Let’s face it—sometimes, life sucks. It is something that we are not usually taught growing up. We are told that as long as we try our best, everything will turn …
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Poem and Photos By Bethany Tuel
She courted the sun using her eyes to enchant and intoxicate Bearing the pain of stinging retinas, she decided, was worth the promise of a scalding ending
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No, Convocation Should Not Be Required
I have never attended a Convocation or Chapel, and I don’t intend to in the semester I have left. I have rewritten this article at least ten times trying to …
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Meal Plan Is Impractical
At EMU, students are required to buy full meal plans for as long as they live in the dorms. I am in my third year and have lived in a …
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Playing With Cute Puppies at Sylvia’s Pets
When I drove into Sylvia’s Pets’ parking lot, I was greeted by a sign proclaiming “cute puppies, bunnies, live rock ball python, cockatoo.” And the sign did not lie, especially …
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Draft Requirements Violate Equal Rights
Let’s talk about the draft. I realize it is probably not something you think about often — we are not technically at war and it does not look like the …
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Losing Ourselves in Normalized Shootings
“How can you read that?” one of my friends asked me the other day, as I was reading about the recent Florida school shooting. “I could never read that. Isn’t …