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NCAA March Madness bracket thoughts

John Berger
Reporter

The official March Madness bracket was released on Sunday night. Now that we know the tournament field, it’s time to predict the matchups. But first, here are a few thoughts on the bracket:

The committee did a really good job this year, all things considered. The most questionable inclusion into the tournament is Iona, a team that most people had written off after they lost to the Fairfield Stags in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament. Iona will play on Tuesday against BYU. Teams like Seton Hall and Drexel have legitimate gripes with Iona being chosen over them.

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Negative advertising’s impact is strong; the remedy’s in research

Elizabeth Kilbride
Opinions Editor

Jeremy W. Peters recently wrote an article for the New York Times headlined “92% of Ads in Florida Were Negative.” Exhibit A was an ad by the pro-Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future, although I’m not sure this is a corner of YouTube you want to visit. Jane Mayer also wrote about negative advertising in an article about Larry McCarthy, who helps direct Restore Our Future, in The New Yorker; the article was called “Mitt Romney’s Attack Dog.”

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A read it and LOL guide to weekdays

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.

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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.

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