By Jeremy Lucas | 2012 Election, Politics
Guess what guys, it’s election day. And just so you know, if you didn’t vote, America reserves the right to trade you to China and/or India for some first-round draft picks to compensate for the loss of Steve Jobs. Fortunately, I early voted on Saturday, so not only did I beat all the lines you
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By Jeremy Lucas | 2012 Election, Politics
In the HBO film, “Game Change,” about the choice of Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign, the point is made that while the decision to pick Sarah Palin for Vice-President energized the campaign, the decision was made haphazardly in a way that ultimately hurt the campaign, and American politics in general. I don’t know if
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By Jeremy Lucas | Investigation, Politics
Why do I blog? Is it for the fame? Glory? Money? Women? I do it because I want to do it. Because, weird as this may sound to some, I find this fun. I think I mainly get this palpable sense of satisfaction from the act of me finding what I like to call, “The
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By Jeremy Lucas | Investigation
“She’s a hero of mine,” says a representative of the campus Pan-Hellenic Council, introducing Angela Davis, our speaker for the “26th Annual MLK Commemoration,” celebrated for some reason 8 days after MLK Day. As the representative welcomes Davis on the left side of the stage, Davis comes in on the right, surprising the representative before
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By Jeremy Lucas | Business, Editorial
“Regrets are mistakes that memories make.” – Misheard Lyrics In My Head of Adele’s Someone Like You So, what is the point of all this? Well, the problem of memory and public culture here is that we’re remembering what we’re already living in, like a sad Alzheimer’s patient. We’re just stumbling around trying to find
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