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Anyone who has gone shopping over the past few days has probably noticed the inconvenient new bag tax. In an attempt to raise $ 3.6 million for the city’s budget this year (oh yes, and to help the environment), consumers are now forced to either pay a 5 cent tax on every disposable shopping...
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A staff member of Democratic Senatorial candidate Martha Coakley shoved Weekly Standard reporter (and former GW Patriot editor) John McCormack while he was covering the Massachusetts Senate race.  The story might affect the outcome of the race, which is crucial to the healthcare vote. Republican Scott Brown is touting himself as an independent thinker...
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For those interested, I offer Andrew Sullivan’s 1989 New Republic piece, “Here Comes the Groom“–one of the original statements of the conservative case for gay marriage, written at a time when gay marriage itself was a novel idea. In the light of our recent discussion, I hope this article provides some clarity to those...
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As Logan has noted previously, the university has put Green “Green” Trashcans in each of the rooms. They even come complete with a recycle-symbol decal. They are stupid and a waste. So, should you ignore them? No, use them. Just don’t recycle. Recycling is a myth created by the government and corporations to make...
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At the beginning of September, a Hatchet columnist wrote about why the college ranking systems are dumb and how GW shouldn’t let itself change because of them. Undaunted by her flawless logic, I retorted that GW suffers from an inferiority complex regarding rankings, and the fact that GW doesn’t score as high as we...
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Hi there. Many of you know me from my super awesome greatest SA blog ever. I just wanted to write a quick note and introduce myself, and give a bit of a hint as to what I’ll be writing about in the coming year. First of all, I’m honored (well, less than that) to...
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It’s that time of year again. The College Republicans are holding their executive board election, and it looks like there are going to be a few interesting races. While the it seems that the competition for Chairman and Vice Chair will be most likely be left uncontested, there’s definitely going to be a fight...
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JUICYCAMPUS IS SHUTTING DOWN. More as it breaks. H/T to Will Frey for finding out first.
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I don’t (and I didn’t) rest my case against Aswani’s removal on a defense of his administration. Rather, I think the entire process would do irreparable harm to the S.A.’s already terrible reputation. Further, it would do that in the service of completely unrealistic expectations for a post-Aswani administration. It’s as if removal advocates...
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So tonight was a travesty, a sham, a mockery…a traveshamockery? No, in all seriousness, after witnessing for the first time at GW a whole SA meeting, I realized it might be a good thing I didn’t win. Unlike the winner, I haven’t spent any time in any SA staff position, so maybe he actually...
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