An uncertain science at best, astrology has been called even further into question with the discovery that the moon’s gravitational pull on our planet actually pushes astrological ÏsignsÓ by almost a month. The Minnesota Planetarium Society released this news last month, to the dismay of …
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January 2011
Education’s main purpose
In contemporary American society, college has become a right of passage, a means to an end. Each year, tens of thousands of students graduate from their respective universities hoping that their four years of study will, in the end, provide employment or admission into a …
Alabama has become a state of NCAA champions
It can no longer be denied that the state of Alabama has a lot to be proud of these days, at least in terms of college football. In the last two seasons† Alabama has produced two different national championship teams, both of which made it …
Issues in Haiti remain unresolved
On Jan. 12, 2010, an earthquake devastated the nation of Haiti. Just over one year later, the country is still trying to recover. According to the Los Angeles Times, very little reconstruction has been done so far in Haiti. A meager five percent of the …
College class provides insight into hip-hop culture
James Brown, Kung Fu movies and Run DMC don’t seem to share a common theme, yet one thing ties them all together: hip-hop. Such diversity is exactly what hip-hop is all about.† It is not just music, but rather it’s a combination of DJs, B-boys …
ACC all about Duke, Big Ten gains power, depth
It would be tough to argue that the best conference in college basketball in recent memory is not the Big East. The massive 16-team league (which will† add Texas Christian University in 2012) always sends an absurd amount of teams to the NCAA Tournament, with …