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Treasurer Taylor Bourad, above, reads through the budget to the senate before they unanimously vote it. KRYSTEN MASSA/THE STATESMAN

Campus Briefing: Senate passes 2016-2017 budget proposal

Michael Kohut • April 16, 2016
The Undergraduate Student Government Senate passed its budget proposal for the 2016-2017 academic year at Thursday’s senate meeting.
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I want the iPhone, not the FBI phone

Michael Kohut • April 3, 2016
Backdoors in encryption would allow anyone with the knowledge to take advantage of them see the entirety of the trove of personal data you keep on your cell phone.
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Top jobs for college dropouts

Top jobs for college dropouts

Michael Kohut • April 3, 2016
For the 41 percent of students who never graduate college, negative stigmas are plenty and prospects for success are few. Or are they? It depends on how you define “success.”
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For snow cleanup, its been three successful storms

For snow cleanup, it’s been three successful storms

Michael Kohut • February 9, 2016
In stark contrast to the 2015 spring semester, snow clearance following the storms has quite noticeably improved.
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President Obama, above, is entering his last few months is office. During his time, Obama was able to connect to the people using social media.

#ThanksObama for helping bring politics to social media

Michael Kohut • January 24, 2016
Like it or not, his presidency is coming to an end this year, but in his eight-year tenure he’s left a certain mark on his office.
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Canadas newly elected prime minister, Justin Trudeau, pictured above, is setting the stage for a marijuana legalization process. PHOTO CREDIT: ALEX GUIBORD

It’s high time Canada legalizes marijuana

Michael Kohut • November 24, 2015
Here we have a young, liberal leader in an industrialized democracy finally adjusting policy in the face of the changing tides.
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Just say hi and Ill say bye

Just say “hi” and I’ll say “bye”

Michael Kohut • November 3, 2015
Saying "hi" to a person with a disability isn’t your good deed for the day; we feel annoyed and uncomfortable when people do this to us.
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Beware of dog: untrained college comfort animals are a risk

Beware of dog: untrained college comfort animals are a risk

Michael Kohut • October 14, 2015
The trouble is, there are actually a lot of students with anxiety and these animals are not held to the same standards as the service animals that many may confuse them with.
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All hail The Splat: Nickelodeon’s new channel for 90s cartoons

Michael Kohut • September 21, 2015
Nicktoons from the ‘90s are coming back on a new network, The Splat.
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Sodexos corporate headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The new food vendor has been the subject of much student criticism. MANJU SHIVACHARAN/STATESMAN FILE

From Sodexo with love

Michael Kohut • September 10, 2015
We now know that the best way to keep students passive — err, satisfied — is to make sure you’re just too hungry to care what you eat.
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New semester, same old printer and handicap problems

New semester, same old printer and handicap problems

Michael Kohut • August 26, 2015
Unfortunately for myself and many other students, the beginning of the semester brought untimely repairs to the roads the and problems with the IT network.
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Bill Maher’s Zayn Malik joke should be treated like a joke

Michael Kohut • April 21, 2015
“Real Time” comedian Bill Maher drew outcry on the internet earlier this month by comparing Zayn Malik’s likeness to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston Marathon bomber.
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