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Technology
Did Your Toaster Just Spam Me?
Teerah Goodrum | January 27, 2014I was watching television recently when I saw an awesome AT&T commercial that summed up the greatness that is...
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News
What Is and Isn’t Important About Huckabee’s ‘Libido’ Comment
Sarah Helden | January 24, 2014Former Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is facing criticism for comments he made during a speech on Thursday, January...
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News
When Gifts Turn to Greed: Former Va. Governor Indicted on 14 Counts
Molly Hogan | January 24, 2014Earlier this week, Bob McDonnell, a former Virginia Governor, and his wife, Maureen, were indicted on 14 counts of...
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News
Gun Violence in Schools and Universities Continues
Sarah Helden | January 24, 2014Tuesday, January 21, 2014 saw yet another shooting unfold on a college campus. Andrew Boldt, a senior at Purdue...
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News
A New Role for the NEA: Turning Campfires into Brushfires
Anneliese Mahoney | January 23, 2014The morning of January 23, 2014, I had the privilege to attend an event at the Center for American...
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Society and Culture
Look at This Adorable Couple Who Will Be Super Pumped if Virginia’s Gay Marriage Ban is Lifted
Hannah R. Winsten | January 23, 2014Good morning folks! Who’s enjoying this polar vortex 2.0? Not me! To all of you in the Law Street D.C....
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News
Privacy Board Calls NSA Eavesdropping Illegal
Taylor Garre | January 23, 2014One name has been making headlines around the country since June 2013. There have been many terms used to...
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News
Potential Jurors Can No Longer Be Discriminated Against Due To Sexual Orientation
Taylor Garre | January 23, 2014Jury duty is dreaded by many who feel as if they would prefer to be anywhere else besides performing...
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Capitalista Careers
Our Newest Blogger Nailed His Interview
Alexandra Saville | January 22, 2014This edition of Capitalista Careers is a shout out to one of our newest bloggers, Imran Ahmed. Imran killed...
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Education
Law Firms Take Note: Law Reviews Aren’t All They’re Cracked Up to Be
Akil Alleyne | January 22, 2014Somehow, I only recently encountered Adam Liptak’s scornful treatise of American law reviews in the New York Times (and,...
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Blogs
Your Smartphone Can Now Fix Parking Tickets
Anneliese Mahoney | January 22, 2014“There’s an app for that.” We all hear this dozens of time a day. Half the time I look...
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News
Warrant Not Necessary
Molly Hogan | January 22, 2014The fourth amendment is supposed to protect Americans against unreasonable searches and seizures. You may think that law enforcement...
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Blogs
I Helped Kickstart Zach Braff’s Movie and All I Got Is a Lousy T-Shirt
Alexandra Saville | January 21, 2014Last year, when actor Zach Braff launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money for his movie, Wish I Was...
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Society and Culture
The First Time Lesbians Were Legal (on TV)
Hannah R. Winsten | January 21, 2014Good afternoon folks! How many of you got a snow day today? Lucky bitches. Anyway! Guess what we’re commemorating...
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News
Cruel and Unusual: Never Before Used Injection Prolongs Dennis McGuire’s Execution
Sarah Helden | January 21, 2014It should first be stated that I personally don’t condone the practice of the death penalty at all; to...
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News
Court Says Bloggers are Journalists Too
Anneliese Mahoney | January 21, 2014Freedom of the Press has always, of course, applied to traditional journalists. If someone accuses a journalist in say,...
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News
Police Suspect Hernandez May Be Shooter in 2012 Double Homicide
Matt DiCenso | January 21, 2014When the body of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd was discovered in a Massachusetts industrial park in June 2013,...
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News
Neutral No More: How One Court Ruling Could Affect Everyone who Uses the Internet
Molly Hogan | January 21, 2014In the “Age of the Internet,” consumers expect to have access to any information they want, as fast as...
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Society and Culture
Entitlement
Dominic Jones | January 20, 2014At first glance this post is about Abigail Fisher — but it really isn’t. What it’s about is an...
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Blogs
Business: Impossible
Alexandra Saville | January 16, 2014My boyfriend and I have been binging on The Food Network lately. The show Restaurant: Impossible, to be exact....
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Society and Culture
Ladies, the Men of OKCupid Think You’re a Blow-Up Doll
Hannah R. Winsten | January 16, 2014Good morning loves! How many of you have been staying off the internet this week, thanks to my post...
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Capitalista Careers
The Follow Up
Alexandra Saville | January 15, 2014So, you’ve applied to a job. Actually, you’ve applied to everything slightly relevant that LinkedIn has to offer. You’ve...
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Society and Culture
Surprise! You’re Hired
Peter Davidson II | January 15, 2014“And when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.” – Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist...
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News
Big Victory for Physician Assisted Suicide in New Mexico
Anneliese Mahoney | January 15, 2014A ruling in the Second District court of New Mexico may make physician assisted suicide legal in that state....
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Society and Culture
Internet Harassment Is a Major Problem for Women
Hannah R. Winsten | January 14, 2014Last week, feminist writer Amanda Hess wrote a groundbreaking cover story for Pacific Standard Magazine about online harassment and...