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First ‘No Country For Old Men,’ … now ‘The Road’

There has never been a more stunning or more absorbing vision of the post-apocalypse than that of “The Road.” Whether it be the eerie cinematography of a hopeless world left in ruins, the near-perfect page-by-page adaptation, or Viggo Mortensen delivering the performance of his career, director John Hillcoat embraces every single aspect in Cormac McCarthy’s acclaimed novel, making “The Road” one of the most powerful motion pictures I have ever witnessed.

November 20th, 2009 | Posted in Reviews | Read More »

Public Safety Report

Potty Training

According to a Public Safety report, on Nov. 12 at approximately 7:27 a.m. Sgt. Brian English was dispatched to Napier Hall in reference to a resident text messaging a friend saying he needed the police. Contact was made with the resident and it was determined that another male had entered his room, urinated on the floor and jumped into the bed with the resident.

November 20th, 2009 | Posted in Public Safety Report | Read More »

Satire: A two-faced greeting

The many faces of a recycled doormat

While browsing for $200 bed sheets at Bed Bath and Beyond – exceptionally expensive because the sheets already came with a hooker – I saw a doormat made out of recycled flip-flops.

Genius! Parade your hummers. Blind a rapist with your arousal cans.

November 20th, 2009 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

Right, left: Reform is necessary

A common misconception about conservatives is that they believe there is no need for health care reform. If there is one thing upon which Republicans, Democrats, liberals and conservatives can agree, it’s that the American health care system is broken.

The issue at hand is what aspect is broken about it.

November 20th, 2009 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

GOP self-destruction

It’s been a little over a year since the Republican Party suffered its painful electoral defeat last November. Around this time last year, members of the GOP were desperate to try to see how they could move forward from their dismal position with voters around the country.

November 20th, 2009 | Posted in Opinion | Read More »

The Voice

If you are “going to hell” with all the other “fornicators, liars, and hypocrites” according to Brother Jed Smock, the latest in a string of preachers to drop in for a scream-off on campus, you are aware of the power of the First Amendment.

Free speech zones, like the ones set up on Front Campus whenever a fire-and-brimstone preacher comes to condemn GCSU students, are set up strategically to appease both the messenger and audience.

November 20th, 2009 | Posted in Our Voice | Read More »

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