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The Daily Free Press

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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...

EMMETT: A Halloweird Reflection

By Daily Free Press Admin October 31, 2011

Let’s recap. If a certifiable blizzard isn’t enough to impede a stampede of “nurses” and “kittens” from night crawling this weekend, I really don’t know what is. Maybe a closeout sale at...

BOCCOLINI: I’m Dreaming of a White Halloween

By Daily Free Press Admin October 30, 2011

I used to believe in magic. In fact, one of my dad’s childhood friends is a magician. But that is neither here nor there, my friends. What is here, however, is snow. As I stood in line with a friend...

FRIEDMAN: It’s Getting Hot in Herre

By Daily Free Press Admin October 30, 2011

Well folks, we’ve entered the Dark Ages. Okay fine, this isn’t exactly the collapse of the Roman Empire, but it is midterm season. Close enough. Now, I could write a novel about all of the reasons...

MAHDI: Puzzle Pieces

By Daily Free Press Admin October 26, 2011

Ever since I can remember being aware of our world’s population, the magic number I needed to know was six billion. Initially, I could not begin to grasp what that number signified, or how it was applicable...

PEARSON: Men, Old and Young

By Daily Free Press Admin October 25, 2011

I had an opportunity this week that I’ve been dying to tell you about. I was asked on a date by a 45-year-old man while at Panera on Tuesday night. His name was Henry, and all I could think about was...

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