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Happy Birthday, Michael Phelps: Reflections of a Phan
As Michael Phelps reaches a milestone in both his life and career, staff reporter Yanichka Ariunbold dishes on her past and present feelings on the man who singlehandedly changed the way we view swimming.
How to make a sandcastle
Entertainment Editor Olivia Garrett shares the best way to sandcastle, even for you non-beach bums.
“Sexy Lamp Test” more accurate evaluation of female characterization
Forget the Bechdel test — the only test of character development you need is the Sexy Lamp Test.
Feb. 26, 2015: a date which will (possibly) live in infamy
When the clock struck midnight, heralding the start of Feb. 26, 2015, the big news was that marijuana is now legal in our nation’s capital.
24 hours later, the world had turned upside-down.
Patriots’ punishment due, won’t happen
What is a football?
A football is an elliptically shaped object made out the butts of swine, used in the game of football. Butt makes up the exterior while the interior — and this is important — is filled with pressurized air.
The State of the Onion is Strong: analysis of Obama’s proposals to Congress
The State of the Union is the most important non-important speech of the year. In it, the President tells the nation that the state of the union is strong, then proceeds to lay out his legislative goals and message for the year while getting multiple applause lines, prompting either partisan or bi-partisan applause.
Pink street lamp proves light of senior’s life
by Sydney Garrett, staff reporter “Wait, wait.” I am incredulous. “Do you see that?” A soft, faded light takes hold of my attention, grabs me, shakes me, like an angler fish. “It’s so…pink,” I say. I shake my friend and point towards the ancient street lamp catty-corner to my front […]
Thanksgiving volunteering leads to new view of nursing homes, realization of selfishness
The nursing home looked like a rainbow had thrown up all over it — in the best way possible. Fall colors were everywhere, bright pumpkins sitting on countertops, brown paper leaves strewn over the tables.
Having favorite color leads to startling lack of depth
Orange is a great color. It’s cheerful and spontaneous and fun and not so popular as to be irrelevant, but prevalent enough that it doesn’t have to go by a ridiculous Crayola name. (If you so choose it as your favorite color — as I encourage you to, if you haven’t got that figured out yet — be prepared to be the only one sticking up for it during awkward icebreaker games.) But it got out of hand after a fashion, as do all such almost-cute obsessions.
