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Point: Early holiday sales eventually lead to exploitation of employees

Mary Dolan December 2, 2015

Editor's note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding holiday shopping. Read this column's corresponding counterpoint here. Though Christmas falls on Dec. 25, the holiday...

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Counterpoint: Holiday sales help consumers deal with procrastination

Emily Vernon December 2, 2015

Editor's note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding holiday shopping. Read this column's corresponding counterpoint here. Christmas time is near, which means so too will...

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Dialogue about religion is part of route to fixing religious ignorance

Mohammad Syed December 1, 2015

A few weeks ago, biology freshman Yoseph Mahmoud posted on Facebook a detailed description of how a man came up to him on Guadalupe Street, yanked his headphones out of his ear and accused him of being...

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White interest group perpetuates racism

Valeria Pizarro December 1, 2015

All across the nation, while college campuses have been experiencing a rush in student protests about racism and equality, white student “unions” have been popping up on social media sites,...

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Campus diversity is more than selling point for admissions

Jacob Schmidt December 1, 2015

These days, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a university that doesn’t promote diversity as essential to education. Schools employ massive financial and legal resources recruiting kids from different...

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Pulling music from Spotify is just good business

Mubarrat Choudhury November 30, 2015

Editor's Note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding whether pulling music from online streaming services is beneficial. To read its counterpoint, click here. Spotify users were...

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Artists should cooperate with music streaming services

Benroy Chan November 30, 2015

Editor's Note: This column appears in a point-counterpoint regarding whether pulling music from streaming services is a beneficial practice. To find its counterpoint, click here. Just one day before...

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For campus sexual assaults, false reporting is a false measure

Laura Hallas November 30, 2015

The conversation about campus sexual assault lacks trust, most notably around the idea of false reporting. The wedge this issue drives between women and men has to be addressed when developing sexual assault...

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Recent protests threaten freedom of speech on campuses

David Bordelon November 25, 2015

In the wake of protests regarding Halloween costumes at Yale and protests over racial incidents at the University of Missouri, many online news sources and opinion columns are clamoring to denigrate the...

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Charitable giving should be a year-round effort

Emily Vernon November 25, 2015

$20 billion is the amount of money needed to eradicate homelessness. $20 billion is also the amount of money Americans spend each year just on new Christmas decorations.  The means for donations...

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Free on-campus sexual assault exams are a vital resource for students

Mary Dolan November 25, 2015

In spite of the Safe Campus Act currently being heard in Congress, UT has started taking steps forward to give administrative support to survivors of sexual assault. University Health Services began...

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Bernie Sanders’ ideas are as ridiculous as Donald Trump’s

Bailey Ethier November 25, 2015

What do arguably the most notorious American billionaire and the sole independent socialist in Congress have in common? A lot actually. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic...

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