Tag: sam arciprete
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The Soft Side of TB12
Samuel Arciprete Chief Opinions Editor During the off-week before the Super Bowl members of the media usually grasp at straws for storylines to fill the long two weeks between Championship Sunday and Super Bowl Sunday. This go around, Tom Brady provided some intrigue with the release of his TB12 propaganda…
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Revisionist History: How Do We Make Sense of What’s Going on in Hollywood?
By Samuel Arciprete, Chief Opinions Editor This past week, I read an article that I encourage anyone reading this to look up. Manohla Dargis’ piece, “Louis C.K., The Latest in a Canon of Creeps,” looks back on her experience this past August watching Louis C.K.’s film “I Love You, Daddy,” which…
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Stick to Politics: The Day the President Declared War on Sports
Sam Acriprete Chief Opinions Editor This past weekend, Donald Trump was on everyone’s mind. Trump had finally invaded the one area of pop culture that we thought was impervious to politics: professional sports. This past week Donald Trump took his first jab at the world of sports when he…
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Missing Richard Simmons: Why His Quest for Privacy Has Bothered Me So Much
Sam Arciprete Chief Opinions Editor I’ve been giving a lot of thought about what I wanted to write about in the first issue of the year. I felt that whatever I wrote about, it needed to be important. This is an issue that was presented to me last Spring, when…
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A Crusade on The Crusader? Why You Should Care about the Potential Name Change
By Sam Arciprete, Chief Opinions Editor The Editorial Board of The Crusader partnered with the SGA a few weeks ago to host a fishbowl event to discuss a potential name change to the newspaper. This came after a faculty petition was signed by several dozen faculty members and published in…
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Undergraduate Perspective: I Heart HC
By Sam Arciprete This past week, the College launched a wildly successful giving campaign, I Heart HC, that collected 6,111 gifts in a 24 period. The marketing for this campaign, which was well done as always, featured students all over campus saying what it is they love about our campus.…
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Safe Sex is on the Ballot in California, and it’s Not as Popular as You Might Think
By Sam Arciprete This week California will vote on Proposition 60, a ballot initiative that will require adult film stars to wear condoms while filming. The costs of performers’ workplace-related medical examinations, sexually-transmitted infections (STI) tests, and STI vaccines would be covered by film producers under the measure as well.…
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Why Do We Keep Buying Apple Products?
By Sam Arciprete With the unveiling of their new Macbooks this past week, the company that has been synonymous with innovation and success has come under quite a bit of heat. Under the late-CEO and founder of the company Steve Jobs, the philosophy was evident, and it felt like every…
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There is More to This Election Than Hillary Vs. Trump
By Sam Arciprete We’re about two weeks out from Election Day and the campaign that seemingly started eight years ago for Hillary Clinton is winding down to what seems like it will be a pretty comfortable victory. I could not be happier to return to the non-campaign normalcy of American…
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Ted Cruz is a Hypocrite
By Sam Arciprete This past week, former Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz announced his endorsement of Donald Trump. This endorsement comes after Ted Cruz has steadfastly held out endorsing the nominee since dropping out of the race in early May. Cruz said, “I am not in the habit of supporting…
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The Maligned (and Misunderstood) Colin Kaepernick
By Sam Arciprete Colin Kaepernick, backup quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, made headlines recently for kneeling during the national anthem at the start of a preseason game last month. This controversy has since garnered national attention, and with the protest growing larger, spreading to more teams and capturing more…