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As I Please: College athletics are important, but academics are paramount
Division I collegiate sports are a major source of entertainment for many Americans, myself included. D-I football and basketball are leagues in their own right, with viewership comparable to the top professional leagues in the United States.
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As I Please: Cursing in the media: what’s the big f--king deal? Leave it alone
Christopher Hitchens once said that there are two things for which the British Empire's reign will always be remembered. The first is the proliferation of soccer [sic.] throughout the world. The other, he candidly explained, is the expression "F--k off."
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As I Please: Martin shooting raises questions about race and gun rights
A 17-year-old man walked down the street. He wore a hooded sweatshirt and carried only a bag of Skittles, iced tea, and a cell phone. He was unarmed. A 28-year-old man bearing a handgun called 911 and began to follow this "suspicious" young man against the advice of the emergency operator.
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As I Please: Santorum's refusal to separate church and state is frightening
Last weekend, Rick Santorum offered his latest nugget of wisdom. He made a variety of statements, which included the fact that he does not "believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute."
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As I Please: Morality is not synonymous with religion
To gain a position of power in the United States, our electorate calls for an individual who is a moral person. But what do we mean by "moral"? By demanding a moral candidate, we collectively demand, with our votes, that said individual display an indefatigable and universal obligation to a god, or toward a set of moral principles associated with a specific belief in a higher power. Morality, at least in the eyes of the average American voter, has become synonymous with religious faith.
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As I Please: Hitchens: The last nonpartisan intellectual
My column is named after George Orwell's 1940s column in the British paper Tribune. With that in mind, I wanted to begin this column, and this semester, by paying brief tribute to a man who passed away a month ago and was heavily influenced by George Orwell.
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As I Please: Many Republican candidates lack intellect
The Republican presidential field for 2012 stands out as possibly the most incoherent, incompetent mess of poorly-educated and narrowly-read individuals to have ever collectively sought either party's nomination for the presidency of the United States
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As I Please: Rejection letters unfairly do not take responsibility
Dear Candidate, Thank you very much for your 2012 [...] application. [We] were very impressed by your application. However, this season was particularly competitive. Unfortunately, I am unable to offer you [...]."
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As I Please: Klingenstein’s NAS study likely to have predictable results
When a baby is crying loudly in the other room, often the best thing to do is to let the baby stop crying on its own. However, I find that I love Bowdoin far too much to keep quiet in the face of the insulting study that is being funded by Tom Klingenstein and conducted by the National Association of Scholars (NAS).