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The Price of Pie in Poughkeepsie Keep the $50 the Same!
 
The Price of Pie in Poughkeepsie

The Price of Pie in Poughkeepsie

I make it a point not to argue (too much) with someone who happens to be right. Let me be more specific: I make it a point not to disparage legislators who realize that, to co-opt a little Dylan, “the times they are a-changin’”. “Ron Burgundy had never heard that song, so when he fell, [...]

The Price of Pie in Poughkeepsie
Keep the $50 the Same!

Keep the $50 the Same!

Conservative - 1. disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change. 2. cautiously moderate or purposefully low: e.g. a conservative estimate. The last time I checked, Representative Patrick T. McHenry (R – N.C.) had an (R), not a (D), which means that he’s part of the GOP, which [...]

Keep the $50 the Same!
Kalamazoo Comparisons, Part Three: Coffee!

Kalamazoo Comparisons, Part Three: Coffee!

03 March 2010


By Basel Richards

First we go out, we get some pizza at Bimbo’s or Bilbo’s, then, depending on which day it is, we go to Olde Peninsula, Shakespeare’s, or Green Top Tavern.  Now we’re hungover.  Now we need coffee. Since most of the Kosmopolitan’s readership are students at Kalamazoo College, let’s talk about why you feel comfortable/need to get [...]

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I Applied for Teach for America, Part II: A Reinvestment

I Applied for Teach for America, Part II: A Reinvestment

03 March 2010


By Thomas Gilchrist

I told myself that if I was going to apply for Teach for America, that at least I was going to be honest about it.  So on January 31 I wrote what amounted to a tirade featuring the F-word on five distinct occasions. I focused on three main issues. 1) That TFA does not directly [...]

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Shudder Island

Shudder Island

28 February 2010


By Jim Shoemaker

Martin Scorsese’s new picture Shutter Island is a nightmarish journey.  Hard to watch at times for the building suspense, Shutter Island grabs you from the beginning and relentlessly forces on you the same horrible experience as the protagonist Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio).  I like nightmares, because I like horror movies.  Macabre is just interesting, and Shutter [...]

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Sweet Home Forest of Arden

Sweet Home Forest of Arden

26 February 2010


By Teofil Wahr

Western Michigan University’s recent foray into the world of Shakespeare adopts a much more musical stance on the bard’s work. As You Like It was performed on the campus one hundred years ago, well before the university had a theater department, and was brought back as a centennial piece. The most impressive part of the [...]

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