Columnist Billy Rainsford outlines the effects that the University’s solicitation policy has on student groups and on the campus community as a whole.
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Soliciting free speech
Tags: american civil liberties union, Eddie Hull, Kyle Howard, SGA, western mass aclu
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Redemption ‘elevates our nature’
Columnist Eric Magazu analyzes why we enjoy narratives of redemption and why we in fact need to redeem ourselves.
Tags: Christianity, jesus, redemption
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Campus political lackluster
Collegian columnist Josh Steinberg remarks on his dissatisfaction with the lacking political awareness on campus as the presidential elections near.
Tags: democrat, journalism, politcal, Republic, us senate
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The economic foibles of mandating contraception
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles explains how the contraception mandate is a matter of freedom of conscience and of the government using clumsy policy to deal with imagined problems.
Tags: ACA, Contraception, government, HHS
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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
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YCMP, what about me?
Last week I strolled into Blue Wall hoping I would find the perfect meal to satisfy my mid-day hunger. To my delight, I was able to find this in the form of a very attractive slice of Buffalo chicken pizza. Somehow, in the midst of my admiring the slice, the sign above the glass caught [...]
Tags: Blue Wall, pricing, YCMP
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Elizabeth Warren is my kind of girl
Collegian columnist Jon Carvalho explains his endorsement of Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren.
Tags: Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Senate, United States Senate
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The Exercise Enigma
Collegian columnist Merav Kaufman argues exercise is worth more than a slimmer figure.
Tags: Exercise, MayoClinic.com, mental health, physical health, UM Recreation Center
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Fly Me to the Moon
Collegian columnist Claire Anderson is psyched for the possibilities of Gingrich’s moon colony.
Tags: Live on moon, Moon, Newt Gingrich
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The degradation of argument
Collegian contributor Jesse Putnam notes that philosophy’s underrepresentation in education is leading to unreason.
Tags: Argument, philosophy, Principle
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