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The stories of four un- and underinsured Ithaca College students

In the annex to the Editor-in-Chief’s mother’s home sit the headquarters of The Hermann Link, the weekly newspaper for Hermann, Missouri; the state’s capital of sausage production. In these offices lies Norm Glenwald, the greatest journalist that never was. “I’m a champion of the industry-A journalist at its finest form — the fourth estate, the people’s [...]

Citizens United court case gives more power to the powerful

Examining the crucial turning point in the Former Yugoslavia By Merdina Ljekperic For people in the United States, the term “Red Scare” denotes an era of paranoia and fear of communism, specifically from the Soviet Union. Moving much closer west, however, it was the very fall of communism that brought about a different type of [...]

Cites Effort to Make All Games “Actually Competitive and Interesting” By Merdina Ljekperic NBA Commissioner David Stern announced Thursday night that the league has decided to immediately cut all unnecessary teams, compiling the leagues’ superstars on just five remaining squads. Teams were selected to remain active based on a criteria of recent success, number of [...]

Why the “Ground Zero Mosque” is the election’s hottest non-issues By Merdina Ljekperic Lower Manhattan is made up of not just Wall Street, but stores, churches, mosques, temples, bars, clubs, McDonald’s and just about anything you can think of. So, whether or not Muslims want to pray in a former Burlington Coat Factory, just another [...]

By Merdina Ljekperic General Mills and Reese’s officials have issued a cease and desist letter to the manufacturers of Peanut Butter Panda Crunch after realizing that the less marketed, much cheaper brand tastes “exactly the fucking same” as their product, Reese’s Puffs. After years of trying to convince the nation that Reese’s Puffs are the [...]