Opinion
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You will bawl: Winter formal title changed due to sexual innuendo
Our View When we first heard the Yule Ball was being changed for its inappropriate name, we thought it was a joke. How could one...
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SMH, wat we doin 2 r English?
Karl Sadkowski/Opinion Editor Though I cannot speak for others, I must note with regret the absolute shabbiness your English has descended into in recent years....
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Hang up the sweats, bust out the sweaters
Lucas Hamilton/Entertainment Editor In a world where guys are typically wearing athletic shorts and flip-flops with knee high socks, the fashionable few become the minority...
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Let Them Eat Cake: Student submits essay on eating
Jacob Byers/Comp. and Rhet II AP I’m guessing you’re overweight. If you’re obese, I’m not surprised. But don’t feel bad, well, maybe you should, but...
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The (lost) art of parking
Our View After getting up late and rushing through the morning routine, driving usually becomes something like a NASCAR race. When people get rushed, things...
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Breaking Dawn crosses borders in mediocrity
Ellen Gustavson/Editor-in-Chief It’s your typical love story: boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy impregnates girl, unborn fetus almost kills girl, boy...
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Tell Branstad what Iowa Ed needs
Our View Tonight, Tuesday Nov. 15, Governor Terry Branstad and Lt. Governor Kim Reynolds will hold a Black Hawk County town hall meeting to release...
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Most of today’s musical inspiration coming from way below the belt
Rhydian Talbot/Staff Writer I’ll give you a cookie if you guess the song I’m thinking of: it follows a verse-chorus-verse-chorus pattern, and the lyrics mention...
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UNI International Education Week opens diverse cultures to students, public
Our View The University of Northern Iowa’s International Education Week was Nov. 14-18. It hosted informational tables about Ireland, Tibet, Bosnia, China and Japan, complete...
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How in heaven did we reach seven?
Our View Oct. 31 marked the day the human population exceeded 7 billion—a landmark event, yes, but not in the way we would hope. Seven...
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Umemezie earns 10th National Youth Poet Laureate title
Three hundred people sit in a crowded room. In front of them, sits a stage with four young faces alongside the host of the event. One by one each...
