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    Published: 02/9/10

    Gender-Neutral Housing Debate: Not on My Campus

    By  Aaron Steiner
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    Recently, my colleague and fellow Crammer Willy Hameline raised a few interesting points about the interesting trend on campuses around the country to adopt gender-neutral housing, allowing members of opposite genders to room together. Willy wrote that some 30 colleges across the country offer ...

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    Published: 02/8/10

    'Landmark' International Violence Against Women Act Receives Bipartisan Support

    By  Katie Glueck
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    The excitement of "Snowmageddon" may have overshadowed another important event that occurred at the end of last week. In a rare showing of bipartisanship, politicians introduced the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) on Thursday. The act makes combating gender-based violence a ...

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    Published: 02/5/10

    Laughter, Self-Discovery, and a Transatlantic, Nine-Hour Haredi Wedding

    By  Rachel Leavitt
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    Many say the years following high school, often spent at college, define who you are -- the lectures attended and ditched, things remembered and forgotten, the choices, mistakes and lessons that take us on a whirlwind journey and shape us into something like adults. The different paths that lay ...

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    Published: 02/5/10

    McConnell Attacks Holder on Underwear Bomber, Justice and Security Conflict Grows

    By  Jason Seher
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    While Secretary of Defense Robert Gates told the House Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday that a terrorist attack against the United States was imminent, on the other side of Capitol Hill, Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell slammed President Barack Obama's national security ...

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    Published: 02/2/10

    California Governor Race: Whitman Campaign Email Pressures Poizner to Quit

    By  Andrew Clark
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    The Republican primary battle between eBay millionaire Meg Whitman and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner for California's governorship has taken a sharp, dramatic turn -- Poizner claims that Whitman's campaign has improperly pressured him to get out of the race. On Monday, Poizner's ...

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    Published: 02/1/10

    Commissions vs. Courts: Abdulmutallab, KSM Rekindle Terrorist Trial Debate

    By  Katie Glueck
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    The White House said Friday that it would move the trial of 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) from New York City to an as-yet-undetermined alternative location. This announcement came after a bipartisan group of lawmakers called the decision to try KSM a few blocks away from Ground Zero ...

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    Published: 02/1/10

    Duke University Clashes with Local Union

    By  Doris Jwo
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    Campuses all over the nation constantly struggle to maintain good relations with their host cities. It's mutualistic: colleges and universities provide innovation, technology and bustling life, while the town or city provides a temporary home for its students. The relationship gets tricky when the ...

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    Published: 01/28/10

    Hillary Clinton Not Seeking Second Secretary of State Term: Is Private Life Next?

    By  Andrew Clark
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    People don't often make headlines for things they aren't doing. Yet Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made news Thursday after telling PBS's Tavis Smiley in an interview that she did not see herself serving as head of the State Department should Barack Obama be elected to a second term. "No, I ...

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    Published: 01/28/10

    Shall Boys Live with Girls? Gender-Neutral Housing and the Evolution of Dorm Living

    By  Willy Hameline
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    I often hate my roommates. They're loud when I want there to be quiet. They're in the shower when I want to use it. They own ukuleles. They forget their keys and need to be let in. They say that, no, it's not OK for me to buy a ukulele because three is a perfect number of stringed Hawaiian ...

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    Published: 01/27/10

    Sales Tax Hike at Issue in Chicago Election

    By  Matt Vasilogambros
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    Whoever called politics a blood sport must have been referring to a Chicago election. The Democratic primary for the Cook County Board presidency, currently held by Todd Stroger, has been deeply rooted in Chicago-machine politics, race baiting, and fear mongering -- as shown in the Soldiers for ...

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