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We’re thankful in spite of

The holiday season is upon us once again and Thanksgiving is just around the corner. During this time of year, it’s important for an individual to reflect on what he or she is grateful for.

Columbia students are not immune from this simple holiday tradition. This year we have much to be thankful for.

We should be thankful that our presidential mansion cost nearly $4 million to completely remodel in addition to the $1.5 million the college plunged into the project to buy the property initially. Although a presidential mansion is a common facet among most colleges and universities around the country, having an official residence for Columbia’s president was an extremely pressing matter. So we are glad the college was able to finish this most important and needed campus addition, amid a recession, tuition increase and college-wide departmental budget cuts no less. Well-done Columbia.
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Cussing could cost you

In the five to seven minutes it takes to smoke a cigarette in front of any one of Columbia’s buildings, one may overhear dozens upon dozens of expletives enunciated. And though said smoker, or any other passerby, may or may not be offended, the city of Chicago is convinced it should be.
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NOW’s TV report deserves an F

(U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES—Forces at the National Organization for Women have been telling women how they should act for the last 30 years. Now, with the release of its 2002 Feminist Primetime Television Report, it is also telling them what to watch.
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Pedophile propoganda should not be protected by free speech

There are some pretty unbelievable things in America. But nothing is more unbelievable than the North American Man Boy Love Association. Some of you may have heard of this disgusting group and others may think it’s a joke. Well it isn’t. It is a recognized group of men who support sexual acts between boys as young as 8 years old and grown men.
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Uncle Sam sets back civil rights

You may not have heard the faint tapping sound on Nov. 18. That was the United States government chipping away at our civil liberties and at the power of the Bill of Rights.
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