Step it up, underclassmen

Published on 26 February 2010 by Alex Revis in Opinion

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Step it up, underclassmen

The boys’ basketball team had been on a three-year home winning streak until SM West beat them on Feb. 2. The Cougar fans were very disappointing in this game. Although the score was close throughout the game…

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iDéjà Vu [Poll]

Published on 26 February 2010 by Admin in Opinion

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iDéjà Vu [Poll]

If you’ve been following the news, you’ve heard about Apple’s latest product. The unfortunately named iPad has been called many things (most of them unprintable), and it’s beginning to look like the almighty Apple may finally have…

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ZERO… tolerance policy

Published on 24 February 2010 by Nick Feighner in Opinion, Sports

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ZERO… tolerance policy

Remember that annoying orange packet you received at the beginning of the school year? You know, the one you and your parents probably set down and signed without even reading? This little packet explains the drug/alcohol policy that is enforced by the SMSD. What this packet…

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And the most useless awards show goes to…

It never ceases to amaze me how dumb the corporate side of the music business is. Just when I think the business is turning around (which is hardly ever), it just fires right back through our radios with a burst of craptastic notes arranged in the same repetitive fashion.

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Jay Leno is old news

Published on 16 February 2010 by Ryan McCarthy in Opinion

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Jay Leno is old news

If I’m not doing homework at 10:30 p.m., I’m always watching David Letterman. Maybe I watch because that’s who my parents watched when they let me stay up late as a little kid. Letterman is…

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Time to talk it out

Published on 16 February 2010 by Lauren Komer in News, Opinion

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Time to talk it out

Did I let the dog out? Does everyone have their stories in? When is the English book due? What time is the bowling meet? Have I practiced? What am I forgetting?

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Rise and demise

Published on 16 February 2010 by David Catt in Opinion

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Rise and demise

Sitting in a dark corner of Fred P. Ott’s bar and grill on the Plaza, I gazed at a grainy flat-screen TV and witnessed what I still believe to be the Halley’s comet of athletic feats: Tiger Woods’ third round at the 2008 U.S. Open.

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Racial profiling a problem with searches

Published on 16 February 2010 by Madi Watts in Opinion

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Racial profiling a problem with searches

This past Christmas on a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit, Umar Farouk Abdulmattallab attempted to ignite a bomb, in his pants. As humorous as that may sound, this act has resulted in mandates in the United States…

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New year; same resolution

Published on 29 January 2010 by Brianna Leyden in Opinion

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New year; same resolution

A friend told me that her New Year’s resolution this year was to lose 10 pounds. Considering that within a week I caught her eating a bag of marshmallows, I wish her good luck. Really.

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Helping Haiti through turmoil

Published on 29 January 2010 by Ryan McCarthy in Opinion

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Helping Haiti through turmoil

I am so lucky. I wake up every morning in a warm house, crawl out of my twin-sized bed and walk downstairs to a fully stocked pantry of breakfast cereals. I take a hot shower, get ready for school and drive off in my own car….

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