Why else should one support a local business? Find out in Jeff Jeff Bagdigian’s latest column.
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Give Mom and Pop a chance
Tags: local business, Mom and Pop stores, Target, walmart
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English degrees are far more useful than one would think
“You’re an English major, you say? Can I have some fries with that?” From where does this almost universal criticism stem? Ignorance, that’s where.
Tags: college students, English majors, jobs
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 1 Comment »
Perfidy of unregulated corporations
Collegian columnist Jeff Bagdigian explains how the objective of most businesses, be they locally owned small businesses or billion dollar corporations, is to make a profit.
Tags: air pollution, BP, corporations, Ron Paul
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 1 Comment »
More time for leisure increases employee productivity
With the amount of paid leave Europeans have, it is hard to believe that they are able to match the US in productivity.
Tags: European Union, John Schmitt, Rebecca Ray
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US America needs social change of prevailing ideologies
Collegian columnist Jeffrey Bagdigan explains how America needs social change in the form of an overhaul of its prevailing ideologies.
Tags: American society, Change, Maynard James Keenan
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 8 Comments »
Pirating on the Cyber-seas
Jeff Bagdigian discusses the implications of internet piracy and criticizes the government proposed solutions to the problem.
Tags: ACTA, Internet Piracy, PIPA, SOPA
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 3 Comments »
Turkey, ‘Fight Club’, and the Mullins Center
Columnist Jeff Bagdigian reveals his contemplations about working at the Mullins Center while watching ‘Fight Club’ in a turkey-induced doze.
Tags: Fight Club, Mullins Center, Turkey
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Music is about the notes, not the dollars
Columnist Jeffrey Bagdigian discusses the wrongful path that the desire for fame and fortune has led modern music down.
Tags: Kesha, Led Zeppelin, Music
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 4 Comments »
Think frugal thoughts
Columnist Jeffrey Bagdigian comments on the benefits of budgeting finances and living frugally.
Tags: Frugal, Library, shopping
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial | 1 Comment »
Writers in the digital age
Columnist Jeff Bagdigian questions the future of literature and writing in a time when the Internet is usurping print.
Tags: digital age, Internet, Publishing, writers
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