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As we approach the Christmas holiday, all around America people will be greeted by the sight of a jolly fat man. Santa Claus has become such an iconic figure in our culture that there are even those who suggest that he has come to detract from the true meaning of Christmas. America is not alone [...]

Imagine the big one has finally hit. The second civil war has been fought and California has fallen off into the sea. All the things we have gotten used to; electricity, luxury cars, digital television, air-conditioning and food distribution are all myths of the past. The zombies are clawing at the windows and extinction is calling your name.

In times like this, the tribes of humanity will still be able to take comfort in the basic pleasures of humanity, like good company and better music. Steel Wool Mill will probably be the band playing.

Back in August, I took my significant other to Union Station so she could catch a train down to St. Louis, where her World of Warcraft guild was meeting for a giant land party. She left at 4 p.m. on a train capable of reaching speeds of 85 mph, and arrived at 11 p.m. [...]

A sexual assault occurred in the Living Learning Center on Wednesday April 2, according to an April 9 and April 10 Campus Safety reports. Campus policeman, Cpl. Trevor Brown, took an incident report of the crime on Wednesday April 9. The incident is now undergoing investigation by the University Police Department.
The UPD gave a digital [...]

The great gonzo journalist, Hunter S. Thompson once said “when the going gets weird, the weird go pro.” Well the going has definitely gotten weird. Take one moment and consider the state of sanity in our world.
It’s a crazy world. Chinese fortune cookies say:  “may you live in interesting times”, and brother, they are interesting. [...]

The entire process of education that we use in America is flawed and in many ways. One of the strongest forces that ruin the minds of potential learners is burn-out. It is a state of mind where structure and discipline wear on the soul of a young mind and suddenly they stop caring if they [...]

I don’t know if you had heard, but now, in the eyes of the Catholic Church, there are several new ways for one to get on the naughty list. In addition to the seven deadly ones best described by Dante in The Inferno and generally held as common knowledge by millions of people, we now [...]