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State of the Union Recap

Juan Pablo Rivera Garza
Blogs Editor

Tuesday evening, the President delivered the fourth State of the Union address of his Presidency. This speech stands out considerably compared to his previous addresses to Congress for a number of reasons. It is important to note that this speech helps set the stage for the remainder of his second term, and could affect his ability to work constructively with House Republicans. All of these factors placed an enormous amount of pressure on the President to perform, here’s how he did:

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Lessons learned through YG

Harrison Burt
Blogs Editor

I had absolutely no interest in doing YG at the beginning of my junior year. I had spoken to dozens of YG “fish” who claimed their February mission trip with the Congregationalist Church of NC to be the most rewarding and life-changing ten days of their lives…but I was still not intrigued. Why would I want to give up ten days of tanning in the Bahamas to refurnish Hurricane Katrina destroyed homes? Please, someone tell me.

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PLL Recap: The Broken He”A”rted

Monica Nair
Multimedia and Graphics Editor
After getting kicked off the academic decathlon team, Spence went fifty shades of CRAY, by totally alienating herself from her friends. Hotty-nerd boy Andrew paid Spencer a little visit, playing a game of strip-trivia…? While Wren (yes the british doc made a return!) prescribed this little liar with dinner and a movie, until Spencer tried to kill Mona off PLL. Good try, Hastings. *Sigh*

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The perils of Tinder

Carly Risom
Reporter
Meanwhile, I’m not so out of it that I don’t know what Tinder is. I was introduced to it about a week and a half ago, and have only seen it in action a few times. I don’t really know why, but every time I get a chance to see it, either a rather heavy or unattractive man shows up, and only one word comes to mind, repulsive. I began to wonder why everyone was talking about how addicting it was.

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