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Finding your niche

As I sit here at my desk writing this column, I realize that it has been almost three weeks since I moved on campus.

When religion-bashing goes too far

I’ve never understood the appeal of preaching to the converted. What’s the point? Why bother bashing believers in ghosts, homeopathy and Allah or non-believers in global-warming, childhood vaccines and evolution in ways that cannot persuade but only annoy those who don’t pre-agree with you?

Talk to us

This past Wednesday I received a bit of information that took me by surprise: Boken is not happening this year. I wouldn’t doubt it if this is also news to anyone else reading this editorial (in fact, we’ll be digging more deeply into this in next week’s issue).

Revisiting the Apple Watch

Hello world! More specifically, hello fellow tech skeptic. Welcome to this week’s issue of Technically Speaking. In this issue, we will talk about the most personal computer on the market right now, the smartwatch—more specifically the Apple Watch, due to popularity on and off campus.

The first week

Well, here we are: the first week of the semester is over and it has gone in the blink of an eye.

Move-in day

Moving into a dorm as a freshman in college is probably one of the most chaotic experiences someone can have. Between the countless RAs, Orientation Leaders willing to load your belongings out of the car at a speed unknown to man, and going to the Howe Center to check in while 400 other people are doing the same, moving in isn’t the most calming experience.