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Like anyone’s, my younger school years were met with a lot of angst—partially because I couldn’t fit into Abercrombie clothing, and partially because of the people I was surrounding myself with. As soon as my best friend and I hit puberty, she suddenly had a boyfriend, and never hesitated to rub it in my face, saying, “You’d be pretty if you lose weight. You might get a boyfriend then.” Thank you, because my formative years weren’t depressing enough already.

Sibling rivalry is no new concept, but it is undoubtedly on the rise. According to The New York Times, the incidence of twin births has been on the rise since, with one in every 30 births in the US being twins, a 76 percent increase.

What began as an innocent Twitter feud has turned into all-out media warfare as the subjects of two beloved mockumentary shows continue to trash talk their respective counterpart.

We see women being objectified in society everyday by not only men, but other women as well. As a woman myself, I know first-hand what it’s like to be objectified and treated unfairly in our patriarchal society. But can we really just blame the male gender for this issue? Are boys born with some unconditioned instinct that causes them to look at women in sexual ways, or as lesser beings? Is there something or someone else to blame?

Last month, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced that he would be lifting the ban on women in combat roles, a rule first recognized by the Pentagon in 1994. The decision doesn’t change much, since women have been in combat in both Iraq and Afghanistan

In early January of this year, while facing numerous federal piracy charges, Internet activist Aaron Swartz took his own life. He was 26. This event strengthened the newfound debate on transparency and freedom of information sparked by Julian Assange and WikiLeaks.

Higher education, unlike K-12, is not mandatory. No one forces a high school senior to take out huge loans to attend a college they can’t afford. So why do we act as if the “student debt crisis” is part of the recession our country has suffered for the past several years? Perhaps the recession aggravated certain factors, the economy isn’t entirely at fault. It’s the student’s choice.

According to the The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth, 48 percent of alcohol use reported by college and university is done by those who are underage. Additionally, the U.S. National Library of Medicine reported that 12.5 percent of students own fake IDs pre-college, which increases to 32.2 percent in their second year at college.

The American Bobsled Association (ABA) is into its fifteenth week of lockout, and still nothing has happened to try and bring back the sport. Seriously. Nothing has happened.

Have you ever walked home from campus after 11pm on a weeknight?

If you have, you know there’s a change that takes place. The winds shift and there’s a light layer of fog on the ground. That’s when you know that they have awoken from their daytime slumber, ready to terrorize the students of South Hill like the bloodthirsty gang they are.