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Our view: Homecoming is for high school

DKS Editors October 7, 2010

Homecoming is a wonderful tradition. Every year, thousands of high schools across the nation celebrate a weekend of football and good old teenage fun. But it seems odd for college students to continue...

Healthier lunches needed, won’t cost the poor

October 6, 2010

When most remember grade school, they recall sloppy joes and other unhealthy lunch options. While U.S. school cafeteria workers do their best to provide healthy, delicious meals for children, they are...

Jose

Nicole Hennessy October 5, 2010

You should not go out and get drunk with your already drunk roommate, end your alcohol consumption with tequila, then push your beds together so you can have a “sleepover party,” which inevitably results...

Cheers and Jeers for October 6

DKS Editors October 5, 2010

CheersCheers to the Chavez-Pina wedding in Oscar Ritchie Hall. They’re not the first to wed on campus, and we hope they won’t be the last.Cheers to the depression screening Thursday. It’s a nice...

The sadistic sanctuary of Showtime’s “Dexter”

Nick Glunt October 5, 2010

With four full seasons of gruesome drama under its belt, Showtime’s premier television series “Dexter” grabbed my attention and kept a firm grip. In fact, I watched the entire first season in a single...

Our view for October 6

DKS Editors October 5, 2010

Here’s what we know about the big fight at Campus Pointe:Calls to 911 were coming in between 1:51 a.m. and 2:08 a.m. One mentioned seeing someone brandish a gun. So for at least 17 minutes, law enforcement...

“Tilt 2005” is no more for fear students will fall in

DKS Editors October 5, 2010

Art pieces have popped up left and right around campus this year, but Wednesday, one piece of work lost its spot on the Esplanade.The newspaper stack next to the Art Building appropriately named “Tilt...

Gay suicide for fear of harassment is unacceptable

DKS Editors October 4, 2010

For Tyler Clementi, plunging to his death in the Hudson River was a better option than everyone finding out he was gay.Clementi, a freshman at Rutgers University, jumped off the George Washington Bridge...

When closeted gays become government officials

Thisanjali Gangoda October 4, 2010

In 2003, the U.S. Supreme Court overruled anti-sodomy laws in Lawrence v. Texas on the grounds that it was “an invasion of privacy,” as opposed to declaring the laws as being blatantly discriminatory....

United States must take risks to succeed

Michael Kahn October 4, 2010

The year is 1933. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt announces the New Deal to recover from the Great Depression.The year is 1961. President John F. Kennedy announces that Americans are going to the moon...

Our View for October 4

DKS Editors October 3, 2010

It’s happened to all of us, we’re college students after all. You stop at Wendy’s on the way home from class to grab a quick bite, and unbeknownst to you, that $5 meal drains the last of your $3.50...

Qualifying morality

Matthew Colwell October 3, 2010

Consistently badgered with events, rallies, fundraisers, “awareness days” and so much more, we often fight for reassurance of our own morality, rather than against real prejudice. Instead of acting,...

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