Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Watchmen: movie a hit or bust?

Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:44 AM EDT

I'm a graphic novel junkie and recently laid my hands upon Alan Moore's "Watchmen". I must say, I was quite impressed with the underlying messages.

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entertainment, alan-moore, watchmen, graphic-novel, movie, war, super-heros, comic

Artist Profile: Thrice

Thu May 1, 2008 9:36 PM EDT

Thrice, in my opinion, has redefined what good music truly is. Not only is their music lyrically powerful--referencing everything from the bible to classical mythology-- but the sound reflects every detail of the lyrics.

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entertainment, thrice, alchemy-index, earth, wind, fire, water, music, rock, band

The focus in high school needs to shift away from standardized tests

Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:47 PM EST

There are many great arguments for standardized testing such as the FCAT. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against them (easier for me to say this now that I no longer have to worry about taking them). I just simply believe that perhaps too much time it spent focusing on these tests.

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education, standardized-testing, fcat, english, college, grammer, writing, academic, high-school, habits

artist profile:augustana

Sat Sep 8, 2007 10:17 PM EDT

I'm no good at this reviewing stuff. It's simply not in my repertoire. I'll just fill the article with links to their music since I do think they're worthy of mentioning. check their stuff out here Enjoy!

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Please tell me I'm not the only adult who fears the dentist!

Sun Jun 24, 2007 2:50 PM EDT

I came back from the dentist yesterday and was convinced it was the most torturous experience of my life. Ever.

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health, teeth-cleaning, dentist, pain, doctors, dental-office

Man sells property on the moon.

Wed May 23, 2007 12:24 PM EDT

I was watching the science channel and was convinced my cheeks were turning Hulk green from all the envy I was feeling. Some guy made 9 million dollars by selling property on the moon; property he doesn't even own(!!!)

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odd-news, moon, property-on-moon

The dead isn't really dead

Thu May 3, 2007 8:46 PM EDT

Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are intact, he hasn't lost blood. All that's happened is his heart has stopped beating—the definition of "clinical death"—and his brain has shut down to conserve oxygen. But what has actually died?

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technology, heart-attack, cells, death, oxygen, reperfusion

As far as I'm concerned: teachers are the foundation of our very society.

Tue May 1, 2007 9:34 PM EDT

My mom and I had a debate about my future career. Her stance being that teachers don't make enough and mine being I'd pick a passion any day over money. So with that said....why is it that teachers are paid so little?

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education, teachers-pay, careers, income, teaching

discovery channel's planet earth: college students' obsession?

Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:47 PM EDT

Most college students television habits probably consists of MTV and grey's anatomy. Take a stroll into my apt and you'd most likely find 4 college students' eyes glued to the television watching the discovery channel's "planet earth".

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planet-earth, discovery-channel, education, curiousity

pure cruelty or greatest form of human ingenuity?

Mon Apr 2, 2007 6:21 PM EDT

For whatever reason I like to read all the junk that's floating around on the internet. I happened to come across this website I found on yahoo's odd news section.

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odd-news, save-toby, animal-cruelty, bunnies, eating-bunnies, donations

Is a good deed subjectable to criticism?

Tue Mar 6, 2007 12:39 PM EST

Recently Oprah was reprimanded in the media for opening a school in Africa because albeit her generosity, people are claiming that she should have opened a school in America as opposed to one in Africa.

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oprah, good-deeds, schooling

I'm not sure who annoys me more, Ann Coulter or Bush

Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:14 PM EST

As much as I hate Ann Coulter, and as much as I want to denounce the irrefutable hypocrisy that fills every article she's ever written, and as much as her inane blathering about Socialism makes me want to scream, I can't help but laugh at some of the quotes in this interview she …

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politics, ann-coulter

Artist Profile: the yeah yeah yeahs

Fri Feb 16, 2007 2:33 PM EST

This band is old but I thought they were worth mentioning. Their sound is a mixture between rock and indie. This is the sort of music you blast in your car to keep you awake, it's so catchy you can't help but nod your head and sing along with it.

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entertainment, the-yeah-yeah-yeahs, music

President Bush, what is your real motive?

Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:28 PM EST

President Bush is currently speaking on television about the War on Iraq and why we need to extend our stay there. He states that we have all "seen the violence on television and are disturbed by it" and it is our duty to give them a sense of "normalcy".

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politics, bush, iraq, war, oil, bushs-motives