry
Four dead in Benghazi, the America embassy stormed in Cairo, and protests across the Islamic World. Those calling for a post-post-9/11 era will have to wait a little longer. Anonymous statements by U.S.