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College talk etiquette

By Della Turque September 28, 2013

For us seniors, it’s hard not to appreciate our last moments: last first day of school, last high school football game, last time we’ll ever have to endure homecoming craziness. But around every corner...

Overexposed: Twerking

By Julia Maman September 28, 2013

What has the world come to? Every award show on T.V., every video on Youtube or Vine, is being taken over by the “Twerk Team”. There seems to be more and more people wiggling their bums and twerking...

Dude Food: A senior’s guide to going out to lunch

By Nick Meyer September 26, 2013

For three long years, us seniors have been forced to eat lunch within the confines of the school. Three long years of the same sandwiches, at the same benches, followed promptly by mundane hall laps for...

Serve turnover with your favorite fall fruit and enjoy. Photo by Emily Baker.

Bdubbs Bakes: Apple Turnovers

By Emily Baker September 26, 2013

Now that the summer is over, leaves are falling and pumpkins are ready to be carved. Crispy, golden, and covered in cinnamon sugar: these apple turnovers are perfect to kickstart the brisk Autumn weather. Ingredients 1...

College Visit Travel Diary: Ohio State and University of Michigan

College Visit Travel Diary: Ohio State and University of Michigan

By Nick Sobel September 25, 2013

Ohio State and Michigan. The two educational establishments are known to many as bitter rivals. This past weekend, I visited both schools to see who really deserved bragging rights. I have grown up...

Harry Potter to cast a new spell

By Sarah Barr Engel September 16, 2013

Just one name conjures up so many images in my mind. One character, seven books, eight movies, an entire world. Magic. I feel like I grew up alongside the golden trio. My dad read me the first book when...

Flashy college football uniforms distracting, unappealing

By Sebastian van Bastelaer September 15, 2013

Click. I flip on the T.V. and am instantly met by an explosion of color: neon yellow, green, orange, silver and white. Is the T.V. broken? Am I watching a paintball match? Nope, just college football. I’m...

Stereo-2-Go: a new free online music concept

By Rebecca Katz September 11, 2013

I’ve always been a fan of free online music services like Pandora, Songza and Spotify. While I love features like finding new artists of my favorite genre, never hearing repeats of songs and having...

Growing up, or growing out?

By Noah Franklin September 5, 2013

I would very much like to wear Velcro shoes. However, at a certain age I was expected to tie my own shoes and to dispose of the Velcro ones. This seems illogical to me. Isn’t it much easier to fasten...

Miley Cyrus: “being yourself” should not apply

By Della Turque September 1, 2013

Unless you are living under a rock, you’ve heard about Miley Cyrus’s twerking debut at the VMAs. I didn’t watch the VMAs but was sure to catch her performance the next day on YouTube. Everyone’s...

The “Only Child” Syndrome

By Julia Pearl-Schwartz September 1, 2013

As school begins, so do our typical routines: staying up late to finish homework, groggily walking to first period and having awkward encounters in the hallway, etc. But, for me, there is one major difference:...

Obama’s speech tastefully commemorates 50th anniversary of March on Washington

By Scott Singer August 29, 2013

Nobody knew what America’s future held 50 years ago. In the South, Jim Crow laws reigned. Meanwhile, African Americans boycotted, marched and challenged society. Martin Luther King Jr., president...

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