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No Green for Greece

Many people have heard about the Greek debt crisis and its causes, but there has not been any consensus on what should be done about it.

All Children Left Behind

As we become more blinded by our pointless attempts at achieving educational perfection, we are creating a fabricated intelligence. And in doing so, we are embedding rudimentary skills into a millions of students and passing it off as learning.

Obama: 4/20 Frenemy

Weed is more popular than our president. Sorry, Barack, but more people like the ganja than they like you.

A Step Forward for Gay Rights

Obama has come a long way from his days of solely supporting civil unions, but as the issue with state decisions suggests, there are still a few more obstacles to overcome before same-sex marriage is an option for all couples, regardless of where they live.

Hands for Africa: A Poem

All these students apathetic, complain this group makes them frenetic, These privileged classmen say “Hands for Africa is so annoying.”

Pakistan Tensions On The Rise

One year after Osama bin Laden’s death, the West is still scrutinizing Pakistan’s relationship with Al Qaeda and the Taliban. The aftermath of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden was characterized by an explosion of uncertainty: How had the world’s most wanted terrorist been able to hide in his Abbottabad compound for six years?

Goodbye, Occupy Wall Street

With propulsion and gusto came Kony 2012. It came in the form of a YouTube video, and within the blink of an eye, the campaign was soon gone. Kony 2012 video director, Jason Russell, stripped naked in the streets of San Diego, and soon after, April 20 came and went with few, if any, posted stickers and signs which were to sweep the nation and put Uganda on the map of international awareness.

Japan: Try, Try Again

They say a time will come when the world is ruled, not by the whims of man, but by the demands of machines. Some go so as far to say that humans will one day be enslaved by our own creations, our lives consumed with their power-hungry appetite. They say such a time is fast approaching.

Microsoft Invests in the Nook

Last week, Microsoft invested $605 million in Barnes & Noble’s digital reader business, which produces both the Nook e-reader and the Nook digital tablet. As a result of the investment, Barnes & Noble will create a new subsidiary, Newco, in which Microsoft will hold a 17.6 percent stake. But honestly, I don’t really care about the numbers, and you probably don’t either.

Cheaters Never Prosper

There is a lot of pressure regarding higher education, as we are all intimately aware. Whether it is the pressure to get into college, pressure to stay in college, pressure to make the most out of college or pressure to “succeed” (whatever that may mean), sometimes students and their parents resort to desperate measures to accommodate the system.

MCA: The New Style

The music community suffered quite a loss with the passing of Adam “MCA” Yauch, the renowned founder of the Beastie Boys.

Politicians: We’re Funny, Too! (Sort Of)

When Obama decided to “slow jam” the news he knew he was not going to be able to get away with pulling this campaign stunt without backlash from his critics. He took a risk by appearing on a late-night talk show, aware that his opponents would not shy away from the fight.

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