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Make Messi work: Move the penalty spot
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Make Messi work: Move the penalty spot

Courtesy | Unsplash Lionel Messi places the ball on the penalty spot and glances down the field to where the French goalkeeper, Hugo Lloris, stands, anticipating the coming shot. All Messi has to do is land the ball somewhere within the 24-foot wide by 8-foot tall goal a mere 12 yards away — in the...

What I saw in Israel
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What I saw in Israel

Courtesy | Moira Gleason There were bullet holes in the ceiling and walls. When I stood in the house where Sivan Elkabets and Naor Hasidim were murdered by Hamas along with 60 other unarmed Israeli residents in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on Oct. 7, 2023, I had no words. The house had been cleaned up, but...

How to stick to your resolutions
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How to stick to your resolutions

Courtesy | Unsplash ’Tis the season of overcommitting to 17 different New Year’s resolutions that you can decently uphold while still resting at home over break, then watching them slowly slip away as the semester begins. Pew Research studies show that less than a month into the new year, 13% of people will have already...

This New Year, resolve to fail
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This New Year, resolve to fail

Courtesy | Unsplash Just hours after I shared my first piece with the Collegian Opinions editor, it was flooded with strikethroughs and questions about every word. I saw it and immediately felt I had failed. Yet I know now that failing my first article is the best thing that could have happened to my journalism...

Ben Sasse wins – even in dying
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Ben Sasse wins – even in dying

Courtesy | Ben Sasse on Facebook The day after Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in mid-December, conservatives came together to pay respects to a real winner. AmericaFest provided a three-day flashpoint of an ongoing conflict, as “Make America Great Again” and “America First” traded blows on a national stage. The day after, conservatives were reminded how...