Today is Saturday, November 21st 2009



Relationships 101: Love is a Battlefield


 People see it all the time in music videos, on the news, in the newspapers etc. The plane door opens and out steps a U.S. soldier dressed in a combat uniform. Families rush to their side, and the....

 

Hate the war, love the soldiers


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Darcy Wytko, Editor-in-chief


 On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was about to catch a plane back to New York. I’d been living in Manhattan for two years, and I’d just graduated from theater school. Before I took the city by....

 

Relationships 101: What women really want


The past two weeks, my relationship column has been directed towards the female audience. I have gotten questions for advice from men on what to say or how to act around their girlfriends or potential girlfriends. Well guys, you asked....

 

Cheap beer has its place


Who likes cheap beer?

Nobody admits to loving cheap beer – but it’s out there, in many a dorm and beer pong cup. Most drink it because they’re broke.

It would be a disservice for me, a self-proclaimed beer cacahuate, to just....

 

Relationships 101: The Bestie!


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Erica Spalti(right) Assistant on-line editor


This week’s relationships 101 topic is friendship. Every girl has them, and no I am not talking about friendships in general. I am talking about that one specific relationship. That one friend who you tell everything too, who makes you....

 

Relationships 101: the Ex-Factor


Relationships. Oh boy where does one even start with relationships? There are so many different kinds: love and hate relationships, family and friend’s relationships. All of them have their ups…and their downs. However, none of these relationships are as haunting....

 

Deep Thoughts by Quinn Eddy


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Quinn Eddy, Assistant News Editor


 The last time I lost my wallet, a friend of mine told me to call it.

I feel like I’ve said something funny when I get “haha” in my texts. If I get one with more than two “has” - I’m....

 

One cup of coffee = six healthy kids


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Darcy Wytko, Editor-in-chief


In America, deworming is something we do to our pets – not our children. Here, kids cut school because they want to go play Halo 3. In developing nations, children miss class because worms are gnawing holes in their....

 

Facebook group we love: "I Picked a Major I Like and One Day I Will Probably Be Living in a Box"


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Photo courtesy of Facebook.com.


 Group Description:

"So, you got to college- GREAT! Good for you! Perhaps it took you a year to find what you wanted. Maybe when you got to college you knew EXACTLY what you wanted to do. Or maybe you knew going....

 

Top texts (from last night)


 
Remember that text you shouldn’t have sent last night? Textsfromlastnight.com does.  Here’s a few of the Observer’s all-time favorites (in their raw, poor grammar glory):

(703): Just woke up wearing a top hat and simpsons boxers. i also found....