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An Editorial Discussion of the Thelmo Debates

Friday, December 11th, 2009 by Zach Johnk

We decided to do something different in covering the Thelmo presidential debate this past Monday – to offer our honest opinions in a non-news article format. Our managing editor Zach Johnk and assistant managing editor Anthony Martin decided to attend the debate, take separate notes, and compare their observations in a written discussion for you, [...]

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No Winner in Thelmo Presidential Election – Our Take

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Zach Johnk

As some of the campus body may be aware, we have failed to elect a new Thelmo president. In the first round of voting, Beth Kessenich ’12 ran unopposed but was unable to collect the 594 votes necessary to be instated as the next leader of the student body. Because previous president Hassan Raza’s term [...]

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Random Musings From Another OC Member

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Our Readers

On average, every two seconds of my life I have shared mother earth with five additional people. Politics aside, at birth I was entitled to 7.4 acres of land on earth, just like everyone else; at twelve years old I was entitled to 6.1 acres; at age twenty-two, 5.4 acres. (That’s the average size of [...]

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Automatics are Arms, Too: Why the Assault Weapons Ban is Unconstitutional

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Colin French

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Thus states the 2nd Amendment in the Bill of Rights. The Founding Fathers of our country gave such emphasis and importance to this right that is was the [...]

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A Response To Our Political Columnist’s Take On The Healthcare Debate

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009 by Our Readers

Dear Colin French,
Although I often do not agree with your opinions, I still read your weekly column. However, in the last edition I was deeply frustrated by the blatant factual mistakes and slighted diction. The column covered the passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, the House of Representative’s version of [...]

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Endowment Article Erroneous

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 by Our Readers

Dear Editor,
I read the article in the most recent publication of The Hill News titled “Endowment Dilemma” and was dumbfounded by the idiocy of this article. The author states that SLU “has taken no steps, while managing the endowment, to specifically invest in companies that uphold social responsibility or grapple with climate change.” [...]

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Healthcare Bill Passes in House

Thursday, November 12th, 2009 by Colin French

On Saturday, the House of Representatives finally passed a healthcare reform bill, getting by with a slim 220-215 margin. While this is the first healthcare bill to successfully pass under the Obama administration, the reasons are not what you might think. The real story of this bill is the Stupak Amendment, a section added as [...]

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Letter to the Editor

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 by Our Readers

To the Editor,
It has recently come to my attention that there is a very serious problem as St. Lawrence University. My bike, along with a few friends’ bikes, has recently been stolen. Whether by students here at SLU or people outside of the campus community, it is unknown who keeps doing this. What I do [...]

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Letter to the Editor

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 by Our Readers

Dear Editor,
As an alumnus who was visiting campus for Inauguration Weekend, I wanted to write to congratulate all of the students who were involved with the production of SLU’s Got Talent!  I know that all the alumni, including members of the Alumni Council and Board of Trustees, were blown away not only by the wide [...]

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