Culture & Life
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Anthony Weiner Should Resign – Not Because of the Photos
Rep. Anthony Weiner’s was caught sharing pictures of his penis and shirtless body with a woman who was not his wife. Calls for his resignation have ensued.
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U.S. Park Service Ranger Brad Berger: Love of History Brings Memorials To Life
Article about U.S. Park Service Tour Guide Brad Berger. Mr. Berger provides bike and walking tours of the various Washington, DC monuments and memorials.
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Are McMansions Really Headed Towards Slumville?
Many middle-class homeowners can no longer afford to live in their McMansions due to their high mortgage loan payments.
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Eliot Spitzer Is An Asshole. So what?
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s ‘not a nice guy persona’ struggles to find a place on our small screen.
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Funding Conundrum: WASHINGTON, D.C.’s HIV/AIDS Programs
PreventionWorks! a syringe exchange program in Washington, D.C., that provided clean needles to intravenous drug users as a prophylactic measure against HIV infection for more than 12 years closed its…
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Hashtag Hesitation: How some at American University are wary, while others embrace social media in the classroom
American University hosted a Social Learning Summit to promote new media (social media and technology) and its use in academic institutions.
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This roadtrip is almost over
Published March 21, 2011 I am seven weeks away from receiving my Master’s in Interactive Journalism (IJ) from American University. It has been a long and tiring 19 months, but…
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Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ben Roethlisberger Is A Sexual Idiot
This week I received my latest edition of Sports Illustrated (May 5, 2010). The magazine’s cover story ‘The Hangover’ is on the Pittsburgh Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger. The subtitle references his…
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Boys! Men! Please Stop the Emo Hairstyle Insanity
You don’t know what an ’emo’ hairstyle looks like? You probably didn’t know what it was called but you damn well have seen these hair follicle disasters.
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Grant Memorial: The ‘Ugly Betty’ of U.S. Presidential Monuments
The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is classified as a presidential memorial, like the Lincoln, Jefferson and FDR, but in terms of recognition it is the poor stepchild of Washington, DC…
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