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The faces of social media the good, bad and the ugly

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Whether shopping at a mall or out for a fancy dinner, people are always looking at the small screen in their hands. It might seem as if they are not interacting with others, but in reality, they most likely are….

Students share their ideal Valentine’s Day

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The ideal way for me to spend my Valentine’s Day would be an entire day spent with my significant other. What would we do on that day?  I’m a man of simple tastes, a day spent indoors playing video games…

Letter to the editor: Using political labels to characterize people is dangerous

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I’ve always held the belief that labels are a dangerous thing.  I believe it is more likely that we each hold a complex mixture of beliefs, and ideology based upon our personal experiences, upbringing, those we love and admire, and…

One last time

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Kristin Hohman Editor-in-Chief It’s hard to believe, but I’ve been a student at Lorain County Community College for the past two-and-a-half years. When I enrolled in the fall of 2014, I was unsure of what this journey would entail. At…

Barring of media outlets is concerning

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Zac Wenzel JRNM 151 Student “It is a beautiful thing, the destruction of words.” This classic George Orwell quote from the novel “1984” rings truer than ever in today’s relationship between our government and journalists. The novel is a bleak…

The First Amendment: A free press’ trump card

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Kristin Hohman Editor-in-Chief “If it were left to me to decide whether we should have a government without a free press or a free press without a government, I would prefer the latter.” Founding father Thomas Jefferson said this about…

Vegetarians face limited meal options on campus

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Rebecca Marion Managing Editor Some people voluntarily restrict their diet. I, on the other hand, had my body make the choice for me to become a vegetarian. One of the realities of being a vegetarian is getting accustomed to the…

We need to talk about last Tuesday

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Kristin Hohman Editor-in-Chief We need to talk about last Tuesday. By now we’ve all heard that Donald Trump will become the 45th President of the United States. And, I’m sure we’ve all seen the social media posts blasting the opposition,…

The great debaters

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Kristin Hohman Editor-in-Chief Monday night marked the first presidential debate in a very intense and controversial campaign. And while, for months, the candidates have gotten all of the attention, debate moderators have essentially received none. That is, until Fox News…

Participation: What’s the point?

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Kristin Hohman Editor-in-Chief I’m an introvert. That’s not necessarily a positive or negative thing. It’s just the truth. I’m slow to open up to people I don’t know, and being around people all day is exhausting. Introverts, by definition, are…

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