Opinion
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Media stunts distract from legitimate concerns of PETA
By Briana McGeough 2008 Imagine a hear of cattle having their throats slashed with a large knife and then being hanged by their hind legs...
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Administration finds new reasons for invading Iraq with each misstep
By Briana McGeough 2008 “The president and I cannot prevent certain politicians from losing their memory or their backbone, but we’re not going to sit...
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Trash to Treasure: Students find amusement in dumpster diving
By Andrea Huber 2008 Each year in America, we waste 96 billion pounds of good food, most of which could be eaten or given to...
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Harsh winter, no excuse for avoiding XC trails
By Donnie Simmet 2008 Soaring through the woods, I fly around a corner and a large, muscular deer lunges across the path. I may have...
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Playing with Fire: Communal flames drive away winters’chills
By Donnie Simmet 2008 It seems to be that we have reached the final and roughest stage of winter. Spirits are almost as low as...
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Colleges offer many events year-round
By Donnie Simmet 2008 Everyday colleges and universities across the world host a wide variety of events, many of which are free. Most of these...
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Bottle bill increase provides promise
By Donnie Simmet 2008 Collecting a dollar’s worth of can deposits on any given day in Cedar Falls is a challenge. These valuable discards are...
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AP classes deserve weighted grades
By Alex Ulfers 2007 To most high school students, making sure that they get into the right college is perhaps the most stressful part of...
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Apathetic population leads to abusive government
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 If you had been searching the Des Moines Register (very) diligently last week you might have come across news brief summarizing...
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Our View: Freshmen orientation needs some tweaking
By Sheila Moussavi 2007 Last week, freshmen from Holmes and Peet Junior Highs came in buses to get a glimpse of high school life. As...
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Phone ban or same old rule? How does Iowa’s new law look inside Cedar Falls classrooms
If you step into a classroom at Cedar Falls High School these days—or really, any classroom in Iowa—you might think you accidentally walked into a library… or a witness...
