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Don’t complain about visiting hours
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Don’t complain about visiting hours

I didn’t realize how much I appreciated the college’s visitation restrictions until one evening during visiting hours when I walked out of my room in a bathrobe. It seemed to swallow me up in white fluffiness, stretching past my ankles and wrists. The robe is a large, and I’m pretty small. Mauck Residence, where I...

Core science courses need reform
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Core science courses need reform

Near the end of our time together in Physical Science, my chemistry professor asked who had taken a chemistry class before. Everyone’s hand shot up but mine. I tried desperately to make eye contact, hoping to be noticed. It didn’t work. “Good,” the instructor said. “You all have.” I barely passed Physical Science, a class...

The Donnybrook to house displaced Galloway men
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The Donnybrook to house displaced Galloway men

While Galloway Residence is under construction next year, some of its residents will move into a once-beloved off-campus house known as The Donnybrook. The house at 62 Park St. is currently being renovated and served as a campus dorm, and not just for Galloway men. “Eventually, we want it to be veteran housing,” Associate Dean...

Disney princesses must teach good values and morals
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Disney princesses must teach good values and morals

  “Have courage, and be kind” was Ella’s motto in the 2015 Disney film “Cinderella.” Not “have an abortion and don’t appropriate other people’s cultures.” But if Planned Parenthood has its way, Disney princesses will be a lot more involved in modern social justice and political causes, and little girls will learn very different lessons....

Charger Chatter: Kelsey Gockman
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Charger Chatter: Kelsey Gockman

What is your favorite thing about softball? The team aspect. There’s pretty much nothing like it. It’s an automatic friend group. You come in, and there are all these different people you get to hang out with all the time with different personalities. What is the worst thing about softball? Honestly, this is a dumb...