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Middle School or Comic Con: Bullying in the Convention Scene

Middle School or Comic Con: Bullying in the Convention Scene

Cheyanne Kramer April 21, 2016

I’m going into my junior year of college. I am happily dating a girl, and I’m a plus-sized woman. All of these are things people are bullied for. But never in my life did I think I would get bullied...

The Real Deal: Compassion is not weakness

Aditya Tiwari April 11, 2016

Hello again readers! This semester’s almost come to a close, and I hope we can all find it in ourselves to finish strong in the coming week! This week, I’d like for us to look at something a little...

The Real Deal: A rude reminder from North Carolina

Ryan Fox April 4, 2016

North Carolina just reminded the rest of the country that despite the Supreme Court Ruling last summer, the fight for equality for the LGBT+ community is far from over. The North Carolina legislature just...

A Better yOU: Caffeine

Katie Rose March 14, 2016

If you are like most college students, you probably have some sort of caffeine addiction. We often use caffeine as an alternative to getting enough sleep when we’re up all night studying, partying or...

The Real Deal: The environment is no longer a partisan issue

Aditya Tiwari March 14, 2016

Before I get to this week’s article, I’d like to take the time to make some confessions and disclaimers before we get to the content of this article. To begin with, I understand the implied hypocrisy...

The Real Deal: We need fighters

Ryan Fox March 7, 2016

On Monday, March 7th, COO Scott Kunselman will finally appear before Student Congress to answer questions from the legislature. As a part of that legislature, I’ve had a number of questions prepped for...

A Better yOU: What the frack

Katie Rose February 29, 2016

We’ve all heard how hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, is not so good for our environment and health. Fracking is a process that pumps water, sand and chemicals deep into the earth at high pressures...

Love your body

Angelica LeDonne February 28, 2016

Give yourself reasons to love your body and not hate it.  As college students we are surrounded by positive influences each day whether it be a club we are a member of or interacting with encouraging...

The Real Deal: Empty Seat, Arguing Chamber

Aditya Tiwari February 15, 2016

If the flurry of the 2016 presidential election news has made you pay more attention to politics more than you usually would, then you’ve probably heard that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died...

The Real Deal: Cable News Sensationalism: An Exercise in Futility

Aditya Tiwari February 1, 2016

Far have we come as a media based society. The newspapers and gazettes of old are now in tough competition against the internet, radio, social media posts, and televised news. For the duration of this...

The Real Deal: The Legacy of Barack Obama

Tyler Fox January 25, 2016

Hello Real Deal readers, my name is Tyler Fox and I am the President of the College Democrats here on campus. I am here because I want to talk about legacies. A little over a week ago, President Obama...

The Real Deal: Why you might be a feminist and not even know it

Ryan Fox January 11, 2016

In my short time being involved in politics, I’ve noticed a surprising trend. Most people seem to refrain from identifying as being a feminist. Even my liberal and progressive colleagues will refrain...

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