The Value of Mercy: Justice and Doctor Who
The television show Doctor Who receives an extremely intense devotion from many of its fans. Whovians discuss and dissect the show with...
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Apr 2, 20133 min read
No More Abortion for Preborn with Heartbeats & Genetic Abnormalities in North Dakota
The North Dakota Senate approved two pieces of legislation in March that, if signed by the governor, will protect preborn children whose...
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Apr 1, 20134 min read
What Feeds Rape Culture?: A Response to Portrayals of Rape in the Media
“It’s happening in your neighborhood, happening in your town, your village, your city,” Ohio Atty. Gen. Mike DeWine said about the...
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Apr 1, 20134 min read
What The Hunger Games Teaches Us About Violence
Fear, poverty, state power, violence as entertainment, moral dilemmas: these are among the chilling themes that have made The Hunger...
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Apr 1, 20138 min read
Conceived in Rape: My Story
I was adopted nearly from birth. At 18, I learned that I was conceived out of a brutal rape at knife-point by a serial rapist. Like...
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Apr 1, 20134 min read
An Interview with "Nips" Matheson of Bikers Against Child Abuse (BACA)
Perhaps the first thing you think of when you hear the word “bikers” is a quaint little cruiser bicycle with teal spokes, or maybe a...
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Apr 1, 20134 min read
Illusion of Purity: Deconstructing the Political Spectrum
A question that consistent lifers ponder to themselves is where we fit on the political spectrum. The simple answer is that we are a form...
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Apr 1, 20137 min read
Broadly Defined Lethal Powers
Two documents have been made public this year that provide more information about the Obama administration’s targeted killing policy. The...
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Apr 1, 20133 min read
Anti-War Republicans
What do we mean when we say anti-war Republicans? Is the Republican party becoming more anti-war? If we look at history we will see that...
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Apr 1, 20134 min read
Rand Paul's Filibuster
Upon watching Senator Rand Paul’s March filibuster opposing the confirmation of CIA director John Brennan, the first thing that becomes...
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Apr 1, 20132 min read
A Different Feminist Perspective on Gov. Cuomo’s Abortion Expansion Plan
New York State has the highest abortion rate in the county with 33% of all pregnancies ending in abortion (40% in NYC). An effort by the...
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Sep 13, 20116 min read
Family Planning Freedom is Pro-Life
BY MARY KRANE DERR The right to access the full range of voluntary family planning methods is often neglected or actively undermined in...
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Sep 13, 20111 min read
Sonnet -- At 40 Weeks
BY LILIANNA SERBICKI Swollen, a dream on its way to fruition; Nothing romantic. Lense (soft-focus) gone. Real fruit bruises; a real fruit...
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Sep 13, 20115 min read
Ten Years Later
BY AIMEE BEDOY I am writing this ten years to the day that those towers fell. And ten years later, I want us to discuss what we have...
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Sep 13, 20112 min read
The Abolition of Capital Punishment in Illinois
BY NICHOLAS NEAL The abolition of the death penalty in Illinois began when Governor George Ryan placed a moratorium on capital punishment...
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Sep 13, 201113 min read
Justice in the Face of Unknowing
BY AIMEE BEDOY & STEVEN OETJEN A quandary of major proportions faces our nation in this day and age. It could be a matter of life and...
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Sep 13, 20112 min read
The Rebels Storming Tripoli
BY NICHOLAS NEAL & AIMEE BEDOY On Tuesday, August 23rd, the rebel forces in Libya stormed Gadhafi's capital of Tripoli, thus declaring...
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Sep 13, 20118 min read
Just War, Just Peace, Or What?
BY BILL SAMUEL What should our attitude -- as individuals, social movements and nations -- be toward war? When, if ever, is war...
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Sep 13, 20111 min read
Mother to Child
BY OLIVIA MELDRUM While I am mistress of my mind, You will sleep safely every hour. No morning will you wake to find My warmth turned...
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Sep 13, 20114 min read
A Terse Nonpartisan Assessment of Our Political Prospects
BY JULIA SMUCKER It's that time of year again -- or has been, since sometime last year. The mud is flying left and right as a motley...
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