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Reflections on a Past Life (JVP)
I are an ESL student. My parents may have taught me Russian, but I think I learned English from TV. That might be why I developed a speaking impediment that required three years of speech therapy to correct. One time … Continue reading
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Rutgers: Turn off the Dark (JVP)
I wasn’t around the day of the president’s 8th annual state of the school address last year, but from what I heard it was pretty exciting as far as annual addresses go. Besides the DREAM ACT protest during the speech … Continue reading
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Reflections of a Philosophy Major (JVP)
I’m a philosophy major, which means that I like having things spelled out for me. Case in point: my first day of philosophy class, wherein it was explained to me why thinking is important. “Thinkin’? Important?” Whodathunkit?! Simon Blackburn thunks so … Continue reading
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Exit Through the Gift Expo (JVP)
When a movie’s so bad it’s good, audience members delight in the unintentional hilarity that ensues when enthusiasm meets lack of talent. It’s not just on the big screen where inadvertent merriment can be found. As a journalist, I get … Continue reading
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Humorless Budget Report (JVP)
RUSA had a good grabber for their budget meeting: “Where does your money go?” I didn’t stick around long enough to find out the answer to that question. Instead, I left after becoming both overwhelmed and underwhelmed by the first … Continue reading
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Sexual Assault on the Rutgers Campus (JVP)
I was shocked when I first heard the statistic that one in six women experiences sexual assault in their lifetimes. This was years ago. I didn’t know much about gender then. Now, however, after doing plenty of reading and having … Continue reading
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LaRouchies (JVP)
I was visiting friends in Middletown, NJ when I saw some protesters in front of the post office. They had photos of Obama with a Hitler mustache, a poster proclaiming, “America needs industry; Obama needs therapy,” and an overall theme … Continue reading
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Optimism in the Face of Hunger (JVP)
Feeding the hungry is not enough. That’s not a rationalization for me to not volunteer at a soup Kitchen. I’ve done that. I’ve served food, sorted clothes, and spent an entire afternoon separating cans of baked beans from all the … Continue reading
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Inside the “Swing-Space” (JVP)
We live in a post-modern world where many of us have recognized that the perception of a situation might be just as if not more meaningful than what the actual situation is (Baudrillard). We might have an idea of what, … Continue reading
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The Bill Bray Tour (JVP)
The picture painted for me of New Brunswick was of a city controlled by a political machine run by a cabal of conspirators and maintained by secrecy, manipulation, and intimidation. When one makes an enemy of truth one makes an … Continue reading
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