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Daily archive Nov 6, 2008

It’s Nothing Terrible To Have Your Body Stuffed After Death

By Andrew Ian Lipstein Some people wish to have their bodies buried under the ground after death. Others would like their bodies cremated and spread over the ocean. It seems that if people were to consider whether or not to have their bodies stuffed like a bear or a dog (taxidermy), they would immediately say...

Against Stuffing Humans After Death

By Josh Mikutis Growing up in Dayton, Ohio, I have seen an oppressive number of Indian Burial Grounds. When I say oppressive, I mean oppressive. Each year was defined not by what new and exciting place we would visit—but rather when we would be forced to stand in the frigid cold, listening to a pony-tailed...

Youth Versus Ignorance: Who Should Vote?

By Sharanya Sharma It’s a literally age-old argument, and one we ourselves have probably argued many times over. If we can buy cigarettes and smoke at the age of eighteen, if we can send ourselves to die at eighteen, and if we can pick who we want to lead us at eighteen, then we should...