Archive | Columns
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Column: Global warming and future conflict
Though the majority of the scientific community has reached a consensus that climate change is a real phenomenon and life-threatening problem, there are many ideas of what the "worst case" could look like.
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Column: Tenure breeds lazy lectures, stagnancy
With the Nevada State budget in a perpetual downward spiral, education has been under attack. Nevada’s talking heads have proposed everything from eliminating extracurriculars (such as sports and music), to redirecting all operational costs (which normally pays for building maintenance and electric...
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Column: The bitter truth about chocolate
If you’re still deciding on Valentine’s Day gift for your significant other, you might want to bypass the chocolate hearts, truffles and Kisses for a gift that is a little more ethical regarding human rights.
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Column: The importance of the Tea Party
Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina opened CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) with an analogy.
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Column: Using class warfare in politics
This year, Democrats will rely on class warfare in order to hold on to the White House. Up to this point using George W. Bush and Congressional Republicans as scapegoats has kept the Obama Administration afloat, but fewer Americans are accepting these trite excuses.
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Column: Study finds men selfless for selfish, delusional reasons
On the eve of Valentine's day, many singles are desperately trying to woo a date. If those frantic singles are men, they might even turn to charity to impress the ladies.
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Column: Billionaires, look out – U.S. looks to crack down on tax evasion
Benjamin Franklin once said nothing in this world is certain but death and taxes. For many of our nation's wealthiest individuals, the taxes part doesn't hold true. If the U.S.
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Column: How not to be that guy on Valentine’s Day
I haven’t had a Valentine in three years, and I probably won’t again this year. And you know what? That doesn’t give me, or anyone else in my situation, the right to ruin the special day for anyone else. I didn’t always think that way though.
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Column: Twitter policy promotes transparent censorship
Since Twitter’s creation in 2006, the website has been a hub of unrestricted news. Now, six years later, Twitter has announced a new censorship policy that could once again change freedom of expression on the web.