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The new democratic hero of rural America

  Mark Linker Opinion Editor  PHOTO COURTESY OF FREERANGE STOCK With the addition of Tim Walz to the Harris presidential campaign, the Democrats are making a statement. The statement being made in some ways is an admission of defeat and mistake on the part of the party for much of the past decade. Since the […]

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Why ascending the stairs should give you angst

Jake Long Associate Opinion Editor  We’ve all been there, running out the door, halfway to our cars, when we realize we left our keys in our upstairs bedroom. We bolt back into the house, dodging the jumping dog, and begin scaling the stairs. About halfway up, a loose shoelace presents itself to the bottom of […]

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Modern psychology fills a religious hole

Mark Linker Opinion Editor With being a psychology major, one would think that I’m biased towards defending the practice. In many ways I am, the advent of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology emphasizes some of the strongest aspects of modernity. However, there was a time not too long ago when individuals had other avenues of consoling their […]