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When it comes to high quality designer goods it’s easy to spot a fake from the real thing. Take a good look at the logo, examine the stitching, or try to find the authenticity card and you can tell if it’s a knockoff. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy to spot a fake when it…
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“Are you okay? I’m sorry,” seems to be my motto. Everyday I’m constantly nagging my friends to drink water and get enough sleep. Am I the mom friend? Maybe. I would drop anything to comfort someone. When I ask, “Are you okay?” I’m not saying it to be polite. I mean it, and if…
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From #NeverTrumpers to #ImWithHers, jabs at the Trump campaign over comments and possible ties with the Russian government were incessant. Recently, some concerns about Russia’s involvement with the American government were realized. This began when Michael Flynn, former National Security advisor, resigned from the Trump administration on Feb. 13. His resignation followed a request…
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Scrolling through my Twitter feed is like walking through a battleground of thousand protests and counter-protests and counter-protests of the counter-protests. It’s insane. There are so much sharing and calls to actions as social media become saturated with the opinions of millions of people. What’s not to love? Twitter is the single greatest soap…
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The Turbulent Turbines of Torture (aka the plane) finally landed at 2:30 am despite the onslaught of delays that seemed just about endless. The frigid New York air was like a cool breath that pummelled my jet lagged senses into a quasi-alertness. The fact that I was currently standing in a crowd just outside…
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“Mark, Jessica, Sophia and Jill, can you please come up here?” Mrs. Blau, my sixth grade math teacher said. As my peers walked up to teacher’s desk, she promptly handed them a blue envelope with a big smile on her face. “Good job guys! I’m sure you will do great next year,” she exclaimed.…
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In this upcoming year, my personal resolution is to not fight life. Instead, I’m teaming up with life and seeing where it takes me. I know it’s a weird resolution, but I have come to the conclusion that my eternal cycle of exhaustion and anxiety must be broken, and that this resolution is the…
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I sit at my desk, anxiously tapping my foot. The teacher calls my name and I do my best to calmly walk to the front of the classroom. The teacher hands me the paper and I use all of the restraint I have not to look at it. I return to my seat and…
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As 2016 washed by, so did everyone’s goals and resolutions they set out to accomplish over the year. Now people create new goals and have a new determined mindset as 2017 begins. This yearly repetition of making a promising New Year’s resolution, breaking it, and subsequently forgetting what you were hoping to achieve is…
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“You’re probably a…32A,” the Pink retail worker said, and she handed me two push-up bras. I stood uncomfortably in a dressing room, a measuring tape awkwardly around my chest. When I tried the bras on, they lifted my boobs to another dimension, as if this is what I was supposed to look like. We…