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Legalize medical marijuana
Since the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, cannabis, also known as marijuana, has been federally classified as a Schedule I drug, meaning that it ha…
Capitalism and social ills, inextricably linked
My co-columnist Soren Larson wrote a thought-provoking article last week about the effects of income inequality on American society. First, I want to …
Op-Ed: Dedicate some of your summer to an inmate
Last summer, I had the opportunity to work with a group of 15 men, inmates at the McEver Probation Detention Center in Perry, Georgia. Once a week, I …
Op-Art by Carey Pietsch
Published November 19, 2009
Op-Ed: An analysis of Larson's inaccurate economics
Soren Larson’s most recent column fails to effectively answer the question of whether reducing income inequality will make society better off. As stud…
Op-Ed: Appreciation of direct action requires contextualization
We would like to preface the following by emphasizing that we do believe in the political power of direct action and civil disobedience, and we commen…
Larson’s misrepresentation obscures CAM’s objectives
To the Editor:
We are writing in response to the column written by Soren Larson in the November 12 edition of The Phoenix. While we respect Mr. Larson…
A few corrections regarding the Michelle Fine Workshop article
To the Editor:
As a member of the Michelle Fine Workshop Series planning group, I am writing to make a few corrections to last Thursday’s article. The…
A heated health debate moves forward
The health care reform debate took a significant step forward on Capitol Hill Saturday as the House of Representatives approved the Affordable Healthc…
Class Awareness Month wrongly targets capitalism
Feeling left out of Class Awareness Month, or CAM, I decided to do my own calculations of income inequality in America; it’s worse than I expected. In…
Remixing the debate over Girl Talk's music
On August 22, 1990, a young man named Robert Van Winkle released a seminal hip-hop track that was at once a monumental mainstream success for the genr…
In defense of conservative activism and dissent
Vote Rick Lowe for mayor
Why Obama deserves the Nobel
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- Eight students arrested in Phila. Blue Cross sit-in
- Film in a Flash
- Mash-up royalty Girl Talk set to take over campus
- Guatemalan woman shares story of imprisonment
- H1N1 cases now prevalent on campus
- Sometimes, even partying gets lost in translation
- In bed, beware: You can’t always trust intuition
- Legalize medical marijuana
- Sri Lankan novelist tells a story of the civil war
- On Federer fanfare: Overcoming the 'bad guy' stigma
- Eight students arrested in Phila. Blue Cross sit-in
- Swat Style Snapshot
- Mash-up royalty Girl Talk set to take over campus
- Reinventing the essence of childhood rumpus
- Trio Ivoire plays music with transcontinental keys
- Events Menu
- Girl Talk mashes up fall LSE with frenzied fever
- Sri Lankan novelist tells a story of the civil war
- Film in a Flash
- Chicken project receives administrative approval
- In the ring, a nuanced examination of identity
- Borough seeks input on non-motor transit
- Swat Style Snapshot: Alex Anderson '13
- Trio Ivoire plays music with transcontinental keys
- RIAA shifts prosecution away from individual user
- Eight students arrested in Phila. Blue Cross sit-in
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