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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 [...]

America's Healthy Future (Sponsored by Max Baucus)

America's Healthy Future (Sponsored by Max Baucus)

On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee will hold a long-awaited vote on Sen. Max Baucus’ America’s Healthy Future Act. What is most surprising may not be that this bill is finally getting a vote after months of negotiations and holdups, but that it may be the bill that finally makes its way out of Congress [...]

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May Fear Beget Fear

May Fear Beget Fear

As the trees turn to golden brown, and the apples begin to fall, the coastal climates of West Michigan breath in the Fabreeze of changing seasons: it’s flu time.  And this year, you may die.  The human body has no immunity to the H1N1 variation of influenza, and the result is that “90,000 people could [...]

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Dear Nobel Peace Prize Committee

Dear Nobel Peace Prize Committee

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for officially invalidating your most prestigious honor twice in the same decade! While I’m sure this is not the first letter of congratulations you have yet received, I should hope that it is the first to recognize your political pandering. Listen: I was understanding when you [...]

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