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Student Interest in Making Their Own Beer is Brewing in Kalamazoo

Student Interest in Making Their Own Beer is Brewing in Kalamazoo

Commercials make brewing beer seem like a monumental endeavor. Giant metal silos, huge barrels of beer, wagons pulled by Clydesdales, and massive factories are all a part of the images associated with America’s biggest beer companies. Somehow, this paint bucket full of fermenting beer in my closet doesn’t seem to compare. With nationwide breweries delivering [...]

Fighting bulls, tradition, and identity in Spain

Fighting bulls, tradition, and identity in Spain

At the end of this past July, lawmakers in the region of Catalonia, Spain, made the official decision to ban bullfighting within their region. Bullfighting is a Spanish tradition originating from gladiatorial fights that took place when the Roman Empire occupied the Iberian Peninsula, enduring the various reigns to come. The sport is held on [...]

Late Bonnaroo Review or Why I Love Festivals

Late Bonnaroo Review or Why I Love Festivals

While I was waiting on a malfunctioning camera to get fixed the window where people might actually care about a straightforward review disappeared. However, I still wish to impart why I love music festivals. Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, Wakarusa, and a slew of others happen every year with consistently impressive lineups. If you’re not going to [...]

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, [...]

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Posted in Current Affairs, To the Right, Voices/The Times0 Comments

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, [...]

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Posted in Current Affairs, To the Left, Voices/The Times2 Comments

Kalamazoo Comparisons, Part Three: Coffee!

Kalamazoo Comparisons, Part Three: Coffee!

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 [...]

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