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‘Whit Wat Way’ ahead of Simpson in homecoming competition
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‘Whit Wat Way’ ahead of Simpson in homecoming competition

“Peaches” creamed his opponents in the Student Activities Board’s wing eating competition, bringing his team, Whit Wat Way, to the top of the homecoming leaderboard with 275 points as of Wednesday night.  Whit Wat Way, a coalition of dormitories Whitley, Waterman, and Galloway, took first place in both Tuesday and Wednesday’s homecoming competitions. Freshman Ethan...

DNC primary rules lack transparency
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DNC primary rules lack transparency

I don’t have much faith in electoral politics anymore. The constant chauvinism tires me, and the establishment bias of our two-party system leaves little room for meaningful change. That said, former Sen. Mike Gravel’s, D-Alaska, presidential campaign revived a dream that a presidential campaign could change something. Within a week of announcing Gravel’s candidacy, Henry...

‘More than real life’: student actress presents alternative to Plato’s philosophy of theatre
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‘More than real life’: student actress presents alternative to Plato’s philosophy of theatre

“Why did you do it? I search and search and I search, and I can’t understand it,” Linda asked, beginning to sob. “I made the last payment on the house today. Today, dear. And there’ll be nobody home.” In that moment of “Death of a Salesman” by playwright Arthur Miller, senior Rebecca Carlson recalls playing...