I’d rather eat the seafood gumbo our school offered last week than be told by my mom to get up on Monday mornings. I’m not even sure how to describe the oppressive misery of getting out from Sunday nights cocoon and entering a week full of short-answer questions, finding theta and learning about how our forefathers schemed harder in Philadelphia than French Montana at a video shoot- but it sucks. Mondays mean no hot water, no sunshine, and porridge for every meal. But count your blessings- Mondays are better than Tuesdays.
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Welcome to the waiting room
Yesterday morning my Mom called me to inform me that a letter from Hobart and William Smith College, my top choice, was sitting on the kitchen counter.
Obviously my first reaction was, “IS IT BIG OR SMALL?!”
Everyone knows that receiving a thick envelope from a college has always been an indication of acceptance, while a skinny envelope normally means that fate was not on your side.
Make your way to the 20th pitstop: The Amazing Race
Sarah Dittmeier
Guest Blogger
Anyone else catch the season premiere of The Amazing Race on Feb 19? Yeah…neither did I, but I did watch it on my DVR recently and I must say that I’m pretty excited for this season. It’s hard to pick my favorite team from just the first episode, but I am drawn to Elliot and Andrew (the twins) and the federal agents, Nary and Jamie. Neither of those teams won the first leg, but federal agents can totally hold their own, and a lead guitarist and a pro soccer player seem to make a pretty good team.
A look at the American League
John Berger
Reporter
We’ve officially hit the date when pitchers and catchers report for spring training. That also means we’ve hit the date of starting a ridiculously long season, one that encompasses about 9 months of the year.
Baseball is a sport that can be incredibly fun to follow if your team is doing well, and rather boring to follow if your team is not doing well.
Who should really control the birth control debate?
Steffi Badanes
Blogs Editor
Ever since the Obama administration announced that under the Affordable Care Act, the no-cost birth control policy would go into effect, intense debates and controversy have been stirring up. GOP members are up in arms, saying contraception coverage goes against the right to religious freedom. But what about the rights of women to affordable health care? Although these religious organizations say they are against contraception, the fact is, surveys show that 98% of catholic women have used birth control at some point during their lives. So by not covering birth control, religious organizations are denying a poor woman’s right to choose to use it or not. Some may be fortunate enough to still be able to make that decision. But for others, paying $100 a month for birth control may not be an option.