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It seems like everyone is under attack for their beliefs these days. Whether it’s pressure from your parents, fostering a political agenda or simply fuming in your bedroom over a conversation you’ve just had or something you’ve seen on TV, the tension between different groups of people and their ideas is impossible to escape. This tension is particularly prominent between two groups: the fundamentally religious and the bombastic atheist. The mutual intolerance often held by both extreme atheists and extreme fundamentalists is not only limiting to compromise and progress, but...

There are some things I will never understand about women. Why do you go to the bathroom in groups? Why do you ask for my opinion if you don’t have any plans on taking it in to consideration? Why do you listen to and enjoy rap music? The last question is the most perplexing to me. I enjoy an awkward conversation at the urinal and at least you want me to feel included, but rap music, seriously? Last year I was on a date with my girlfriend. It was a...

The question in everyone’s mind recently has been “where the hell am I going to live next year?” A few students offered a little guidance on the matter. The three major options are living on campus in a dorm, on campus in a house, or braving the not-so-dangerous waters to live off campus. The most classic college living experience-meaning the one most often portrayed in movies- is the dorm room. Chancy for the first year (there’s no saying who you might be living with!) by the time the second year...

Winter break was great. I went on a trip with my family, saw my friends from home, caught up on sleep and had a great time. But then I still had two weeks left. That was fine, I still had other friends from liberal arts schools so I saw them for longer than I did in high school. Then they went back to school. But I still had a week left. Winter break is too long. After a semester of school and finals it only seems logical that students would...

This article is inspired by Conan O’Brien’s bod. On Dec. 2, 2010, O’Brien donned jeggings for the entirety of his acclaimed late-night talk show, “Conan.” For those who aren’t aware, jeggings are denim or denim-ish leggings that have been increasing in popularity since mid-2010 and they are very, very tight. Watching O’Brien strut with grace and sarcastic confidence about the stage as he bared his long, slender legs before a floored audience took me completely aback. I was surprised by the shape of his legs, lean yet somehow unfeminine, and...

As college students, we fall into the wrongly held belief that paying tuition, going to class every once in a while, and taking the tests automatically move us into the category of productive members of society. Going to college used to mean learning a lot, working a lot and making a lot. Unfortunately none of those things are guaranteed anymore. Going to college has changed. The number of Americans with college degrees is going up, the cash grab that having a college degree used to guarantee is gone and it’s...