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Remember to take a Sabbath during busy days

This week’s going to suck harder than the power vacuum in your high school shop class.

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Opinion: Lighten up on the brewskies if you want to stay healthy, in shape

“So if you continue to drink like that once a week, seven beers every Friday, potentially you could put on a pound of fat per month.”

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What’s the matter with kids today?

Why can’t the youth today be more like the adults of yesterday? The answer is simple: they are. It’s the world that isn’t.

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Opinion: Campus events don’t attract enough upperclassmen, waste school funds

If a tradition requires a meal, a DJ, a commemorative photo and a free T-shirt, it’s not a real tradition.

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All bits are created equal

Net Neutrality is a topic that has been in and out of the news for the past several months, though geeks have been aware of it for years. With the Federal Communications Commission’s recent decision to...

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Lessons learned at conference will lead to big changes down the road

More than 2,800 miles of road separate me from the chair I should be writing this article in right now. Specifically, I’m sitting in Melbourne, Fla., a small community about an hour east of Orlando.

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Opinion: Do unto roommates what you want done to you, wipe your piss off toilets

I try to be the best roommate I can. I know I’m guilty of the dishes in the sink and the general mess around the house, but I take care of it without having to be asked.

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Opinion: Belittling importance of education discourages, deters intellectualism

Rather than being encouraged and congratulated for their work, students are being punished.

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From the editor: errors will be mended

Collegiate journalists sometimes receive slack when it comes to meeting the fundamentals of journalism. If a name is misspelled, or a factual error is made in a story or a headline doesn’t make sense,...

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Fire coverage reveals lesson about reporter bias

In between tweeting live updates, updating stories and interviewing emergency officials for the Caughlin Fire during the past two days, I had something else to worry about: my grandfather, whose house...

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Opinion: Provide vegetarian meal options to ensure happy holiday for all

If you think about it, nearly all major family-oriented holidays in America are meat-centric. We eat lamb at Easter; barbecue on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day and the Super Bowl; some...

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Opinion: Proactive efforts needed to increase diversity on campus, worldwide

We’ve run out of excuses when it comes to hating on each other. Even though this university has helped me understand the necessity of diversity, there’s still a sizable student population that refuses...

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Before we move on, let’s clear the air

Before I move on to telling more about my experiences in my pursuit of a passion in life, I want to hit a little more on my previous column where I stated that, “I’m still pushing The Nevada Sagebrush...

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Blog: Finding a career option through misery

The fall semester had just started but with my first few weeks as editor in chief getting into swing, my fraternity’s rush week in full blast and no time for myself, I broke down.

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Blog: Following in my mentor’s footsteps

My next stop was Dr. Paul Mitchell — journalism professor, recruitment coordinator, and overall a tremendous mentor for me.

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Blog: Words of inspiration from an unlikely source

Professor Darren Griswold is the type of professor who naturally brightens your day because of the attitude he has toward teaching. Always with a smile, he would somehow make learning about Spanish...

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Blog: Finding a true calling through God

One thing that has kept me grounded and confident throughout this whole find-a-new-career-path process is my faith in God.

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Opinion: Failing the test of time

With Timeline, Facebook is trying to project its spotlight onto the past. Unfortunately, a similar luster is nowhere to be found.

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Opinion: Islamophobia: A student’s perspective

The day the Twin Towers came down will live in our memories forever. I remember the short period when we did not know who the attackers were. We were anxious to find out. But at that fateful moment of...

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Blog: State of the Internet

To parallel the president’s recent State of the Union address, I though it prudent to have a sort of “State of the Internet” address, especially seeing how recent weeks have seen the Internet in much...

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