Elana Dahlager '11 criticizes the ideological underpinnings of the Tea Party after her beloved Velvet Underground drummer came forward as a avid Tea Bagger.
If there’s nostalgia for one decade, it’s the ’80s — although many people have never even experienced it. A large proportion of the younger generation has embraced the culture and music of this time, wishing they could have lived it firsthand. Now more than ever, the ’80s are back in fashion, as popular music shows a shift towards the sounds and attitudes of the decade.
Everyone loves teddy bears and pajamas, right? Wrong. Lauren Herget tells you why Vermont Teddy Bear Company represents all thats wrong with consumerism.
I was not thrilled last semester when I heard that The Pussycat Dolls would be performing on Slope Day. I have no desire, however, to resurrect the long and painful battle that ensued prior to the performance between the Doll lovers and haters. I simply want to use this scuffle as a basis to lay out my intentions. Or, more precisely, to explain what my intentions are not.
If the clothes make the man, consider me a pinup for fits and starts. I spent two years in Dress Whites as a Midshipman at the US Naval Academy. While there, a lot of my time was devoted to eating meals at attention and convincing girls in town that they had “lost that loving feeling.” Despite the toll it would take on my bizarre social agenda, I decided to take off the uniform for the final time in 2006.
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