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Lady Gaga is more than ‘Fame’ and ‘Monsters’

By Jesse Tate October 1, 2012

Put your paws up, Little Monsters, because your queen, Lady Gaga, is more like you than you could have ever imagined: She has struggled with body image issues for years. After a performance in Amsterdam,...

Cyrus McGoldrick, Advocacy Director for Council on American-Islamic Relations, makes a photo with his cell phone of an anti-Muslim poster on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, in New York's Times Square subway station. A federal court forced the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to run the ad by blogger Pamela Geller, executive director of the American Freedom Defense Initiative, saying it was protected speech under the First Amendment. "As civil rights advocates, we defend Pam Geller's rights as a racist and a bigot," said McGoldrick. "Muslims are tired of being targets while extremes feed their propaganda." (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

Pro-Israel, anti-jihad ads push free speech boundaries

By Parker Cramer October 1, 2012

Listen up, you savages. You see what I did there? Pamela Geller, a rabid, anti-Islam activist, has paid for advertisements to be placed in several New York City subway stations, calling for support of...

In-Looking Outsider: Drug take-back day and Gas for Guns necessary for Baton Rouge

By Tesalon Felicien September 30, 2012

Did Morpheus have a prescription for the red and blue pills? How about permits for his limitless supply of guns? Questions of unaccounted-for guns and prescription drug abuse concern many residents of...

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks to campus in the Union Theater on Friday evening.

Manufacturing Discontent: Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson brings new perspectives to presidential race

By David Scheuermann September 30, 2012

Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson is starkly different from his major party rivals, and he wants you to know it. “I like the notion of a libertarian president challenging Democrats...

Scum of the Girth: Strategy revision necessary in War on Drugs

By Parker Cramer September 27, 2012

One of the bloodiest conflicts in the world today is going on in our own backyard — Mexico. If you turn on CNN, Fox News or MSNBC on any given day of the week, all you’ll see is the escalating...

Both Romney and Obama campaigns exhaust public conception of change

Both Romney and Obama campaigns exhaust public conception of change

By Aaron Friedman September 27, 2012

We’ve seen the many faces of Mitt Romney: rich, wealthy, and well-to-do. Last week on Sept. 19, however, Romney debuted a new, tanner look on the Spanish-language television network Univision....

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., is one of four senators calling for open access to the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement negotiations.

Manufacturing Discontent: Flexible copyright laws are good for economy, innovation

By David Scheuermann September 26, 2012

It sounds like a fairly simple notion: copyright infringement and piracy harm creators, stifle creative industries and have a negative impact on the economy and jobs, so stricter copyright protections...

In-Looking Outsider: Christian dating no different from that of other groups

By Tesalon Felicien September 26, 2012

Tigerland on Friday night is a place for romantic connection and experiment. After knocking back a few confidence-builders, you decide to approach that person you’ve been eyeing since the semester...

"Equal Opportunity"

The Damn Hamm: NDSCS linebacker says sexuality booted him off team

By Taylor Hammons September 26, 2012

Here we go again. Jamie Kuntz, the 18-year-old linebacker for the North Dakota State College of Science, made headlines because he was kicked off the football team this month for “conduct deemed...

President Barack Obama addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

The New Frontiersman: Fight speech with speech

By Clayton Crockett September 25, 2012

Like magnets, the front lines of freedom of speech and religious tolerance continually smash together before drawing apart once more. But while commentators across the world are heaving for highly incongruent...

The Traditionalist: The grading system in place does not need to be fixed

The Traditionalist: The grading system in place does not need to be fixed

By Chris Ortte September 25, 2012

Didn’t your father ever tell you, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”? Faculty Senate Resolution 11-20 was proposed last January by Professor Don Chance. It has received its...

La Seule Femme: The proposed plus-minus grading system allows more accurate grading

La Seule Femme: The proposed plus-minus grading system allows more accurate grading

By Kate Mabry September 25, 2012

The first day of each semester is always regarded as the “syllabus day,” where professors read the semester’s agenda and define their expectations. And while the day may seem lax and...