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• Rise of the Facebook Groupies
  By: Taylor Winchell  |  Feb. 28, 2010 06:50 pm
  Welcome to an age where the entire World Wide Web is privy to one's bra color. I recently turned on my computer to find a message in my Facebook inbox explaining that I need to post the color of my bra each day for a week. I laughed to myself until. . .
• True Beauty
  By: Bianca Johnson  |  Feb. 28, 2010 06:47 pm
  What is considered beautiful? Is it the outward appearance of how one looks or is it the personality? In beauty pageants, beauty is measured as the outward appearance and personality of the individual competing. Feminists believe that pageants do . . .
• The sky is the limit
  By: Philip Lam  |  Feb. 28, 2010 06:45 pm
  Several weeks ago, the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of overturning a rule blocking campaign finances by corporations. With such a ruling it gives the go ahead for major unions and large corporations to fund campaigns with their general . . .
• WORDS-POLITICAL BLUNDERS?
  By: Jonathan Beam  |  Feb. 28, 2010 06:43 pm
  On Nov. 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama made history by becoming the first African American President in American history. Eyes around the world focused their attention on him, hopefully anticipating the change they desired ushered in. But they only saw. . .
• This isn't Hollywood
  By: Nicole Palmer  |  Feb. 28, 2010 06:39 pm
  'Once upon a time' and 'They lived happily ever after' is just not reality. Love takes blood, sweat and tears, and even then it cannot promise a happy ending. Hollywood, however, makes us believe that love is this great, breathtaking gift that we need. . .
• Rediscovering True Love Through The Grace of God
  By: Carissa Gonzales  |  Feb. 15, 2010 02:00 am
  Being single in the American Christian culture can be depressing. Here at California Baptist University the phrase "ring by spring" is rehearsed ad nauseam, and people like me feel inadequate because of it. This push for marriage is sometimes overwhelming. . .
• Love: not just one day a year
  By: Robert Paprocki  |  Feb. 15, 2010 01:56 am
  Spring is nearly upon us and love is in the air; young romantics search for ways to express their emotions to the objects of their affections. We have been socially conditioned to concentrate our caring gestures and loving attitudes on one particular. . .
• More than hearts and flowers
  By: Samantha Stewart  |  Feb. 15, 2010 01:54 am
  I am not currently in a relationship, in fact, my last boyfriend left me with no more than a few good memories and a broken heart. So naturally you might assume that I am completely dreading Valentine's Day. If that's the case, my reply would be frankly. . .

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