All posts by Jackson Kliewer
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Five foreign features still offer insights
From 1878 when the first film of a race horse was taken to now, movies have certainly had one of the largest impacts on culture...
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Do not roll back First Amendment freedoms in effort to constrain proliferating fake news
Fake news is one of the most infamous phrases you could possibly utter in present day America. With both the left and right sides of...
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Berkeley riot misrepresents legitimate voices from left
“Riots are self defeating and socially destructive.” This quote from Martin Luther King, Jr. perfectly and precisely articulates the problem with holding riots in the...
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America’s egalitarian ideals should not be abandoned
There is a beautiful word that exists within the English language, one that stands for the belief that all humans, no matter what race, gender,...
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Defining Art: When it comes to expression, leave prejudices behind
In 1917 what constitutes as art completely changed when an artist by the name of Marcel Duchamp under the pseudonym of Richard Mutt submitted a...
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Dystopian Disconnect: Too many stories overloaded with fancy but neglect lessons for exploring today
“Utopia” is a word that within itself is impossible to achieve. This word’s definition is often cited as a majestic, beautiful future time where humanity...
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Failing to address climate change will lead to real impacts
Climate change is no fictional tale. As more and more evidence is released each day showing the truth of our severe influence on our globe,...
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Failing to address climate change will lead to real impacts
By Jackson Kliewer Climate change is no fictional tale. As more and more evidence is released each day showing the truth of our severe influence...
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Castro abandoned his early vision for revolutionary change in Cuba
By Jackson Kliewer A notorious man has now died of natural causes at the age of 90, after 638 failed assassination attempts throughout his controversial...
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Dylan deserving of 2016 Nobel Prize for Literature
History was made when songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature on Oct. 13 “for having created new poetic expressions within the...
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After 45 years, Kolbeck joins husband in retirement
At the end of her 45th year of teaching, 24 in Cedar Falls High School, special needs skills teacher Judy Kolbeck is leaving for retirement. Most of the students...
