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A Gallup poll published in January 2013 found that forty-seven percent of Americans identified with the Democratic Party and forty-two percent of Americans identified with Republicans[1]. Within this seemingly binary split is a split within the Republican Party—the Tea Party and so-called establishment Republicans. Americans, since the rise of the Tea Party in 2010, has seen an … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: Scientists Are Evil.

 Last week, I was acting in a scene for my friend's directing class. The way the class works is the director works with his or her actors on a scene, they perform it in class, and the professor and other students give advice on how to better the scene and work on the rehearsal process. The scene chosen was from "Sex, Lies and Videotape." The movie tells the story of a man … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: The Repetitive Friendship

What would you do if you found out that your friends were secretly reading your Facebook messages whenever you left the room during a study session? Just taking your computer when you weren’t looking and reading all your private exchanges. And then, upon getting caught when you returned after taking a shorter time brewing your tea than usual, they all took turns denying reading … [Read more...] about Mickey D’s and WMDs: Abandon Ship, the RMS Merkel

The idea of education for all is widely defended but becomes challenging to sustain when the issue is education in underdeveloped countries. These governments cannot afford to invest on public education, leaving low-income families with the only option of sending their children to bad schools because they cannot afford private institutions. Even worse, they may not send their … [Read more...] about The Book Is on The Table: Reversing the Course