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HUNTER: Curiosity’s Cat

By Daily Free Press Admin November 15, 2011

Curiosity. What is it? I’m curious to know. It’s that feeling we all get when we see something new, something unknown, something that can be investigated further. We get a sort of urge to find out...

PEARSON: Closure and Cheating

By Daily Free Press Admin November 15, 2011

Earlier this week, you wrote about how to start a Facebook message to a guy from a long time ago. What about the rest of the letter? You’ve inspired me to write to a long-lost girlfriend, but I only...

EMMETT: Things I See That Make Me Sad

By Daily Free Press Admin November 14, 2011

The scene at the on campus café is a predictable one. The music falls into an obscure, folk genre that the Neanderthal man making your coffee knows all the words to. There’s someone wearing a cardigan...

FRIEDMAN: The Edge of Glory

By Daily Free Press Admin November 13, 2011

It’s that time. Finally, the final time. Time to be a real person time. Ha, JK it’s only November. But soon enough, that day of real person-ness will come. And I’ll be there. Ready for it. So if...

BOCCOLINI: The Absentee Father

By Daily Free Press Admin November 13, 2011

Once you navigate the perverse maze of Penn State football articles, you can find some pretty interesting stuff on the news. Between stories like “Find more dates at parties” and “Best and worst...

MAHDI: Close Encounters

By Daily Free Press Admin November 9, 2011

When a BBC crew ventured out into St. Andrew’s Bay in South Georgia, they aspired to capture revealing footage of a king penguin colony in its natural habitat. During filming that November, excitement...

HUNTER: The Middle Ground

By Daily Free Press Admin November 8, 2011

Every day we encounter many contrasting alternatives. We are presented with these opposites and we are given options. Then we are expected to take these extremes and have choices and opinions about them....

PEARSON: The Clown and the Closet

By Daily Free Press Admin November 8, 2011

Time for a little honesty: I’m not sure what has been happening to me lately, but the last two times I hooked up with someone, something went wrong. Last time I couldn’t stop laughing the whole time...

EMMETT: No Train, No Gain

By Daily Free Press Admin November 7, 2011

You know that pivotal moment on the train when someone finally stands up, rendering their pre-warmed seat free? You know the next pivotal moment when you realize you’re going to have to wedge yourself...

BOCCOLINI: Add It Up

By Daily Free Press Admin November 6, 2011

I’m going to say it flat-out: I’m not really that good at math. After Algebra II, I was done for. I felt like Wilson in “Castaway” after Tom Hanks doesn’t have enough rope to reach out and snatch...

FRIEDMAN: Party Rock Anthem

By Daily Free Press Admin November 6, 2011

Frat boys—I salute you. I don’t know how you do it, but you do it so darn well. Handsome, intelligent and eloquent—I gush at the mere thought of you. But this article isn’t about Robert Downey...

MAHDI: Dirty Laundry

By Daily Free Press Admin November 2, 2011

A collective groan of discontent resonated within our campus as snow began to plummet from a pitch black sky over the weekend. Bravely pressing on, hundreds of scantily clad party-goers stared meteorological...

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