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In Defense of Nicholas Kristof

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I may not have been impressed with Kristof’s presentation at Connecticut College, but there is no doubt that he is trying to make a...

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If You Give a Student the Internet, Examining the widespread cheating scandal at Harvard

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If you were given a take-home final exam for which you were allowed to use both your notes and the Internet (in case you didn’t quite get...

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The Declassified Blizzard Survival Guide

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I’m writing this on the day after the Great Blizzard of 2013 — also referred to by the Weather Channel creative geniuses as Snowstorm...

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Long Distance, Valentine’s Day Does Not Have to Suck

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For those of us in long distance relationships, the holiday that can be the hardest is Valentine’s Day. You end up third-wheeling with...

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Found: A New Legacy for King Richard III

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As those of you in Professor Strabone’s Freshman Seminar “The Uses of History in Literature” last semester will remember, what were...

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An Argument Against Gen Eds

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Leonardo Da Vinci was a true Renaissance man; he was educated in everything from medicine to theology. His goal to know a little bit about...

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The Domestic Terrorism Discussion: The Elephant in the Gun Debate Room

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We are all privy to the enormous impact that gun violence has had on recent United States history. Presently, a task force on gun control...

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A Perspective on the Boy Scouts Ban on Gays

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The Boy Scouts of America organization has recently come under a lot of scrutiny due to its harsh, but legitimately legal, policy of...

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