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Column: Lin vs. Zuckerberg – Choosing the better model for Harvard leadership
Given that the vast majority of Harvard students aspire to enter traditional fields after graduation, it’s ironic that our most famous young graduates are Jeremy Lin and Mark Zuckerberg.
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Editorial: We need your help
The Daily Illini is in trouble. News broke yesterday about the Illini Media Company, the umbrella organization that owns our publication, and its financial problems and attempts to pay off its debts.
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Column: Teach for America doesn’t meet expectations
Teach for America is kind of like communism: It's terrific in theory but problematic in practice. The government-funded program employs elite college graduates to work in low-income community schools that are experiencing teacher shortages.
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Column: Higher taxes are not the answer, Mr. President
President Obama unveiled his budget for 2013 on Monday, and his message was clear: higher taxes on the rich – nearly 1.5 trillion dollars higher.
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Column: Verizon/Redbox partnership could topple Netflix
Every time someone brings up Blockbuster in conversation, I always jokingly ask, "What's that?" The video rental chain has been closing its doors store by store over the past few years. Its demise shows how the world is transitioning in terms of media consumption.
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Column: Ferris Bueller meets Charlotte Simmons
He enters the courtroom every day wearing a sport jacket and khakis, walking in a man-boy gait reminiscent of the pubescent Matthew Broderick. Gone is the bushy hair from his lacrosse days at U. Virginia, replaced by a more calculated short haircut, replete with cowlick.
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Column: Protect your identity while online
According to the Federal Trade Commission, there were over a quarter million identity theft cases reported in 2010. The most common method was email account hacking.
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Column: My coping mechanism for Santorum’s popularity
After Rick Santorum’s victories in a handful of, albeit negligible, primary elections last Wednesday, many state and national tracking polls plot him near and even surpassing Mitt Romney in support.
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Column: A green economy
Environmental rhetoric is riddled with fluffy promises about green jobs, green economies, and green governments. These issues may seem simply nebulous and unimportant concepts. Yet the Massachusetts state government is now poised to lead its constituents towards a true green economy.
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