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Hasbro's most recent foray into filmmaking, the perplexing, board game-based Battleship, sailed (I have no shame) into theaters last weekend after a massive marketing campaign. However, despite doing great in overseas markets (having already made $200 million overseas), Battleship bombed its opening weekend here in the U.S., bringing in only $25...

Often enough, I think about the days where I did not have to explain who I was to others, the times where people did not seem to question my identity, the days before I moved to the United States. It's true that even I did not know who I was...

Sometimes when you've been sick for so long you begin to think that your exhaustion, irritability and stomachaches are your normal state. I didn't realize until this past year that my body had an aversion to gluten and that I needed to regain my health. By definition, gluten...

Annually, all over the country thousands of pro-lifers gather together at Walk for Life to raise money and awareness for local pregnancy centers. The event is similar to the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life with games, carnival blow-ups and of course, food. Unfortunately, it is only during the...

Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet -- all filled with ancient words which at first glance, look like gibberish. Students are expected to comprehend and analyze these works, but the words have different definitions and arrangements. Puzzled and confounded, it's easy to throw in the towel. But no fear! There are...

By Michelle Collins, Florida State University

Summer break can be perfect for hours on the beach or for getting the tan back you lost over winter, but with the relaxing weather comes some not-so-glamourous aspects. The sweltering temperatures tend to make hair frizz, makeup melt and skin peel....

By Charles Nutter Peck, Florida State University

"You're too pretty to be a lesbian."

I overheard this phrase while passing through the student union a couple weeks ago. A girl next to me noticed my puzzled expression and gestured with her cigarette towards a man in the "Free...

What effect should an undocumented student's immigration status have on his ability to hold leadership positions at their university? Although most members of the Student Senate at Texas A&M would not have phrased the question in that way, they essentially put that very issue to a vote this evening --...

This week, the New York State Education Department decided that a now notorious reading passage included on a standardized test will not be scored. The passage, modified from a fable by self-proclaimed "nonsense author" Daniel Pinkwater, is a parody of the tortoise and the hare story, in which the...

We all have our strategies for guarding ourselves against the atrocities of the public restroom: hovering above the toilet seat, crafting a nest of toilet paper to sit on, using elbows to lock the door, or simply avoiding them all together while risking internal explosion. Whatever your methods, there's really...

A young college student struggles for her life while she is repeatedly stabbed for simply remaining friends with an ex-boyfriend. Blood skews her dorm room walls as she screams for any sort of savior from this heinous attack. Her cries for help alert her roommate from the hallway...

Remember that time as a little kid when you realized that Santa was not real? Or the first time you saw your mother sticking her hand under your pillow instead of the tooth fairy?

I remember those two times remarkably well, and I also recall how, for quite a while,...

People talk about the "freshman fifteen" for a reason. Although most freshmen don't gain fifteen pounds, most gain at least five. This is because college students are drawn to snacks that are easy to make and often do not pay attention to the lack to nutrition. Things like pizza and...

By Aurelie Mathieu
Florida State University

When filling out any type of application, the check box for race always comes up. Although most of them state that it will in no way affect your chances of being selected for that particular program, it does bring in a...

By Bethel Habte
University of Virginia

Reading Freud for a class called "Know Thyself" (yes, I am in my last semester of college, how did you know?) has inspired me to interpret the kinds of people behind the eight variations of birthday wall posts on Facebook. And,...

By Maria Galindo, University of Florida

About one year ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and of Health and Human services released new "Dietary Guidelines for Americans." Whether you've know about these for a while, or it's the first you hear of the new dietary guidelines, there's no time...

By Maria Galindo, University of Florida

To be perfectly honest, I stopped watching TV because I had to. I literally could not see the TV from the angle my bed was placed in my freshman-year dorm, so I simply stopped watching it. Sure, I missed it on Glee...

By Alana Patrick, St. Olaf College

For many college students (myself included), this week marks the end of holiday break and the beginning of a new class, professor and set of textbooks. Though Christmas decorations are still being boxed and the New Year's ball plunged to its destination just...

By Alicia Taubert
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Put down that sugar cookie.  I know, I know, it feels like Christmas break just started, but if you're anything like me, by the time you've watched your fifth episode of Frasier on Netflix, you realize you're wasting your...

By Alana Patrick
St. Olaf College

It's the most wonderful time of the year... or so Andy Williams claims in his holiday classic with the same title.  For the average college student, December's tune has a slightly different ring.  Though the end of the semester approaches (meaning,...