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VULTURES ON A CAROUSEL

Michael Rutschky Sep 27 2006 12:00AM I had my mom drop me off at the anti-police brutality march.  Let that one sink in for a sec. As the marchers began to gather, I looked across the street and saw a group of cops who were there to escort our march down the road.  I was...

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The MMO craze: multiplayer online gaming goes global

Ricky Di and Chris Sapp Sep 27 2006 12:00AM The world of video gaming is no longer a solitary one. Sure, the “multiplayer” function’s been around for a while, but the MMORPG takes it so much further. Massive multiplayer online role playing games, or MMOs, allow you to interact and play alongside gamers from all...

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Moving in before marriage: A different point of view

By Vince Sullivan Published on January 8 , 2008 On the Opinion Page in The Corsair (December 9), it was expressed that living together before marriage was a good idea, and research validates that most young people agree with this idea.  However, research also demonstrates that it is a bad idea, especially for women, to...

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Covering Election ’08 (Canto 1)

By Michael Rutschky Published on January 8, 2008 I woke up on New Year’s Day to nightmares of venomous snakes and a stomach virus, an omen of things to come perhaps?  This will be a strange year, I am hoping.  Lots of trickery and revelations as the spectator sport known as American politics begins another...

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Staff favs: Seven favorite cinema events in 2007

By Joshua Encinias Published on January 8, 2008 This top list has five or six films that I would purchase, the rest were the best of my 51 trips to Rave Motion Pictures, the Gulf Breeze Cinema 4, an Asian Theater in Washington, D.C. and the University Mall’s Dollar Theater. On to the list which...

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‘Burrism:’ history repeats itself

By Joshua Encinias Published on December 5, 2007 The “American way” stems from the need for dominion.  Freedom from religious power influenced a move from England. The settlers desperately needed help from the natives.  After achieving the ability to prosper on their own, the settlers captured the Native American land.  This was the beginning.  Owning...

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Moving in before marriage

By Jade Lantz Published on December 5, 2007 In today’s society, it is becoming more prominent that couples are moving in together before marriage.  People often move in together for purposes of getting to know one another better, for financial reasons, and for security and mental stability.  Society allows this to occur because we understand...

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America: Teeter-tottering pre-teen

By Joshua Encinias Published on December 5, 2007 When did America turn from, beer, babes and football to Myspace, macchiato and “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”?  That was a joke to divert from the typical lead, and yes, I have to explain that.    Here we r az eh Natshon: Numerical acronyms and celebrity...

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The column where I bitch about music

By Michael Rutschky Published on December 5, 2007 Music is my passion.  Well, next to journalism and comic books music is my passion.  I was in a Punk Rock band back in New London, Connecticut called The Model Citizens (a real punk band, not some annoying group of teenyboppers that got together, learned how to...

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Hopes to Harvest

By Ansley Zecckine Published on December 5, 2007 The poem entitled, “Footprints in the Sand” probably brings to mind the picture of a single set of footprints going off into the distance along a beautiful beach sunset. Recall the reply that God gave in the story when he said, “My son, my precious child, I...