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Spring Break—End the Indulgence

While many of my fellow classmates were galavanting around the tropics or drinking White Russians après by the slopes, I was out changing the world. Yes, that is a bit self-indulgent of me to say, but while you slurped Marianna cherries by…

Misconstructing the Origins of Threats

News reporters and scholars have misinformed US citizens of Al-Qaeda’s origins in promoting a War on Terror agenda. Ultimately, key concepts and strategies were adopted to preserve support for a translational jihad cause. Accurately…

E-Cigs: Death Sticks Get a Sleek New Upgrade

The use of electronic cigarettes, more commonly known as e-cigarettes or e-cigs, has drastically spiked in prevalence among children and young adults. This is mainly due to the shift from e-cigarettes being a way to quit smoking to a fun,…

Why Your Major Means Nothing

I’m going to admit something most parents are horrified of their children saying – “I am an English Major.” Wait worse! – “I am an English Major and I have taken enough classes to be a Music major… I am an English & Music major.”…

Feminist Friday: Do Something

On Tuesday night, I went to a workshop entitled “Whiteness and the Complexity of Anti-racist Allyship,” led by St. Lawrence’s own Dr. Meghan Carpenter. We talked about ways in which everyone participates in racism through systems and…

Your Phone Is Listening to You

Your phone listens to you. Yes, this is a conspiracy theory, but just hear me out. I love my phone more than most; I can’t even survive without it for, like, a day. But, in the pursuit of excellence, we should probably all stop using our…

Just Do It—Or Don’t

Nike’s new advertisement has people jumping on the “women can do it all” train left and right. I am here to ask: why? Sure, it is great to see a surge in empowering advertisements with a feminist message, from the much-contested Gillette ad…
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