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• A dose of political sanity from Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson

  Zach Wahls •November 15, 2010

  Nobody said this was going to be easy. Nobody. The United States national debt is $13.7 trillion and counting. Counting rapidly.

• GW transgender athlete “isn’t fooling God,” says WBC Organizer

  Zachary Gorelick - SFPA Contributor •November 15, 2010

  Shirley Phelps-Roper had a few other things to say about GW.

• Choose Your Own Adventure: Now with more boobs

  Ben Maras - SFPA Contributor •November 15, 2010

  In an attempt to reach out to at-risk partiers, the newest public service announcement from the National Health Service is reaching back to our youth for help.

• Video: Cornell professor flips during lecture: ‘Yawn outside’

  Oliver Renick - SFPA Member •November 15, 2010

  A video has surfaced of the professor yelling at an unknown student for yawning and commanding them to leave.

• Counseling students, programs clash over beliefs on LGBT

  Daniel Walmer - SFPA Member •November 14, 2010

  Can students who believe homosexuality is immoral be effective mental health counselors?

• New website buys, sells Ivy League admissions essays

  Shashwat Samudra - Cornell Daily Sun •November 12, 2010

  How much is a college application essay worth? According to a new website, The Essay Exchange, as little as $7.50.