We’ve got a problem, America. Somewhere between the football game and the frat party, we forgot about the crumbling financial foundation of American higher education: the student loan system. While we were busy partying and politicians were busy pandering, what was once a way to help working class families send their kids to college has become a monster. Funkadelic hit the nail on the head in 1972: America eats its young.
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Politicians aren’t liars. They’re linguists. Before we are bombarded by the upcoming presidential campaign through the media and internet for the next eight months, we really ought to step back and consider the language used to describe and create the whole affair.
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What’s up Pulse pounders, My relationship with Obeezy is a complicated one. Barry came a-courtin’ like no other gentleman caller in our lifetime, and at the start we had so much promise, but after that little drone warfare stunt he pulled, among others, it was clear he wasn’t listening to our needs even though we were the ones that got him there. The break-up came on September 17th in a park in New York City. It was very public and very messy, but it’s put us on the path toward wholeness. Now, Broken-Heart Barry needs us a lot more than we need him, and so he’s gonna come crawling back tonight and sing this. The man is slick, and he is the most swag-filled president in history, but the relationship is past fixing at this point, or at least that’s what...
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Thank God for Jon Stewart, otherwise I probably never would’ve seen the shenanigans that went down at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s (RJC) GOP candidate forum on December 7th.1 The all-day event cost $500 per person to get into, and was mainly a target for critique by individuals condemning Republicans’ relatively intolerant views toward Palestine. I respect the Republican candidates’ right to talk about how much they love Israel – and who wouldn’t side with Israel in a room full of Jewish voters? Though I disagree with the candidates’ Palestine-bashing, that’s not even the part I take the most issue with. Well, directly take issue with, anyway.
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