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Sunday, January 29, 2012

State of the Union: Hopeful, But Overly Idealistic

In an election year, almost every word that comes out of a president’s mouth is political.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

School Should Dispose of Trash Cans

The Green Team is on a roll, and hasn’t stopped to rest after elevating the entire MVLA district to a Green Certification. Despite these improvements, people are still not recycling as much as they could. In order to achieve its full recycling potential, the school needs to remove trash cans completely from the quad.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Holiday Cheer and Traditions Bring Smiles

I like to call it the switch: going to bed on October 31 and waking up the next morning only to see Halloween decorations being replaced with winter holiday ones.

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Concussions Linked to Mental Illnesses

In the last nine months, the sports world has been rocked by athletes’ suicides everywhere. Former San Jose Sharks center Tom Cavanagh, a Harvard alum, leapt to his death in a Rhode Island parking garage; Dave Duerson, once a Pro Bowl safety for the Chicago Bears, shot himself and proclaimed his body open to medical study on mental illness; and Jeret (Speedy) Peterson, an Olympic silver medalist in aerial skiing followed Duerson and also shot himself in the head.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

A Look at the Conservatives: Who is Electable?

The Republican (GOP) debates are devolving into a series of personal attacks and criticisms. The media focuses on giving the sensationalistic horse-race journalism coverage of the politicians.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Slaying the Beast

I play Dungeons and Dragons.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Browser Battle: Chrome vs. Firefox

In a world where the Internet is such an integral part of everyday life, web browsers the keys which lead to effectiveness and efficiency. Internet Explorer, the first browser giant which dominated the markets since the early stages of the web, has been slowly losing its grasp over the browser market. In its place, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome have been attempting replace Internet Explorer as the next dominant browser; a goal that is decided only by the users. So which of these two browsers is really better?

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

English Grades Are Carefully Calibrated

Many students often groan about English classes, “they’re so subjective! It’s all about how much the teacher likes you.” This is a common conception about English classes, that they are easily affected by bias, regardless of the actual writing submitted. However, this may not be true at all.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Petrichor

Petrichor is the smell of rain on stone. It’s the start of something new, a change of the seasons. Or maybe its just God’s compensation for bad weather.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Modern Pirates Should Not Be Demonized

The U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act on Wednesday, October 26. This would give content creators and the government the power to shut down websites that offer copyrighted content for free.

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