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The Way It Should Be: Sabra hummus supports Israel’s human rights abuses
Stocking up on food supplies is necessary for any Bowdoin student still awake by midnight. Inevitably, however much you devour at dinner will not last you more than a few hours, and the place to go for dorm snacks is invariably Bowdoin Express. Stocked with various foods including sushi from Little Tokyo and big bags of chips, the convenience store is an excellent place to furnish emergency provisions. Every time I gaze into the refrigerators in the small shop in Smith Union, I can’t help but notice how racks are stacked with dozens of Sabra hummus containers.
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The Way It Should Be: Cockroaches, squirrel sliders, and the decline of useful news
Last Friday, Edward Archbold died after taking part in a cockroach-eating contest in Deerfield Beach, Flor. The prize was a python. Thanks to the CNN website, I know that the very next day the brothers Brandon and Blayne Estes championed the inaugural Bentonville, Ark. squirrel cook-off with their squirrel slider recipe.
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The Way It Should Be: Bowdoin’s alcohol policies are disproportionate in relation to other narcotics
“Sweet baby Jesus,” I thought to myself while gulping down the last few drops of water I could find in my room last Sunday morning. With hands that felt as if they had dried into paper, I pillaged my room for something to drink. After a terrifying moment in which I thought I would die of thirst, I ran to the bathroom and filled a bottle with water, drinking it faster than the sink could refill it. After quenching my thirst, I returned to my grotto-like room, the shades were drawn and the light off. I burrowed into the hallowed covers of my bed, not to emerge until high noon.