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RILEY: Game over

By Daily Free Press Admin November 5, 2008

President Barack Obama.' I like the sound of that.' Election night wasn't a nail-biter this time, and thank goodness we did not have the voting controversies that we have had the past two elections.

WEIL: Food we can believe in

By Daily Free Press Admin November 5, 2008

Today's worldwide headlines renewed my faith in the American people with the advent of an Obama presidency. However, there is one area that I feel the candidates have inadequately addressed: food.

STAFF EDIT: The future of elections?

By Daily Free Press Admin November 4, 2008

Ever since the world became entangled by the technological explosion of the Internet two decades ago, human society has changed forever.

RODRIGUE: Fit-Wrecked

By Daily Free Press Admin November 4, 2008

I walked into FitRec for the first time ever last week '-'- to get a flu shot. Because I don't work out, I get optional vaccines as a substitute for working out. It's kind of my shtick.

STAFF EDIT: Yes on Question 3

By Daily Free Press Admin November 3, 2008

Massachusetts has long been one of the most progressive states in the Union, from taking the lead in raising the minimum wage to progressively legalizing gay marriage.

STAFF EDIT: Relaxing registration

By Daily Free Press Admin November 3, 2008

Class registration is a nerve-racking and sometimes frustrating process, which is to be expected at a university serving 16,685 undergrads.

SANTARELLI: Don’t read this column

By Daily Free Press Admin November 3, 2008

The traditional media is dead. My harsh tone for the printed word and yakking head have been triggered by the recent barrage of political endorsements newspapers and other outlets have been making over the past few weeks.

RAMONES: ‘Vote or Die’

By Daily Free Press Admin November 3, 2008

It's probably no surprise that I voted for Barack Obama with my Florida absentee ballot last week. It's also probably no surprise that with Nov. 4 finally dawning, my column is taking a political slant this week.

STAFF EDIT: Tuition pain

By Daily Free Press Admin October 31, 2008

It's the most pressing issue for college students and their families today: affordability. The entire nation is affected by the current financial failures of its economic pillars, and the ever-rising costs of a college education have only added to families' inability to make ends meet. With the crunch pressuring Americans at both ends, more needs to be done to ease what has become the tremendous burden of college education.

SONI: Cry, the beloved continent

By Daily Free Press Admin October 31, 2008

Rotten democracy is a common theme in Africa. One can see it in places like Zimbabwe, where corrupt and power-hungry politicians like Robert Mugabe are willfully letting their beloved lands go to waste so the reigns of power will not be handed to those who truly deserve them.

LETTER: Wiesel lecture only last for the year

By Daily Free Press Admin October 31, 2008

Your fine article on Elie Wiesel's speech ('Wiesel week, p. 1') in the Tuesday, Oct. 28 issue of The Daily Free Press was excellent.' But there is one glaring mistake.

STAFF EDIT: An absent Union

By Daily Free Press Admin October 30, 2008

There has been no progress at the Student Union this semester, and a lack of attendance seems partly to blame. This is inexcusable.

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