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By ADITYA Ramachandran ’17, Staff Writer (@aramacha@fandm.edu) At the close of the 19th century, there were few unaware of the “Scramble for Africa.” Effectively, a collection of imperialist robber-barons carved…
By DYLAN JENNINGS ’17, Staff Writer The victory of Bill DeBlasio in the most recent mayoral election in New York City has the political world abuzz. After Mayor Bloomberg’s long…
By Julia Scavicchio ‘14 For many of us the Internet is simply the Internet. We don’t think of where it comes from or who gives it to us. This may…
By Aditya Ramachandran ’17 Just one day after the U.N elected the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to a special seat on the Security Council, the country’s rulers refused to accept…
By Chan Tov Dear ladies, if you’re promoting bathroom discrimination — urine trouble. Pardon the bad pun, but I really feel the need to address issues found in an article a…
By Jonathan Blader ’17 With Halloween in the rearview mirror, I could sit here for hours typing a little homage to the classics of the horror genre because they deserve…
By Max Pearlman ’17 I love horror movies. There is something really amazing about the emotion that a horror movie can evoke. It is arguably more powerful then any other…
By Grace Meredith ‘16 At some point in our education, we come to the realization that many parts of the world are not happy places to be. There is genocide…
By Erin Moyer, Associate Opinion & Editorial Editor Hey, here’s something we should talk about: do you think the school should arm Public Safety? Huh, wow, that seems like kind…
By Grace Meredith, Staff Writer As anyone who knows me will surely tell you, I love animals. From over-enthusiasm when running into dogs on the street to pipe dreams of…
By Aditya Ramachandran, Contributing Writer The fact that we have been talking democratic free market values for decades and yet we can’t seem to govern ourselves has an impact. We…
By Max Pearlman, Staff Writer From the moment I got to campus — scratch that — from the moment I got into college, there has been a stigma associated with having a girlfriend. Before…
By Briona Price, Staff Writer Kimberly Hall, mother of teenage boys and owner of a blog geared towards mothers, has been under criticism for a few months now because of…
BY GRACE MEREDITH ‘16 Staff Writer From as early on as I can remember, my family was a veritable charm school. My grandfather would repeat, like a mantra, about elbows…
BY SEAN SIMONEAU ‘13 Staff Writer If you’ve followed any sort of news source over the past few months, you might expect that space is trying to destroy the planet.…