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There’s a reason I don’t read newspaper commentary very often, and it isn’t because newsprint smudges my fingers. No, most analytical articles oversimplify and make half-blind conclusions. Sports writing is the most guilty of this - think of all the articles that present a statistic (e.g. UNC is 25-1 in NCAA games [...]

The NBA is underway, and I couldn’t be happier. I get more Charles Barkley, more fantasy teams to absorb my hours, and, above all, more balls. Yes, the hardcourt is my favorite game, if my athletic endeavors must involve silly toys rather than the purity of running. Fortunately, this needless complexity makes [...]

I had a few addictions/afflictions during sophomore year, but none was more trivial than Halo. Sure, I saved the world of men and stuff, but all that salvation left my GPA in a world of pain. I never played Halo 2, mostly because I was off campus when it came out, and we [...]