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Don't defeat yourself

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Imagine this: You've just received an assignment for a long paper in class.  You're groaning at the prospect of hours of research and writing maybe a whole weekend gone when suddenly you realize that you had a fairly similar assignment just last semester.  If you tweak your old paper a bit rewrite the introduction maybe add a paragraph or two you can be done in an … [Read more...] about Don't defeat yourself

Broken dreams: reform the Greeks

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Around the same time every year what sounds like a funeral dirge proceeds around the freshman residence halls. Women are in mourning. It's a funeral in a way a funeral for broken dreams. Freshmen women were just told what sorority they were placed in and there is disappointment. Another perspective: freshmen men in a fraternity are given alcohol. Someone refuses but is told by … [Read more...] about Broken dreams: reform the Greeks

??? plans Kicks for CASA

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April 92011 Pepperdine University will see Kappa Alpha Theta host "Kicks for CASA a co-ed soccer tournament in aid of Theta's national philanthropy, Court Appointed Special Advocate association, a nonprofit network that supports and promotes court appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children. CASA's main motivation is to help these children thrive in safe and … [Read more...] about ??? plans Kicks for CASA

Interrobang packs a punch?!

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We would like to begin this column with a side note. Based on our two previous columns one might assume we stand for all of the traditional rules and conventions of English. Our defense of the subjunctive and our denunciation of excessive dashing might make one think we're a bit conservative when it comes to grammar. In this column we're going to prove that we are not the Sarah … [Read more...] about Interrobang packs a punch?!