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  • Three Things Studying Foreign Languages Taught Me About English

    Three Things Studying Foreign Languages Taught Me About English0

    “Whoever does not know a foreign language knows nothing of his own.”  After studying Latin and German, I understand exactly what this quote from Goethe means. Growing up as a native English speaker, I had little idea of how the language worked. Since I began studying foreign languages, I have learned to appreciate my mother

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  • Lyme, Not Lime: How to Help Those Wrestling With the Bizarre Disease

    Lyme, Not Lime: How to Help Those Wrestling With the Bizarre Disease0

    “L-Y-M-E” not “L-I-M-E” an exasperated college friend explained to a group of us in his dorm room. “It’s carried by ticks, and apparently a tick bite I had years ago transmitted it to me.” If you’re like myself or anyone else in the room that day, then you probably would’ve been just as confused as

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  • Is College Really Getting Easier?

    Is College Really Getting Easier?1

    Have you ever seen those videos of kids learning they made it into the college of their dreams? A lot of ecstatic jumping and hollering is involved, which brings a smile to even the grumpiest of faces. Nevertheless, I can’t help but feel a twinge of unease for these students. Will they waste four years

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  • Fighting for the Right to Repair Our Stuff

    Fighting for the Right to Repair Our Stuff0

    It’s hard to overemphasize how new repair restrictions are historically. For most of human history, tools were both produced and maintained locally. Blacksmiths, for instance, furnished items but also maintained them.  Moreover, fashions changed slowly, and people made things to be durable, often repairing and preserving them for a lifetime and even longer. As the

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  • China’s Recycling Ban: Surprisingly Helpful for the Environment

    China’s Recycling Ban: Surprisingly Helpful for the Environment0

    Off the coast of California floats a Texas-sized island made out of garbage. It’s comprised almost entirely of humanity’s plastic waste. Where did this garbage mass in the middle of the Pacific Ocean came from? Plastic dumping. Plastic dumping is the practice of simply throwing away waste into rivers or lakes which eventually lead out into the

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  • Who Is Boris Johnson?

    Who Is Boris Johnson?0

    Boris Johnson, a champion of free trade and lower taxes, will serve as the next prime minister of the UK beginning on Wednesday, July 24. Officials announced on Tuesday that Johnson won 66.4 percent of the Conservative Party’s popular vote, besting rival Jeremy Hunt 92,153 votes to 46,656. In his victory speech, Johnson thanked his opponent, Jeremy Hunt,

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