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How it Feels to Lose Someone Close to You
Alexandra Blockton ablockton@lc.edu Imagine your bellicose heart feeling as if it’s skipping beats as you wake up to an obtuse phone call from your mother, only to inform you that your sibling has been shot…
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Why On Earth Are We Still Gendering Clothes?
Ashtyn Britt abritt@lc.edu For as long as I could remember, I had been told what was boy’s clothes and what was girl’s clothes. When you’re a little kid, you accept what you’re told very…
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Is Anybody Else Already Really Excited For Halloween?
Ashtyn Britt abritt@lc.edu Happy Halloween, everybody! I know that technically it’s only September, but as an avid lover of Halloween, I don’t care. I couldn’t be more excited if I tried, as Halloween is…
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What it’s Like Watching All Your Friends Get Married Before You
Ashtyn Britt abritt@lc.edu Being in your early twenties is a very weird time. Some people you know from high school are in college, some are buying homes, some are in jail, have become addicts,…
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Cigarette Age Increase: It’s Garbage
Olivia Bettorf ombettorf@lc.edu Let us start with the fact that Illinois just put down a bogus law for people who were born after 1998: they can no longer purchase any tobacco products. Yet, we…
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Can We All Agree That Jeffrey Epstein’s Death is Suspicious?
Ashtyn Britt abritt@lc.edu Trigger warning, this article will mention topics involving suicide and child sexual abuse. Please either proceed with caution or stop reading now. Now, maybe this is just me, but something is…
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We Miss You, Cameron Boyce
Haley Ruyle hruyle@lc.edu Cameron Boyce was an amazing actor and a true hero to all of his fans. Cameron made a true difference in the world, and not just through laughter– he touched so…
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Victoria’s Secret Show Canceled
Haley Ruyle hruyle@lc.edu Every year since August 1, 1995 the Victoria’s Secret Fashion show has never failed, never stopped showing and has always kept the magic alive. Every year, people all around the world…
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The College Experience
Gail Harper abharper@lc.edu I like to brag about the fact that I was 16 when I started college. It makes people think that I’m really smart, maybe a genius child prodigy. Truth is, I…