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The Morning After the Non-Election

Kai Sam Ng  —  Nov 7, 2012

Kai Sam Ng imagines the day after the 2012 presidential elections (where Obama wins), and urges voters to confront the reality that their votes actually count. 

The Newsroom's Context Problem

Peter Jacobs  —  Aug 28, 2012

Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama, The Newsroom, alienates its audience and pillages old cliches. Peter Jacobs '13 muses the show's shortcomings upon the end of its first season. 

Bickering in The Newsroom

Julia Moser  —  Jun 26, 2012

The West Wing is without doubt one of the best television shows of all time (at least the first five seasons), and Aaron Sorkin, the show’s creator, is similarly a fantastic writer.

Jon Steward: Post-Political Ringmaster

Nathan Tailleur  —  Oct 18, 2011

Nathan Tailleur on the troubling dark underside of Jon Stewart and The Daily Show.

I’ll Tell You Something Important So You Can Forget It

Yevgeniy Feldman  —  Nov 23, 2009

So, another semester comes to an end. I’ve only got one left now. I feel I had more when I started. Four years, that’s a lot of time. Eight semesters, that sounds like even more. We all throw a couple away. Count your time in pong cups you’ve crushed, it seems like a lot longer. Count it in Govt’ Mule concerts you’ve been to, turns out you’re not here for very long (if at all). Count your time in Ithaca High kids you saw smoking pot at that concert and you’ll think you’re here forever.

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