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Dorms: Keep Homecoming spirit alive
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Dorms: Keep Homecoming spirit alive

You’ve felt the excitement of Mock Rock, skipped class to volunteer, and spent a Sunday night singing classic songs with the rest of campus in the Union. Now, homecoming week is gone, and dorm activities are winding down. As everyone returns to the horribly corrupting nature of the liberal arts, you may be wondering: Where...

Dear Instagram: Please stay down
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Dear Instagram: Please stay down

For six hours on Monday, teen and young adult depression rates plummeted.  Relief swept the nation. People looked up from their phones. They smiled at each other and actually scheduled lunch dates instead of just saying, “We should get a meal sometime!” Then the Facebook server came back up — and with it, the momentary...

Focus on 30% increase in murders, not COVID
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Focus on 30% increase in murders, not COVID

Murders across the nation are up by 30%, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics — the largest increase since national records began tracking that data in 1960. President Joe Biden poured trillions of dollars into COVID-19 relief this year — all while 21,570 people were murdered in his...

Bring back taunting in the NFL
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Bring back taunting in the NFL

The NFL introduced its taunting penalty more than two decades ago to prevent distractions during games. This season, however, the penalty has become its own distraction. It’s time for the NFL to bring back the taunt. Before the season started, NFL Competition Committee Chairman Rick McKay announced a new policy in a video: “Game officials...

Beshear is a dark horse candidate for 2024
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Beshear is a dark horse candidate for 2024

Kentucky has a dark horse candidate for the 2024 presidential election: Gov. Andy Beshear.  After countless policy disasters, President Joe Biden, a 78-year-old Democrat, may not run for re-election. His retirement could create an opening for the Kentucky thoroughbred. As Biden’s approval ratings plummet due to vaccine mandates and foreign-policy blunders, scant rumors of an...