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What in the World: In defense of decaf coffee
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What in the World: The perfect reading nook
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What in the World: Hate speeches on the beeches
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What in the World: The importance of packaging
It was time for lunch. Having just attended back-to-back classes in the morning, I was feverish with anticipation. My lunch was to be a chopped salad with a light covering of chipotle dressing and mozzarella pearls plopped thither and yon for a delightful combination of aesthetic appeal and masticatory interaction. But lo! The new container…
What in the World: Utopic Joe
By the time you read this column, Joe Biden will presumably have been sworn in as the 46th president of these United States. Simultaneously, Trump will begin retirement in Florida doing what retired presidents do: getting sweetheart book deals, speaking to sycophantic groups for hundreds of thousands of dollars and golfing. For the latter, his…
What in the World: For whom the bell tolls
It is heartwarming to see the Left denouncing mob violence against federal buildings and their inhabitants. Seven months later than I would have preferred but, hey, we are all human. My causticity now spent, welcome back! Some stuff is going on: Winter Term, the president — wretched be his name — is facing a…
Oh, the places you’ll go, Joe
Before I get into this article, I’d like to congratulate you on making it to the end of this term, be you student, staff or civilian. The term was a bugger enough for me, and I have a stable home environment with plentiful resource access and time, so I can only imagine what…
We Are Not Supposed to Talk About This: Election results
Luther Abel – Columnist What a night! I don’t know what you did the night of Nov. 3, but if your schedule was anything like mine, you spent hours sitting in front of the computer or TV endlessly refreshing as the results came oh-so-slowly in. For sustenance, I snacked from a…
We are not supposed to talk about this: The final debate
Fariba Lale – Columnist Here we go again! Honestly, I am running out of clever ways to rephrase: “Two racist old men take a bunch of drugs and then get into an argument, and we all have to watch and take them seriously because this is a hostage situation, help, please help, the…