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• in defense of literature
  By: Joshua Harris  |  Mar. 12, 2010 03:41 am
  Spoken or not, the contemporary intellectual climate seems to bear with it a rather weighty obstacle for the honest student of the humanities. That obstacle, presented in the form of natural science's remarkable progress in demystifying the once sacred. . .
• Music now and then
  By: Jenny Miner  |  Mar. 12, 2010 03:34 am
  We all know that movies no longer abide by the rating system, but have we failed to notice the changes that have taken place in popular music? Nowadays, the Billboard Charts are dominated by songs with an upbeat tempo and catchy lyrics-something that. . .
• Dudeism
  By: Meagan Nutt  |  Mar. 12, 2010 03:30 am
  The 1998 Coen Brothers film "The Big Lebowski" inspired many to live the laid back life- style of the common "dude." Recently, this lifestyle was taken to a new level when it was offi- cially deemed a legitimate religion called Dudeism. Although it . . .
• 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. . .

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