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On a cold, black night in the dead winter, a scream is heard that will shatter the still winds and many hearts to come. This scream came from my Mom, who has just suffered a giant aneurysm two centimeters wide in her brain, instantly filling her head with blood. Her [...]

As with many stories, a man and a woman walk into a room and start the strange and joyous yet difficult journey of love. The woman, white and of Irish descent, in this story makes the first move by placing a warm, gentle hand upon the unsuspecting man’s leg. She [...]

I spend most of my day on YouTube. The only reason why I made an account was to watch videos by RoosterTeeth, an Austin based internet-comedy company that’s best known for their series Red vs Blue. I found myself, over time, watching their videos for more than just their hilarious [...]

There I was, driving down an unfamiliar highway heading to see a specialist I had never met before. Facing the unknown makes me incredibly nervous so this entire journey was as emotionally exhausting as it was physically. After about an hour, I finally reached a tall building with a parking [...]

University curriculum and faculty increasingly struggle to keep up with the diversity of the modern student body. In other words, students spend too much time learning about dead white males, as the common criticism runs. Although most college students are no longer young white men, the majority of the classes [...]

I remember at the very beginning of my freshman year, as a way to stay active on campus and not just hang around in the library all day waiting for my next class, I went to the club fair. After spending about ten minutes getting nowhere, being an English major [...]

My brother graduated high school in 2005. I still remember his graduation day in detail. It was an absurdly hot day in June and we had sat in the very back row of the stands to get the best view. My brother was an artist and painted the backdrop in [...]

Forget about the cute t-shirts at the mall and the mugs that have “I love shopping” plastered on them. Think more like obsessive compulsive purchasing and no money in your wallet. About 6% of women and 5.5% of men are compulsive buyers, according to a study from Stanford University in [...]

Sex on campus is a very controversial topic, however, isn’t it what so many college students talk about? With the popularity of college films such as American Pie, How High, and Stomp the Yard, anyone with eyes could see that many college students are having sexual relationships with other students. [...]

As I’m sure you all know, the world is going to end in a few weeks. I know there are some of you who don’t think that’s true because there’s no “scientific proof” or whatever, but there’s no scientific proof that the next “Twilight” book will be bad, but we [...]

One of my absolute favorite shows on television is “Community”. The writing is impeccable, the actors are hilarious and the show itself is more meta than any other show on TV. My only complaint, after all these years, is to a joke made in the first season. A character reveals [...]

In case you may not have been prepared for the troubles you saw during Hurricane Sandy, The 2012-2013 Pauw Wow staff have put our minds together and put a list together of all of what we wanted and wished we had during the blackout. The catch is, each editor who [...]

Now that the water has receded and the lights are once again shining (for the most part), we should all have a very clear idea of the extent of the damage done by Hurricane Sandy. On a personal level, many of us likely know someone who are facing significant hardships [...]

My parents told me on Sunday that I should fill up my gas tank and that I should make sure the garbage cans were properly tied down. I responded by telling them that they were paranoid and I proceeded to spew some half-baked conspiracy about how companies pay news agencies [...]