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Popularity of assisted suicide causes controversy
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“They were tastefully done nudes.” — Brenda Gorsuch (on ESPN Magazine’s body issue)
Internet leads to new types of relationships
The digital age has an interessting effect on the human brain
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“Alcohol always comes before the FU.” — Amy. Zalevskiy (on a chemical equations)
18 road to success
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features 11 crash course
Alumni find success in their professions
“I’m gonna nom on those fat, fat cheeks.” — Leanna Racquer (on babies)
sports 20-22 updates
Students experience tickets, accidents and distracted driving
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“There’s something going on in the netherregions.” — Will Hinchliffe (on his Jeep) “Shoulders are just like breasts without the nipples.” — Annalyse Wilkins, junior (on the dress code)
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“We are born, we grow up, we have sex, we have kids, we die.” — Angela Perry (on life)
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