America remains quick to accept mudslinging and slander
BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’13 Senior Editor Whenever I turn on the TV or the car radio, go online, or even walk down the street recently, I notice there is a…
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BY JUSTIN KOZLOSKI ’13 Senior Editor Whenever I turn on the TV or the car radio, go online, or even walk down the street recently, I notice there is a…
BY SARA BLANK ’14 Opinion & Editorial EditorIn high school, my history class was abuzz with nerves before a test. The next day, frustrated with our behavior, our teacher gave…
BY DYLAN JENNINGS ’14 Contributing Writer If you have been paying any attention whatsoever to the news — if not, seeing as there’s a presidential election on the horizon, you’d better start — then…
BY JULIA CINQUEGRANI ’16 Contributing Writer I have always been proud of the United States as a place of equality and opportunity. It is therefore extremely troubling to me that…
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Staff Writer There may be no species more fascinating in this world than the “bandwagon fan.” They enthrall us, confuse us, and often anger us with…
BY SOPHIE AFDHAL ’15 Contributing Writer Last week, in a disappointing turn of events, my Blackberry began to die. Waterlogged and aging, it is slowly falling apart. Faced with its…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer Many people say that voting is the act of choosing between lesser evils. It’s hip to be cynical about the current political system…
BY LAUREN MULIAWAN ’16 Contributing WriterI don’t know about all of you fellow Fummers, but I love this mild weather. It’s that lovely in-between time. Full-fledged fall has yet to…
BY LAUREN BEJZAK ’13 Editor-in-Chief The plastic credit card clattered on the mussed counter. Without saying a word I pointed at the reader and waited for the owner to get…
BY NATHAN MCCLELLAN ’16 Contributing Writer A couple of weeks ago I sat in a room with some friends as we waited to head to a party. We were an…
BY SARA BLANK ’14 Opinion & Editorial EditorCancerians (those born between June 22 and July 22) are known for being particularly predisposed to believe in the paranormal. I guess it…
BY CONNOR BURNS ’13 Senior Staff Writer The GOP chose to have its Presidential convention on the tip of Florida during hurricane season. Then, Thursday night Clint Eastwood stepped before…
BY ERIC MELLIS ’13 Senior Staff Writer The Olympics may be considered the biggest stage in the world, but after the event is over and done with I believe its…
BY BRIONA PRICE ’16 Contributing Writer I was doing absolutely nothing valuable. You see, YouTube is a place for time-wasters: a safe haven. I was on my fifth “funny” animal…
BY CHARLOTTE WYNN ’16 Contributing Writer We’ve heard them all before: the Rugrats rumor that it was all in a mentally-damaged Angelica’s head, the rumor that Steve of Blue’s Clues…