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  • What Most Freshman Will Experience Their First Week in College

    What Most Freshman Will Experience Their First Week in College0

    It took less than a week into the 2016-2017 academic year for several outrageous stories to surface on college campuses. At the University of Texas at Austin, thousands of students protested the state’s new campus carry law by wielding sex toys in a campaign called “Cocks Not Glocks.” The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee told students that

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  • What Mike Tyson Gets Wrong About Leaving a Legacy

    What Mike Tyson Gets Wrong About Leaving a Legacy15

    Late last year legendary boxer Mike Tyson, 58, attempted a comeback in the ring in an overblown Netflix spectacle against comparative newcomer Jake Paul, who is less than half Tyson’s age. The snoozer of a bout ended with Paul winning by judges’ decision. As if that weren’t enough of a whimper to bring Tyson’s career

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  • What Might Have Been: Russia’s Missed Opportunity of 1917

    What Might Have Been: Russia’s Missed Opportunity of 19170

    The Bolshevik uprising of October 1917 is usually thought to have resulted in the overthrow of the tsarist autocracy, which had ruled the Russian Empire since 1547. This belief has led to a certain idealization of the Russian Revolution. Despite the crimes that were later committed in the USSR in the name of communism, the

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  • What Michael Slager’s Mistrial Means (And Doesn’t Mean)

    What Michael Slager’s Mistrial Means (And Doesn’t Mean)0

    Jamelle Bouie, a political correspondent at Slate, on Wednesday claimed this week’s mistrial of a South Carolina police officer means cops can now kill “with impunity.” Here’s a summary of the case, which Slate manages to get right: Two Aprils ago, Officer Michael Slager shot and killed Walter Scott, a 50-year-old resident of North Charleston, South Carolina.

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  • What Melania’s Hat Can Teach Us About First Impressions

    What Melania’s Hat Can Teach Us About First Impressions0

    I caught my first glimpse of Melania’s outfit soon after she and President Trump arrived at Buckingham Palace, kicking off their 2019 state visit. “Did you see the footage of Trump and Melania visiting Buckingham Palace?!” ran my text to a friend. “I love Melania’s hat!” Checking it out for herself, my friend sent back,

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  • What Meditation Can Do For Your Brain

    What Meditation Can Do For Your Brain0

    Can meditation grow your brain, make you more compassionate, and slow the aging process? Sounds too crazy to believe, right? Like most, I tended to look at the supposed positive effects of meditation as, at best, a tree-hugger’s wishful thinking, or, at worst, utter poppycock. But recent studies are making me question my dismissal of

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