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Rooty, tooty, fresh and ... wasteful

As a pretty big fan of perfectly cooked pancakes, extra crispy bacon and eggs with only a slight crisp around the edge, I frequent IHOP. A lot. On the morning of my...


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I'm glad I was in the crowd after bin Laden was killed

Osama Riots 2011: Where the fuck were you? Screams echo from one end of campus to the other. Students stream out of their dorms in various stages of dress, first gathering in...


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Obama has flaws, but his birth place isn't one of them

Wednesday morning, the homepage of www.nytimes.com heralded the release of President Obama’s Hawaiian birth certificate. Speculation about the legitimacy of Obama’s American-born status has existed since his campaigning days, but since then,...


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Obama's certificate is not the real issue

On Wednesday, the White House released President Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate in response to claims that he is not a natural-born citizen, rendering him ineligible to hold his office. The release...


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Rock bottom is only a sandwich away

I hit rock bottom. It started out in a Subway restaurant, as these stories go. I was hungry for a sandwich and it was just about dinnertime. I ordered the usual and...


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Weather, weapons and winners

Staff Editorial — Pipe Dream's take on whacky weather, weapons and winners. ...


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The game's afoot

Staff Editorial — The annual Pipe Dream bucket list, for both seniors and freshmen. Try not to get arrested. ...


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Don't judge a person by their iPod

As time progresses, we find that there are more things we can’t do without. We feel that we can’t fully function in their absence, and in this regard, technology has been a...


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France's 'burka ban' unveils Islamophobia

On April 11, the French government started enforcing a ban on all face-covering veils in the public square. It is universally recognized that this law specifically targets the practice of religious Muslim...


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Making post-grad decisions on a deadline

Graduation is in 26 days. (Enter panic attack here.) I went into my senior year ready to hit the post-graduation ground running and dive into the workforce. I thought that I was...