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40 days, 40 nights Vegan

40 days, 40 nights Vegan

By CHRISTINA CARAYANNOPOULOS Imagine no meat, dairy, fish, honey or any other products produced by or made from animals. Seems hard right? If you subtract all of those foods, then what are you left with? You’re left with fresh fruits and veggies, pasta, potatoes and plenty of substitutes for your favorite foods. Two years ago [...]

Who has the best Gyros?

Every so often I get this incredible hankering for an authentic gyro sandwich. For me, authentic means a warm pita filled with gyro meat fresh off the spit not out of a pan, topped with a few onions and tomatoes and slathered in tzatziki sauce(garlic cucumber sauce). It can’t have just any tzatziki sauce it [...]

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Lincoln, an identity of social justice

Standing on a stage in Cooper Union, NY before a collective of supporters, a gangly man reached into his stove pipe top hat. He pulled out a folded piece of paper, cleared his throat and spoke. “…Wrong as we think slavery is, we can yet afford to let it alone where it is, because that much [...]

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Guns equal death

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Guns equal death

This post is for everyone who has an opinion on the gun debate going on. Now entitled, Organizing for Action, Obama’s new gun ban makes some sense given the recent tragedies and trend of mass shootings in this country. I understand the Second Amendment of the Constitution, that every citizen of the United States has a right to bear arms. [...]

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The value of Mount Mary College

I have to admit before this year I was completely unfamiliar about the value of Mount Mary College. I knew where the building was located. I drove by the grounds many times on my way to parks  and restaurants in Wauwatosa. But I never ventured on campus. I heard people talk about what a good [...]

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