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Americans gambling on Social Security with current system

Social Security is a hot topic today, from national to local elections it seems this government program has gotten a lot of attention.

Everyone has heard about Social Security, most students might think it’s something that old people use when they don’t work anymore, and they are right.

Social Security works like this: When you get a paycheck you pay a certain amount to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA), a fancy way of saying insurance tax, and this tax money goes into a humongous piggy bank.

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Has health care message been lost in partisan rhetoric?

Over the past year we as Americans have been engaged in a battle over the issue of whether giving healthcare to all people is appropriate.

Never before in my lifetime has our country been so vocal on their thoughts, opinions and ideas about one single piece of legislation.

I really wonder if our country didn’t have the stability we have would we be in a full on civil war between liberals and conservatives?

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What do you think about the new health care bill?

What are your thoughts on the new health care bill President Barack Obama recently signed into law?

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Hipsters blinded by irony in ‘indie’ lifestyle, trends

The modern hipster is considered “indie” or individual.

This trend stems from indie/underground music scenes and other anti-establishment movements.

The indie music trend has been around for decades but has resurfaced with more girth in this decade.

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Republicans, Sen. Scott Brown win battle but not war

U.S. Sen. Scott Brown was sworn in on the floor of the Senate by Vice President Joe Biden Feb. 4.

Jan. 19 was the day that Senator Brown became the first Republican senator from Massachusetts since 1972.

He announced his intentions to fill the slot of the late Ted Kennedy on Sept. 12, 2008, which was coincidentally his 50th birthday.

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Student needs to consider the world at large

The first time I ever heard of Haiti was back in 2008 in Mr. JP Jarcyzk’s Gospels in Actions class.

As part of the curriculum we read Tracy Kidder’s “Mountain Beyond Mountains,” which highlighted the poverty and economic inequality of Haiti.

It discussed the work of Dr. Paul Farmer, who was trying to give Haitians basic medical supplies to improve their quality of life.

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New decade ushers in new ideas, hopes—perhaps

Who can forget 2009?

For that matter who can forget the last decade?

Terrorist attacks, anthrax scares, wars, economic downturns, natural disasters and the promise of hope made the 2000s turbulent to say the least, with more ups and downs than anyone could have imagined.

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As the earth stops shaking, relief efforts begin

For the last several weeks eight people stood abreast with the The Crown of Thorns statue in the Brophy Mall.

Eight faces, some half-hidden by bandages, stared from glossy pictures with tired and tearful eyes and hungry mouths.

Since Jan. 28, many students, parents and faculty members volunteered in one hour shifts to stand in solidarity with these and all the people of Haiti after the earthquake on Jan. 12.

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Physical contact test of alpha male dominance

Over the course of several weeks recently, I undertook a new kind of journalistic safari: I took the liberty of recording every wrestling match in the Info Commons, every grappling match at the choke point between the gym and Keating Hall and every boxing match in classrooms.

A bit of a disclaimer: I am most certainly not a stalker.

It bears mentioning, however, that the purpose of this archiving spree was not to record the many different ways in which Brophy students care to physically interact with each other. To be honest, I didn’t begin my strange high school safari with the sentiment that I’d be hard-pressed to find subject material (although I ended up being correct).

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Affiliations without proper representation

The motif for political parties in the United States is to up the other, or so it seems, and it’s been that way since the foundation of our country.

Based primarily on a two party system, American politics has been a competition between the Democrats and the Republicans, though every so often we hear something about a third party.

Recently I have noticed a rise in a new party: the Libertarians.

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