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LAUREN JENSIK, Lifestyle & Culture
All We Ever Wanted Was Everything &
The Betrayal of the American Dream
When I first picked up a copy of Janelle Brown’s novel, All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, I noticed on the back that a certain magazine had used the word ‘soapy’ to describe the nature of its content. I don’t know about anybody else, but when I hear the word ‘soapy,’ I think of Days of our Lives, the content of which has very little to do with anything remotely related to real life...

NOMIKI KONST, Founding Editor
The Reign of Information Terror
Pop quiz. Which of the following statements did a hijacker make on 9/11?
(a) “America of Dirty Thieves!”
(b) “Our God is the Only Answer!”
(c) “Freedom, Freedom, I’ll die for Freedom!”
Sorry, trick question. Correct answer is none of the above. Though, each stated by terrorists, they were the words of a new American breed that now flood our informational landscapes – the (drum roll please) “Information Terrorist...”

ADAMA BROWN
The Breaking News Effect
Breaking News! Somewhere in Wyoming, a child is kidnapped.” “This Just In! In Illinois, a man snaps and shoots up his workplace.” Does this sound familiar?Fifty years ago, it would have been a local story. Thirty years ago, it would have been a statewide story. Today, the news goes coast to coast within minutes, hitting the air in NY and LA, and prompting hours of live coverage on cable TV and nightly specials to "investigate" the case...

LANCE MCFADDIN GILLIAM, Political Editor
How Obama (Maybe) Got His Groove Back
I am not usually a big fan of any film to which one could affix the adjective “macho.” The last action movie I saw in theatres may well have been “Independence Day.” That was 1996, I was headed off to summer camp, and Bill Clinton was my political idol. (Cut me some slack, I was twelve.) Some of the only “macho” films I have enjoyed in my life, however, have been the Rocky films. Face it, who doesn’t love a story of the proverbial David...

JONATHAN EELLS
Cultural Misappropriation Causes Epic Disaster
Europeans have a long, cultural tradition of fermented drinks. Wines, beers, etc. But we show up in the New World and foist these same gifts off on the natives and it goes very badly for the natives. Alcohol: good for Euro-Viking types, bad for American aboriginals. In a bit of a quid pro quo, the American natives had a long, cultural tradition of tobacco use. But they didn't walk around with a three pack a day habit. Tobacco was part of their...

The goal of the Yippie is simple. We want to be the voice of our collective generation. No more Red State/ Blue State talk. We are actually more united than ever. We watch the same TV, we read the same news (those of us who still do), we use the same internet, we buy the same products and we contribute to the same corporations. So what’s with all of these marginalizing labels....?

ALICIA LIPINSKI, Yippic Oracle
Coloring Our World
One of my best friends recently told me that, as a kid, she dreamed of becoming President one day and creating world peace by becoming friends with every single person in the world. That reminded me of how, when I was in first grade, I won a National Coloring Contest that was sponsored by Crayola, in which they asked children to draw their vision of the future. My vision of the future? The Land of Love. Imagine heart-shaped flowers, heart-shaped...