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Killing animals is callous, shortsighted
With the year rounding out, plenty of organizations have found themselves grabbing for work however they can get it; The International Union of Conservation of Nature wishes it had less. Last week, the IUCN announced...
‘Oops’
Gov. Rick Perry has never been the most well-spoken debater, and you can only fault a candidate so much for this small part of the larger picture. Still, at a CNBC Michigan Republican debate...
Veterans deserve more than lip service
For the servicemen and women of our armed forces who are killed overseas, the memorials and parades surrounding Veterans Day are meaningless. The fallen are beyond the reach of such pageantry and praise; any...
Healthcare vouchers unfair to veterans
Veteran’s Day is a day to honor and respect our veterans — not to threaten their access to healthcare. Unfortunately, that is exactly what Republican primary candidate Mitt Romney did on Veteran’s Day. Romney...
The 53 percent
When my father first set foot on American soil, he was 14 and had nothing but the clothes on his back. He was a refugee from the Cambodian Genocide, a senseless massacre instigated by...
Earth, 7 billion and counting
As of this month, the Earth is supporting 7 billion people. Some are well-off, most are hungry, but all of them should be concerned about overpopulation. At our current procreation rate, your children’s children...
White collars and handcuffs
Most of the time when we think of crime we think of street crime, not white collar crime. After all, it is street crime that we are more likely to hear about from local...
Escaping the end of the semester blues
The end of the semester is rapidly approaching. This means that many students are frantically struggling to get caught up in their classes, throw together group presentations and vomit out research papers. In this time,...
About-face
The Occupy Wall Street movement passed the 50 day mark this weekend, just days after OWS protestors in Oakland, Calif. rioted. Protestors in Oakland expanded their occupation camps in the downtown area. Some decided to...