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Student Interest in Making Their Own Beer is Brewing in Kalamazoo Fighting bulls, tradition, and identity in Spain Late Bonnaroo Review or Why I Love Festivals
 
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 [...]

Plain Ol’ Coffee

Plain Ol’ Coffee

Most republicans love coffee, or at least the idea of it. Coffee fits into that 1940’s image of the hard working American sitting down to breakfast with the family and, of course, a hot cup of joe. That’s why we call it joe. It stands for Joe six-pack, the average joe, and of course Joe [...]

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Sneaking Liquor Into Concerts: Ecuadorian Style

Sneaking Liquor Into Concerts: Ecuadorian Style

Summer has hit and to me that means one thing: concerts. Festivals like Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, Pitchfork, and a slew of others. The music is usually enough to keep anyone focused and dancing, but some concerts sometimes require a little bit more. It seems slightly sacrilegious to attend a Dropkick Murphys or Gogol Bordello show without [...]

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What’s the problem with the Tea Party, anyway?

America: dedicated to life, liberty, and the pursuit of property. Our European forefathers came to this big piece of land, unaware of what “big” truly was, and claimed themselves boss. They decided to plop their big white asses down on this new geographical gem, and shoot anyone that looked too exotic. Exploration and colonization of [...]

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