The Statesman

How neocolonialism is killing our planet

Benjamin Joffe • April 23, 2021

#OPINION Corporations and governments across the world are pushing the Earth deeper into the global climate crisis, and immediate action must be made to combat this.

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The fate of restaurants in the face of COVID-19

Sarah Tantawy • March 22, 2020

My father moves between the kitchen, bar and dining area with an ease earned through years of work. He jokes that the pub is his fourth child. This all changed overnight.

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Unlimited dine-in is worth it … but with a few caveats

Matthew Yan • March 1, 2020

I never have to worry about leaving hungry since I can take as much as I want, and having one takeout meal a day lets me nab some food between classes without the risk of running late.

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It’s time to give it up for Cyber Monday — and give up on Black Friday

James Bowen • November 24, 2019

The glass doors are the ring, the customers are the bull and the employees pointing to the 50% off signs are the bullfighters waving their red flags. But instead of getting impaled by horns — it's the heels of a stampede of customers that will deliver the killer blow — literally.

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The Onion Bagel: What good is Thanksgiving anyways?

Mike Adams • November 19, 2018

Thanksgiving is a time-honored American tradition that harkens back to the best this country has to offer. Compassion, family and whitewashing genocide — the very pillars of our national identity come to the forefront on the fourth Thursday of November.

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Targeting the toy trend

Emily Benson • August 17, 2015

Toys will be organized based on categories or by activity so children will feel more open to trying new things. How is that a bad thing?

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Black friday taking over Thanksgiving

Michael Newcomer • November 24, 2014

Set aside the fact that Thanksgiving as we view it in modernity, with Charlie Brown specials and poorly documented peaceful Pilgrim-Native American cooperation, is a sham.

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Christmas celebrated through consumerism

Christopher Leelum • November 25, 2013

There will always be confident party-goers donning unforgivable sweaters pasted against the white shadows of winter. There will be carols that no amount of eggnog could auto-tune. There will be awkward mistletoe mix-ups, unsatisfactory secret Santas and discourteous family dinners. But the majority will celebrate Christmas the way it has always been celebrated in the United States—by buying a lot of stuff.

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Cutting Walmart is not a feasible solution for clubs on campus

Jeremy Kline • November 5, 2013

Walking around campus these past few weeks, you may have noticed a certain flyer hanging up on the advertisement boards with a smiley face on it. A group of students, with the help of others from outside organizations, are looking to cut Walmart out of the list of approved vendors from which clubs and organizations can purchase goods and supplies. This list of vendors includes other retailers such as Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, Costco, and Target, among others.

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Your guide to Black Friday 2012

Nicole Bansen • November 19, 2012

People can tell that the holiday season is upon them when families gather to eat turkey, boxes of decorations are uncovered from attics and when plenty of frantic shoppers stampede into stores like savages.

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