Linn Sheriff Mueller, and Just What Is Posse Comitatus?: The False Dichotomy of Gun Control
The ongoing gun control debate in this country sometimes seems like a cross between an episode of The...
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Editorial
Culture Fail: Football Season
Gone are the days when young boys dreamt of playing the game because it meant being part of something bigger than themselves. Read More
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Saluting and Lamenting OSU’s Smoking Ban
Besides better health, what does OSU’s smoking ban mean for the campus community, and what are we losing? Read More
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Culture Fail: Barbies of the World – Just Racism?
Barbies of the World: Still stereotypical, now racist? Read More
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Culture Fail: Meet Your Republican VP Nominee – Ayn Rand
Vice Presidential bobo Paul Ryan is an Ayn Rand disciple, but only when it’s convenient. While he claimed to take political inspiration from Rand in a speech to the Atlas Society, he now asserts that this is only an “urban legend.” Read More
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Video Game Monopolies: Why Corvallis Needs and Alternative to GameStop
If anyone loves video games, it’s college students. Corvallis is a college town which prides itself in having...
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Culture Fail: Art Robinson, Climate Change Deniers, and the End of the World As We Know It
Stop shrugging off climate-change deniers and never, ever, vote them into office. Read More
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Scientology Comes to Oregon
Apparently, we as people are the sum of some equation which includes a master lord stuffing us into...
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Culture Fail – Dehumanizing the Enemy
A look at the effects of racism, and dehumanizing that lead to terrible events like the recent shooting in a Wisconsin that left 7 people dead. Read More
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Culture Fail—Will the Trailblazers ever get it right? Guest Writer Cristina Himka
First the Portland Trailblazers passed on Michael Jordan in 1984 and then they passed on Kevin Durant in 2007. Our beloved basketball team could have had two Olympic basketball players scoring more points than most players and instead we got stuck with Sam Bowie and Greg Oden. Read More
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Culture Fail – A Tent City for Corvallis
Culture Fail takes a look at the recently purposed tent city for the homeless on the outskirts of town. Read More
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Culture Fail – Stop Calling it the “God Particle”
The news networks like CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and so forth have locked onto this term as if it had any merit. Just using the word “God” in anything- especially pertaining to science- sets religious people on the defensive. Read More
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PPACA or “ObamaCare” Depending on Who You Ask
A look at the new PPACA that was approved by the Supreme Court and people's immediate reactions. Read More
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Bag Ban: Culture. . . Fail? Win? You Decide
The recent ban of plastic bags by the city council has polarized our town. Some are applauding the...
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Culture Fail: Gaming Developers Win, then Fail
Gaming Developer, Crystal Dynamics, chose to revamp the sexist version of Lara Croft for Tomb Raider video game. Then include attempted rape scene- undoing all their work toward feminist character interpretation. Read More
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Culture Fail: Hey TV Land, $%&! You
An assault on the corrupted values of TV culture. Read More
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Corvallis Does Not Deliver…Food
Imagine, if you will, a night in Corvallis like any other. A group of friends are watching a...
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Culture Fail – Zombies? Get Real.
Well, right on the heels of last week’s CF where I slammed Pastor Worley for his inhuman treatment...
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