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Jesse Carey

The Dark Knight writes his thesis

Jesse Carey May 7, 2015

This is my last column of my first and last year here at the Collegian. I'm going to take this space to talk to you all about a matter of some urgency. I’m going to talk about Bruce Wayne’s college...

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A media frenzy: The Hillary Clinton campaign, two weeks in

Jesse Carey April 28, 2015

You guys, Hillary Clinton is running for president. Sure, this was a declaration that was more or less inevitable from the moment that Barack Obama won his re-election bid in 2012, but now it is official. So,...

A Series of Tubes, Episode III: The Corporate Internet

A Series of Tubes, Episode III: The Corporate Internet

Jesse Carey April 23, 2015

Episode III: The Corporate Internet In this episode of A Series of Tubes, I am joined by Haleigh McGill. We are talking Net Neutrality, Copyright Law, #Brand advertising, and the eternal quest for...

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The dumb way we talk about religion and science

Jesse Carey April 15, 2015

Everyone knows that religion and science can’t ever be reconciled. Religion stifles scientific curiosity, while science pokes messy holes in religion. Religion is inflexible and unchanging, a relic...

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Dinosaurs, planets and the flexibility of science

Jesse Carey April 10, 2015

Quick, think about dinosaurs. Some of us will have an easier time with this than others. Tyrannosaurus Rex likely came to mind first (and if it didn’t, it should have — long live the king), but...

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A deal and “appeasement”

Jesse Carey April 3, 2015

In September of 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain returned from a conference with Germany’s Adolph Hitler and declared that the arrangements from the conference had brought, in his...

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Spring Break and Routine

Jesse Carey March 23, 2015

Yes, this is an article about spring break. It may seem strange to be reading an article about spring break after the fact, but here it is, and please bear with me. Hopefully, your spring break...

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Why Hillary is not very concerned about EmailGate

Jesse Carey March 12, 2015

We’ve got a scandal alert. Over the weekend, it came to light that Hillary Clinton’s emails were routed through her own private server. At the time, Clinton was serving as Secretary of State....

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Jihadi John and the path to radicalization

Jesse Carey March 2, 2015

ISIS, or The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, a fundamental Islamic group at war with seemingly every neighboring country in the Middle East, has among its strengths an active presence on social media...

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Truth and Truthiness

Jesse Carey February 26, 2015

Brian Williams, perhaps the last of the classically mainstream news anchors, is on six month suspension. The basis for this suspension is a story Williams told, not in his professional capacity as...

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The sad inevitability of the measles outbreak

Jesse Carey February 9, 2015

Measles is back. That’s right, now you can experience the joys of high fever, sensitivity to light, and/or blindness, as well as extensive scarring, just like your grandparents did. In case you haven’t...

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A Return to Machine Politics?

Jesse Carey February 9, 2015

The Millenials have had two defining events shape the trajectory of their ascent as a generation. The first was 9/11 and two of the longest wars in American history that followed as a result. The second...

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