Archive | Opinion
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Column: Birthright Palestine
In the southern neighborhoods of Beirut, far from the highways and glass towers that compose this cosmopolitan Mediterranean city’s downtown, sits the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila.
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Column: Attending college may not be the best choice for everyone
In case you have forgotten, just last week primary candidate Rick Santorum called President Barack Obama a snob. Whereas this would usually be old news, I beg to differ. Santorum brought up a fascinating point; one Obama has yet to defend: the worth of going to college.
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Column: Your Facebook is a resume
Hopefully you already expect your prospective employers, relationship partners and random stalkers to be looking you up on Facebook. It is 2012 after all. What may surprise you is that some bright minds at Northern Illinois U.
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Column: Private Facebook profiles won’t prevent employers from taking a peek anyway
Sometime last year I started noticing that some of my Facebook friends were renaming themselves: Amanda to Amanda Rose, Michael Richards was now Richard Michael.
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Column: Why Obama has already won 2012 election
The fight for GOP front-runner has been a vicious battle, a gruesome spectacle complete with blood and gnashing teeth, leaving behind little more than a pile of deceased campaigns and the survivors posturing for position.
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Column: Kony 2012 film is start, but not the end
Anyone with a Facebook account spent much of last evening watching their Facebook news feed blowup with reposts of the “Kony 2012” film made by Invisible Children.
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Column: Rebooting college life
In the middle of frantically typing notes for HIST 1630: 'Modern Latin America I,' my computer freezes. With a final shudder, it turns black and powers down.
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Column: Arizona would be smart to welcome porn industry move to Valley of the Sun
After SB 1070, businesses boycotted Arizona and its economy took a hit. But the state may soon be seeing a huge influx of new industry: pornography.
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Column: Limbaugh needs to get off the air
Popular conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh verbally attacked Georgetown U. law student Sandra Fluke, calling her a "slut" and "prostitute" in response to her Feb.