Gilad Shalit and the Rising Price of an Israeli Life Time Runs Short for the Euro What does to take to be a Victoria’s Secret Angel?  Penn State defeated in first game without “Jo-Pa,” but that’s perhaps the least important detail Occupy Portland Eviction Deadline Met With Countdown, ‘Party’, As Demonstrators Defy Mayor’s Orders Days [...]

The week’s best links that we didn’t get to: 1. Amazing photos of this year’s Hajj and Eid al-Adha 2. MSA is petitioning Congress to save student aid. 3. Ned Reskinoff on OWS and student debt.  Meanwhile, Occupy Dallas has called for a general strike on November 30. 4. Colorlines lays out some of the more significant outcomes [...]

Friends, it’s about time. But first, let me back up. I was sitting in a class earlier this week (for my GPA’s sake we’ll call it class-that-shall-not-be-named), making art out of my lab partner’s drool when I looked up at the clock. Alas, it was four! A glorious time where the pressures of, well, knowing [...]

Part II of my thoughts on being vegetarian features an exploration of the argument against suffering. Foer provides extensive evidence regarding the suffering that animals endure in the meat industry: chickens formulated to grow so quickly and to such large sizes that they often break their legs, veal that is kept in tiny pens to [...]

After the devastating week that the students, faculty, alumni and supporters have been dealing with at Penn State, the university trustees have just announced that Joe Paterno and President Graham Spanier have officially been fired. President Spanier is to be replaced immediately and Mr. Paterno will not be finishing the season even after he released a statement that [...]

I know…I need to be getting at least more than half of these games correct in order to justify making the predictions every week.  Time for me to step it up this week. Games This Weekend (And Monday)–Click here to see the games Raiders at Chargers:  My pick of the Chargers last week against the Packers may have [...]