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Paying In The Future

Written By Mayah Cantave The world is moving into the future at fast pace toward cashless transactions. The use of wristbands, smart phones and biometrics are only a few ways the world is changing. London uses wristbands as a means of cashless transactions. Nairobi uses text messages and Sweden uses biometrics. The biometrics transaction is insane. It records your ID ...

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Don’t Use Our Tax Money To Support The Confederacy

Confederate Commemorations Can’t Continue Georgia taxpayers should not be forced to support the legacy of the Confederacy. This summer, sociologist Mark George and Reverend Floyd Rose sent an open letter to Governor Nathan Deal and all Georgia legislators imploring them to do several things: stop endorsing Confederate events and holidays, stop managing Confederate sites and monuments, and change all state ...

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Do Something, Obama

By Jordan Hill President Barack Obama said he may need approval from Congress before handling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria situation, to which he previously said he had no strategy for. That’s funny. Only a few months ago did the president make a 5-1 trade without the approval from Congress. After the beheading of two American journalists, President ...

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Give Us Time To Get Our Textbooks

By Tatyana Phelps Each semester, teachers tell students which books they need for class and expect them to have the books on the first week. But refunds never go out as early as the first week of class. This is where the issue occurs. This semester, refunds won’t be released until Sept. 5 for students with direct deposit and Sept. ...

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Brave Journalists Risk Lives To Report

By Kenzie Kesselring Without frontline journalism, Americans would never be able to capture footage or gather information about conflicts overseas. The American journalists that were beheaded are heroic for serving time as frontline journalists in the war-torn country of Syria. When journalists go to another country to report the news, they have to know the dangers that are waiting for ...

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Study Abroad Is Best Decision For Students

Written By Lia Armistead Beautiful scenery, inspiring history, exotic culture, and amazing people; study abroad is the best way to experience something new and different in a student’s college career. Whether it’s a summer, a semester or longer, each is unique, yet amazing in the same sense. “It gives students the opportunity to do something adventurous, to do something they ...

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Stereotypes Affect Everyone

Written By Jordan Barela Racism is still alive in 2014. Take a second and let that sentence sink in. The sugarcoated, happy ending belief is that racism was abolished in the 1960s after the Civil Rights Movement achieved what it set out to achieve. Sadly, it is just a belief. As a child of an interracial couple, I have seen ...

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A Letter To Freshmen

Written By Mayah Cantave Ring, Ring, Ring! The fire alarm is going off. You now have to run outside and stand outside your dorm at 6 a.m. in your pajamas when it’s 30 degrees outside. You were not ready for this at all. Expect the unexpected. Everything you think can go wrong will most likely go wrong. Your internet can ...

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Brown Killing Not Justified

By Kenzie Kesselring On Saturday, August 9th, Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson around noon. Johnson told CNN that he and Brown were walking in the street when Officer Wilson allegedly told the men to get out of the street using some harsh language. The men said they were almost at their ...

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Don’t Bring Internet Addiction Bootcamp To U.S.

Written By Taymara Tait Imagine being locked away in a secluded camp where your internet surfing rights are taken away. You’re stripped from your days of watching brand new videos like that new Nicki Minaj “Anaconda” video you just can’t miss or searching for those new Michael Kors bags your friend told you about. Imagine that leisure time is gone. ...

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