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Slavery should be abolished everywhere

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By Sara Ward Copy Editor CNN recently reported about a slave master in Africa who eventually became an abolitionist and co-founded an abolitionist group called SOS Slaves, which fights to liberate slaves in Mauritania. It’s wonderful someone could go against what he’d been taught his whole life and decide slavery was unjust and inhumane. However,…

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Fandoms aren’t just for Comic-Con

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By Deirdre Spilman Assistant Opinion Editor To many people, television shows like “Glee,” “Doctor Who” and “Star Trek” have nothing to do with film series like “The Hunger Games” and “Harry Potter.” However, there is one thing all of these unique franchises have in common: their devoted fan bases. We have all witnessed people like…

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Think before endorsing ‘KONY 2012’

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By Matt Butler Associate Editor For those who possess a Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr or just about any other type of social-media account imaginable, it was nearly impossible to dodge the record-breaking viral YouTube video titled ‘KONY 12,’ last week. Despite receiving more than 74 million views as of last Tuesday, this exponentially popular short video…

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Action should be taken against Limbaugh

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By Chris Graham Associate Editor The First Amendment is one of the greatest and most consistent battles within our country. Everyone loves to support the message behind it because it is ingenious — allowing people to express their views, thoughts and opinions however they want, whenever they want. As much as the masses support it,…

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Conservatives miss point with “Lorax”

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Image courtesy of thecia.com: The film adaptation of “The Lorax” causes a stir among anti-environmentalists.

By Deirdre Spilman Assistant Opinions Editor The controversy surrounding Universal Studios’ newest animated film, “The Lorax.” is completely uncalled for. “The Lorax” — a film adaptation of a 1971 Dr. Seuss book — arrived in theaters last Friday, and since then many anti-environmentalists have been griping about the film’s not-so-subliminal messages. Claims as ridiculous as ‘Dr. Seuss…

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Bounty endangers players

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Image courtesy of nfl-photos.net: The bounty system in the NFL puts players at risk of serious injury.

By Kyle Zamiara Sports Editor  Football is a physical sport, plain and simple. Players will get hurt whether injuries are inflicted intentionally or not. It’s part of what is one of the most brutal sports out there. But getting paid to purposely blow out a knee is a different story. ESPN shocked the nation last…

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Catholic school and church wrongly fired gay teacher

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Image courtesy of gatewaymenschorus.org: Al Fischer’s personal life shouldn’t have an effect on his employment status.

By Mary Best Opinion Editor  As a Catholic elementary school alum, it’s appalling to hear about blatant discrimination from a place that heavily promotes treating everyone with respect. Especially when the victim didn’t do anything wrong. Music teacher Al Fischer was fired from both his job at St. Ann Catholic School in Normandy, Mo. and…

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ARAMARK sets record straight about unionization

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To the readers of The Bona Venture: Recently, articles have been published in The Bona Venture that present false information about the operations of the university’s contracted food service provider, ARAMARK.  Since many readers of this publication rely on ARAMARKdaily, we thought it important that we communicate directly with you to set the record straight. You trust ARAMARK every day to…

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