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by Nico Sophiea People in the U.S. are preoccupied with voting to an unhealthy degree. This is not to say that everyone votes, or thinks voting is effective or worthwhile; on the contrary, a smaller and smaller proportion of the eligible population votes every election year, and that’s not just because more and more people are in prison. But when you broach the question of politics, of having a say in the way things are, voting is just about the only strategy anyone can think of—voting, and influencing others’ votes....

On Sept. 23, students gathered in Trimble Forum for an afternoon of intellectual discussion at a Coffeehouse Conversation with Professor Laurie Frankel.  At the event, which was co-sponsored by the Gender Studies and English departments, Frankel discussed publishing and her debut novel, The Atlas of Love. According to Frankel, her talk, entitled Writing With Boobs in the U.S.A., was a “gendered take on book publishing and reviews” and explored “the intersection of English and gender studies.”  After speaking, Frankel answered questions from the audience and sold and signed copies of...

Fall Break may seem like an awkward period of four days in the middle of October for new students but for upperclassmen, it is a much needed and expected break. Often, students who live in bordering states take advantage of the long weekend to go home for some R & R. And those who are willing to sacrifice rest in order to travel further take the red eye to visit friends and family in the mid-west or on the east coast. However, not everyone wants to go home or is...