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Consider historical context of common terminology

By Jumanah Saadeh · Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013

This year’s TruEMU campaign features several successful alumni. One of the power statements of the selected alumni proclaims, “I manifest my own destiny.” This may seem like a harmless statement in today’s context. It means that the individual is taking charge of her life to make her dreams a reality.

COLUMN: Opposing Views: Red Wings getting new arena (CON)

By James Tatum · Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013

The news is a broke city plans to help pay for a new sports arena. I was as confused as I’m sure anybody would be when I heard the city of Detroit, which filed for bankruptcy in July, planned to help pay for a new arena for the Detroit Red Wings.

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Zero tolerance policies make zero sense

By Anthony Alaniz · Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013

The message North Andover School District is sending students is a dangerous one. Schools are supposed to provide a learning experience where rights and wrongs are solidified into lifelong values designed to prepare students to function in the real world. Sadly, zero tolerance polices are black-and-white blemishes on the foundation of public education. The real world isn’t so clear-cut, and to make a decision to aid a friend in need and to be punished for it is sickening.

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We have reasons to be spirited

By Jess J. Salisbury · Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013

The most common question I’ve gotten about the newspaper in the past couple weeks is something to the effect of “Why do you guys keep picking on Ron English?”

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Children need both

By Olivia Jackson · Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013

Over the past few decades, the ideologies and traditions of raising a family has changed. Families that once consisted of a hard-working father and a stay-at-home mother now consist of one parent trying to multitask the duties of two parents. In this generation, the sole provider has been mothers. Mothers have been forced to take on the responsibility of raising children on their own without the help of the fathers.

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Stop giving attention to the wrong issues

By Jumanah Saadeh · Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013

After my shift driving the golf cart ended at work, I walked inside to get a drink. A woman approached me and touched my arm. She smiled and said, “I cannot tell you how excited I was to see you driving!” My initial reaction was confusion. What was she talking about? She continued, “It’s so wonderful that you are able to live here and have the freedom to drive.”

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Who wins in education: students or the banks?

By John G. Fike · Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013

Everybody talks about the need for higher education, especially how it’s supposed to bring graduates higher paying jobs. But is this just a come-on designed to redistribute wealth from the middle class to the banks?

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Taxes, taxes, Texas

By James Tatum · Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013

Gov. Rick Perry, Republican of the Lone Star State, has started to run ads outside of Texas to lure away businesses from their home states.

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Virtual actuality

By Tommy Barker · Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013

Gamers have evolved over the years from a bunch of individuals holed up at the arcade to a phenomenon of worldly proportions.

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Conquering depression

By Jordan E. Meek · Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013

Some people assume depression is for attention-seekers, but contrary to what these people believe, those suffering from depression are not purposely hurting themselves for attention. They are living with an illness.

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Government or Circus?

By Anthony Alaniz · Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013

We’ve been bamboozled! Swindled! Hoodwinked! Hornswoggled! What we’ve lost is a governing body that works for the people. Instead, we got a cut-rate “West Side Story” on our hands.

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