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  • Should Students Be on a First-Name Basis with Their Professors?

    Should Students Be on a First-Name Basis with Their Professors?0

    As the new school year quickly approaches, college freshmen will soon learn the proper way to address their new instructors. No longer are the go-to titles of “Mr.” and “Ms.” commonly used like they are for K-12 teachers; rather, “Professor,” “Doctor,” and first names are thrown in. The pertinent question today asks whether it’s okay

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  • How Do U.S. Reading Habits Compare to the Rest of the World?

    How Do U.S. Reading Habits Compare to the Rest of the World?0

    Scandinavia is made up of the top 5 most literate countries in the world. (Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, and Sweden, respectively.) All 7 Harry Potter books are on the Top 21 Best Selling Books Worldwide. (By millions of copies sold.) When it comes to the most hours read per week, India, Thailand, China, the Philippines,

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  • 16 Things You Didn’t Know About Julius Caesar

    16 Things You Didn’t Know About Julius Caesar0

    On July 13, 100 B.C., Julius Caesar was born in Rome to a patrician family of relatively modest means. During his formative years, Rome was transforming and expanding. Caesar, perhaps seeing the success of his uncle, the statesman and general Gaius Marius, set his eyes on a career in the Roman military. He spent much

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  • Why Students Can No Longer Work Their Way Through College

    Why Students Can No Longer Work Their Way Through College0

    As a current senior at a private college, I know firsthand how expensive the cost of college is today. For the upcoming 2017-2018 academic school year, the full sticker price of attending my school is $53,950. Wow. Many could criticize me for picking a pricier private college instead of a cheaper public one, but when

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