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Top Ten Reasons The First Snow is a Good Thing

Top Ten Reasons The First Snow is a Good Thing

[Olin Library]

 

10.  Ski masks and gloves - if you need to rob something, you're ready

 

9.  Everyone is bundled up, so you can more easily avoid that guy you hooked up with at the frats last weekend

 

8.  Ice skating in Clayton or Forest Park

 

7.  It's less lame that you only leave the library once every three days

 

6.  Hot Chocolate

 

5.  R...

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Virgin Voting!

Virgin Voting!

Today, for the first time, I (like many of my peers across the nation) voted for the first time in a presidential election. Since I had class from 10 to 4, and was afraid of there being long lines in the evening, I decided to go exercise my civic duty first thing in the morning. I also didn’t sleep very much the night before (a mix of doing ho...

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Columbus Day: The National Holiday Students Actually Protest

Columbus Day: The National Holiday Students Actually Protest

Yes, it’s true, you can protest anything, including obscure, rarely acknowledged national holidays.Most people leave our other holidays alone, Memorial Day (respect the troops), Labor Day (respect the workers) but Columbus Day? F*** that guy! The controversy stems from a lot of reasons, mainly that over-eager history majors and hippies on campus...

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BlizzCon '08 Starts Today, "Diablo 3" Playable

BlizzCon '08 Starts Today, "Diablo 3" Playable

Soon nerds on campus will have three more reasons to not leave their dorm rooms, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, and World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. Bizzard is set to unveil new details about all three games starting today at BlizzCon, at the Anaheim Convention Center. The three upcoming releases will be spotlighted, and it’s unlikely any new ...

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Halo 3: Recon Trailer is Full of Non-Master Chief Goodness

Halo 3: Recon Trailer is Full of Non-Master Chief Goodness

Well Bungie’s long awaiting, much delayed announcement has finally been made, and it’s a new Halo game. No, not Halo 4, it’s more like Halo 3.5. Check out the trailer for Halo 3: Recon above.


You are no longer Master Chief, instead you’re simply a different Spartan outfitted in “Recon” armor who crash lands on some Covenant infested planet and ...

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U-Dub and Wash U Find that Doctors Might Not Be Honest, New Paranoia is Born

U-Dub and Wash U Find that Doctors Might Not Be Honest, New Paranoia is Born

Feel like you’ve got enough to worry about, what with the failing economy, the presidential election, and studying for midterms? Okay, then stop reading this right now. Otherwise, you will discover that a recent survey of 200 doctors conducted by the University of Washington and Washington University found that doctors are less likely to admit t...

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Five Things a College Student Would Do with $700 Billion

Five Things a College Student Would Do with $700 Billion

So congress just voted to give Wall Street $700 billion dollars so they don’t nosedive our economy to the point where we all become slaves to the Chinese. But I can’t help but think, wouldn’t that money be better spent on other stuff? Here’s what I’d do with it.

 

1. The Ultimate Frat House

 

Tear down a shithole frat and replace it with the act...

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The VP Debate: OTR Editors Weigh In

The VP Debate: OTR Editors Weigh In

Photo: AP

 

Paul:

 

Palin won. Oh wait, just because you survived until the end doesn’t mean you won? OK, then Biden won. Look, this clearly wasn’t the disaster we we’re all hoping and praying for on either side. What was supposed to be a gaffe-filled explosively controversial evening was instead a relatively interesting (if not tame) debate on ...

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OTR Readers, You Tell Us: Who Won The VP Debate?

OTR Readers, You Tell Us: Who Won The VP Debate?

So sadly there were no major mess-ups last night to harp on, but that doesn't mean the debate was a draw. Palin talked herself blue about energy, energy, energy, while Biden nailed it with foreign policy.

 

So who did it for you? Was it Biden's charming smile or Palin's incessant winking? Oh, and, who's issues did you agree with most? Basically,...

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McCain Ad Tries To Distract Voters From Palin Gaffes By Pointing To Biden Gaffes

McCain Ad Tries To Distract Voters From Palin Gaffes By Pointing To Biden Gaffes

Dear John McCain,
 

What were you thinking?
 

Tonight’s VP debate at WashU has everyone waiting for Palin to fall flat on her face. You’d think in times of such anticipation, you would want to set the bar low, so that no matter how well Palin did people would be impressed (I mean, it’s possible right?).
 

But no.
 

Instead, you put out this ad ...

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