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The Case of the Missing Extra Crispy
Collegian columnist Gavin Beeker spots the missing treat in Amherst’s food cornucopia.
Tags: Amherst center, Food & Drink, fried chicken
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Free speech includes ideas you don’t like, too
Columnist Gavin Beeker criticizes Occupy protesters for limiting free speech.
Tags: amherst, Free Speech, occupy
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Let Democracy Work
Collegian columnist Gavin Beeker advocates for democracy rather than recent episodes of radicalism, as the key to structural change.
Tags: clint east wood, COINTELPRO, Cold War, Democracy, J. Edgar
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Renewing the republic
Columnist Gavin Beeker explains the need for Americans to take an interest in government and public affairs in order to truly embody the meaning of living in a republic.
Tags: Democracy, government, Republic
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The fight for the middle class
Collegian columnist Gavin Beeker explores the “mythic” middle class, and just what makes it so special and important in politics.
Tags: Democracy, middle class, politics, united states
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No easy prescription for occupation
Collegian Columnist Gavin Beeker explores some of the ideology that supports the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Tags: government, occupy, The rule of law
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Pragmatism in Political Debate
Columnist Gavin Beeker argues for more understanding between candidates in political debates.
Tags: Instrumentalism, politics, Pragmatism
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“Drive” delivers the goods
Ryan Gosling plays the unnamed Driver in Nicolas Winding Refn’s noir-inspired “Drive,” giving audiences all the pulse-pounding excitement of the Hollywood thriller, but without the fat.
Tags: albert brooks, Drive, ron perlman, Ryan Gosling, True Grit
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