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KELLY: Advising woes

In recent years, students have been quite vocal about their general dissatisfaction with the current advising system, citing concerns such as the insufficiency of career advising resources and a lack of advisors who match student interests during the pre-major period.


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BERGER: A voice for the marginalized

The word “freak” used to describe the characters is not maliciously intended for the disabled, but instead meant to expose the “freaks” who pay to watch the show, enjoy the dehumanizing display and leave grinning and satisfied


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On solid ground

Adjuncts should not have to live in fear that any outspoken criticism of their employers will result in their termination, especially when some improvements for adjuncts would also result in improvements for students.


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WAN: Suffering from stereotypes

Unlike plain racist and sexist comments, stereotyping, far from being condemned, criticized and down-voted, is recognized by the Yik Yak community as the key to getting high votes.


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MENNINGER: Worth the squeeze

If you’re completely certain that without an internship you’ll turn into a couch potato and eat spray cheese and Twinkies for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, then by all means apply right now.


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ALJASSAR: Confronting slavery

By telling the stories of enslaved individuals, UGS promotes student and community engagement in conversation about our history of slavery, a subject to which we have turned a blind eye for so long.


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KHAN: Don’t trust the media

There is a new sickness in American journalism that harkens back to the days of yellow journalism, but instead of scandalous local news, we get poorly reported prophecies through speculative one-liners.


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RUSSO: Break the boycott

By boycotting all Israeli academic institutions, we don’t hear the opinions of those who otherwise might be voices of reason within this conflict.


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A change of pace

Not all young people want or have the resources to take four years to graduate, and they may be attracted to the potential advantage in the job market.


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WHISNANT: Reform is required

It also appears the majority of Honor’s focus this year has been on creating programs or policies which extend off-Grounds, such as those to deal with Corner merchants and rent disputes.


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Setting the record straight

Rather than taking a blanket approach to exclude all applicants who have felony convictions — regardless of whether the convictions were expunged — college admissions offices ought to carefully consider these applications on a case-by-case basis.


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PATEL: Hoos got your Yak

However, anonymous posting, even for apparently trivial reasons, is still useful because it allows opinions that would have not otherwise been made public to be made public.


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KNAYSI: Enemies at the door

If University students fear for their personal well-being, certainly safe sex, protection from assault, and responsible alcohol consumption take precedence over the remote threat of Ebola.


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KELLY: Polling prejudice

Beyond the fact that minorities and the poor face disproportionate difficulties in obtaining such identification, in practice voter ID laws are rarely — if ever — about fraud.

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