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PERSPECTIVE: Because of MOSAIC
By Alma Hernandez I want to go home. How many times have we said this as young adults away from home? I began using this phrase when I transitioned from living in the metropolis of […]
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PERSPECTIVE: All My Children
Barbara D’Alvia is a server in Brewer Dining Hall. My day starts with a long bus ride from my home in South Jackson to Union’s campus. When I arrive, I begin prepping—my least favorite work. […]
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PERSPECTIVE: Advice for Freshmen
The jump from high school to college can be a tough one. Even at a great school like Union, the transition can be overwhelming. I, and nearly everyone I know, have things that we wish […]
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The Showdown: Should athletic scholarships be a thing of the past?
This is a column where two writers go head-to-head on different issues. This issue is centered around the question: Should athletic scholarships be eliminated due to the numerous accounts of student-athletes involved in academic fraud? […]
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PERSPECTIVE: How a Baseball Team Brought a Community Together
Everything in my city was blue. Royal blue, to be exact. It happened the first time in October 2014, when the Kansas City Royals went to the World Series for the first time in 29 […]
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PERSPECTIVE: The Show Must Go Wrong
The stage sits empty, the shapes of faux concrete walls and furniture barely visible in the dark. The lights come on, the characters begin to shuffle in and the audience leans forward in anticipation of […]
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PERSPECTIVE: Why Carly Rae Jepsen deserves the Grammy
By Reed McLean, senior computer science major I am a pop music enthusiast. I love synthesizers and drum machines and unforgettable melodies and the way a song can make you want to run until you […]