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I’m different, but don’t call me crazy

Ian D. Jones @IDJONESPHOTOG I recently had an online discussion with a friend on what constitutes “stigma” when it comes to mental health. Their reaction to the shooting in Las Vegas was, to very slightly paraphrase, “crazy people are crazy, and we need to…

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VR can help disabled in society, but obstacles remain

Last year, I wrote about disability and video games. Over the summer, I realized I had totally ignored an important genre of video games, even though it’s an up and coming one: Virtual Reality. After several false starts over the decades (there were…

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Freedom of speech must not include hate speech

Current events can be described in a few lines: “ It’s 2017 in a 40s trend with a racist president that’s ‘making everything great again.’” This quote is from the song “Good Night Alt-Right” by punk rock metal band “Stray From the…

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Freedom of speech is an undeniable right for all

Brave men and women throughout history have fought tirelessly for their right to speak their minds. However, any person living in this volatile day and age would agree that there needs to be a boundary placed between freedom of speech and violence. This…

Fresh Takes Opinion by Mitchell Mylius November 23, 2015

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New Star Wars Actor Catches Racist Reaction on New Role

By Kalama Hines @HINESight_2020 A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Only white people were allowed. At least that is what a massive group of alleged Star Wars fans have said with the use of the hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII on social media. When Disney announced…

Fresh Takes by Mitchell Mylius September 18, 2015

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NFL Week I : We all Know Nothing

By Martin Gallegos Everything you thought you knew about football is a lie, or at least that’s what week one of the new football sea- son exposed. All throughout the offseason, talk around the league was that there would be a sort of changing…

Fresh Takes by Mitchell Mylius September 10, 2015

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Naked Theft : An Attack on Free Expression

By Travis Danner If you look at any magazine rack in just about any grocery store, you will see scantily clad women. You will see big, bold enticing headlines like “19 ways to please your man!” If someone had gone up to those…

Fresh Takes Opinion Uncategorized by LPC Express September 9, 2015

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Ichiro at All-time High with Achievements in MBL

By Kalama Hines SPORTS EDITOR It was a Saturday afternoon in St. Louis. If not for the numbers involved, it would have been nothing new – modus operandi. With a liner between the second and first basemen, like countless times before, Ichiro Suzuki…

Fresh Takes Opinion by Nicole Silveira April 20, 2015

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Predictions for this Major League Baseball season

The Express' sports junkies make their predictions for what should be expected out of this year's professional baseball season. Find out the division winners, award winners and eventual champion just two weeks into the season.

Fresh Takes Opinion by LPC Express March 27, 2015

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NCAA players the only Cinderellas in this year’s tourney

I found myself plastered to the couch, entranced. Even without a vested interest, I am glued to the television. Cheering. Laughing. Screaming. The intensity increases as the clock minutes evaporate, all pointing to a riveting end sure to produce an outpouring of emotion.…

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