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Editorial: Midterm blues

The only people at ASU who like midterms week are probably the managers of the campus Starbucks. So as an open gesture of appreciation, thank you, baristas for serving up the fall fuel, even if sleep-deprived students aren’t the best tippers.

By Editorial Board | October 12, 2010
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Editorial: All shook up

The most-populous city in the U.S. has a liter-sized problem, according to the city’s mayor Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg’s ongoing campaign to fight obesity, which targets more than half of the adults in New York City, has gone from asking for salt restrictions to proposing a 2-year plan to ban using federally distributed food stamps on sugar-sweetened drinks, like soda. The federal food stamp program, which has been around since the ’60s, currently bans using food stamps for cigarettes, alcohol and prepared foods, like deli and bakery sandwiches. And while there is certainly some merit to thinking Bloomberg has no business doing your Dew or telling you where to spend your stamps, there is some merit to his effort. Over the last 30 years, the consumption of sugary drinks, like soda, have more than doubled, and Bloomberg’s proposed 2-year ban on food stamps for the popular beverages aims to attack the connection between consuming high levels of sugar and the development of type-2 diabetes. The climbing levels of obesity and the resulting health effects are certainly frightening for America’s future.

By Editorial Board | October 11, 2010
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Know your Nobelists

Last week marked the announcement of this year’s Nobel prizes in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace. Here's what you should know about this year's Nobelists.

By Dan Garry | October 11, 2010
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Crimes of the coyotes

Some illegal immigrants rely on human traffickers and drug cartels to get across the border, but a recent report found that this leads to crimes more horrific than illegal immigration.

By Emilie Eaton | October 11, 2010
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‘Eat, Pray, Love’ author writes more than ‘priv-lit’

Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestseller, “Eat, Pray, Love,” has recently come under the criticism of being “priv-lit,” or literature of the privileged. But books like Gilbert's provide an “affordable” opportunity to be transported to a different life through her writing and glean from them what we will.

By Anna Bethancourt | October 11, 2010
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Editorial: Talking point

Anyone who regularly walks past the Memorial Union is sure to have seen lively, if not uncivil, arguments over any number of issues.

By Editorial Board | October 10, 2010
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Boos & Bravos: Oct. 8

Bravo to the return of Tempe Town Lake. Boo to the NBA referees at Wednesday’s Toronto Raptors vs. Phoenix Suns game for kicking out two players for excessive butt slapping.

By Editorial Board | October 7, 2010
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Scorching our future

Proposition 100, a temporary 1-cent-per-dollar sales tax increase meant to fund education and public safety, has fallen short. And our education will soon follow.

By Andrew Hedlund | October 7, 2010
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Ghost of nation past

The syphilis and penicillin experiments performed in Guatemala in the 1940s are unfortunate, but the current generation is not responsible for them.

By Brian Anderson | October 7, 2010
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Players in the green revolution

Going green might not be as hard as you think. Attending ASU is an unrecognized way to go green. The University is one of the leaders in the new green revolution.

By Isaiah McCoy | October 7, 2010
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Tell-all society needs to think

Tyler Clementi’s tragic death should be a wake-up call to our web-obsessive cultures potential negative side. His roommate had the gall to stream Clementi because the online community unfortunately does little to discourage this type of practice.

By Zachary Levin-Epstein | October 7, 2010
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