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Learning curve

In the olden days, when all mail was snail mail, there was a rote piece of wisdom.If someone made you mad or, if you felt you had been wronged, the thing to do was to sit down and write (or type, banging on the keys of a manual typewriter could be very cathartic) a letter to the perpetrator.


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Preserving the planet

With income tax day over with, students are already planning to use their tax returns on beer for another major holiday in the near future: Cinco de Mayo.


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Obama tea party

In the spirit of the revolutionary character of this country?s foundation, Thomas Jefferson once told a friend that ?the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.? Whether Jefferson would have actually wanted revolutionary upheaval is doubtful considering the fact the man was often a detached idealist.


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A costly culture

The University prides itself on the fact that it is rated one of the most affordable public universities in the country.


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Breezy security

As an out-of-state student, I take a lot of airplane flights. Last summer alone, I took no fewer than six international flights, each one seemingly longer and more uncomfortable than the last.


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Intelligent activism

Since successful student activism is so rare at this University, I get stirred by even the slightest rumblings of discontent, no matter how ineffectual or inchoate they may be.


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Questionable spending

Who wants to be a millionaire? I would say all of you reading. The millionaire status is something many hope, strive, and work for until they get there and wonder what to do next.


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