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My head is in the clouds. I am walking on Wisconsin Avenue whistling an Avett Brothers’ tune, physically in one place, mentally in another. It is still hot like summer, but I am back at school. My footsteps on this sidewalk feel ancient, like I am reliving an unknown section of my life. A new [...]

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New groups of freshmen arrive on campus every year, hoping to stand out or surpass the accomplishments of previous classes. Every incoming freshmen class should hope to bring something profound or unique with it in the hopes of improving Marquette. The class of 2014 indeed brought something distinctive along with their futons and mini-fridges — [...]

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Time out. It seems like just yesterday I was at prom bobbing my head to “What is Love?,” or attempting to get in 20 graduation parties in one summer day. I can still remember counting down the minutes until college began, yet I can also clearly recall crying hysterically over the seemingly apocalyptic goodbyes said [...]

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To Dwyane Wade: Come back! To professors: Thank you for so much homework that I’m already behind. Not to mention it’s only been three days since classes started. To the Brew Cafés: Great idea selling “Kashi Go Lean Crunch!” cereal. nom nom nom. To A-Rob and crew, Thanks for making my 21st one to remember… [...]

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Campus has been rejuvenated from its summer slumber, and although there is a lingering shadow of humiliation resulting from the conflict-ridden decision to rescind the College of Arts & Science deanship to Jodi O’Brien, Marquette has a fresh start. With the college’s next dean search likely to commence in Fall 2011, we have a year [...]

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Heroin. Cocaine. Porn. Addictive substances have a peculiar effect of stimulating the reward centers of our brains while making us crave them even more. And that is just what pornography does to us.  A growing body of research in psychology is beginning to show that an expanding online marketplace of smut is thriving on repeated, [...]

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Don’t get me wrong. I am as excited for a new school year as much as the next person: free T-shirts at O-Fest, an essentially useless yet obligation-free syllabus week and the rekindling of my passion for Campus Dollar’s superb deals. What’s not to love? But there is always a sense of lost freedom that [...]

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As a member of the Marquette women’s club soccer team, I was extremely excited to see an article in your paper entirely devoted to club sports. Collectively, we’re a large group on campus that doesn’t get much attention, so it was great we could be spotlighted. But, I speak for my teammates and many others [...]

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Thumbs up: Last week of classes! “Sunny day / Sweeping the clouds away / On my way to where the air is sweet” Leaving cramped, smelly dorms Catching the guy who failed to detonate the car bomb in Times Square “Food Wars” coming to Milwaukee. Woo Sobelman’s! Thumbs down: Having a surplus of meal swipes [...]

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Have you ever tried to learn something backward? Ask any left-handed person, and I’m sure they’d start spouting off anecdotes of childhood mishaps with scissors, or a variety of other misadventures. And as one member of the 10 percent of the globe who are left handed, I can certainly relate. That’s right. I’m one of [...]

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