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This is how YouTube works. On the surface, it is a meritocracy. But sometimes, like in any societal structure that is supposed to be meritocratic, some great things fall through the cracks and other awful things gain great success.

Kelly arrived at the party on Hudson, a lioness ready to stalk her prey.

Ithaca College cares more about the appearance of sustainability than sustainability itself There is no denying that it has become trendy, popular and stylish to put off an environmentalist vibe, especially in communities like Ithaca, where a strong portion of the affluent population is liberal and hopes to effect some positive change in the world. [...]

Katie stuck with her dreams, keeping relative pace with the boys in her neighborhood who played football occasionally.

Although professional sports players in general have scaled back their honesty and willingness to talk like functional adults in post-game interviews ever since the end of the 1980s, the Yankees players have proven the most adept at making their sport seem about as enthralling as watching paint dry with their comments

A local double date is currently becoming difficult to tolerate for Ithaca resident Tyler Coleman, as his wife’s friend’s fiancée, Will Payne, has now talked at Coleman about the National Hot Rod Association for well over 20 minutes. Coleman, a man who cares nothing about sports aside from watching football now and then, is nodding [...]

This is a BAW we’ve been sitting on for a while, a relatively generic problem we all hear our friends and classmates complaining about on a daily basis. Generally, we’ve all just had to suck it up and deal with it. However, with the NCUR parking issues still fresh in all of our minds, we [...]

At a press conference Tuesday, NBA Commissioner David Stern announced that all NBA games will now start in the middle of serious crunch time, with a high-scoring tie and only five minutes to go. Stern admitted that he knows NBA fans have always had a hard time caring much about games until the second half [...]

Last night, after a meeting attended by every member of the Tampa Bay Rays’ 40-man roster, third baseman Evan Longoria and starting pitcher David Price announced that the Rays would officially be losing home games on purpose if crowd support is ever “lacking in any way” during the 2011 season. Longoria and Price, who both [...]

The American Society of Exercise Physiologists unveiled research last week demonstrating that Major League ballplayers usually consume enough food and caloric beverages to make them gain more calories than they burn during an average game. ASEP, who’s study was commissioned by the Society for American Baseball Research, stated that this was a surprise find, and [...]