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Entries Tagged as 'Pop Culture'

Ron Paul Holds His Own In This Election

February 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Written by Sam Marsh
Megaphone Staff Writer
If you drive through the southern part of this country looking for campaign signs, there is little chance that you will see anything but than Ron Paul signs. This is strange, considering any poll or the results of the primaries.
So why does he seem to get moral support, […]

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Tags: Politics · Pop Culture · 3. Opinions

McDonald’s Serves Up Racism

February 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Written by Claire Booher
Megaphone Staff Writer
McDonald’s has been a USA fast food phenomenon that has been taking over the international market. With millions of restaurants all over the world, Ronald McDonald House charities and more and more community activities being developed, you can not walk down the street without seeing its influence.
McDonald’s has recently changed […]

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Tags: Pop Culture · Food · Racism · 2. Features

Limewire Users Beware, You Aren’t Alone

February 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Written by Lane Hill
Megaphone Web Editor
Just to make it clear, I am not against pirating of digital copies of anything, as that would be hypocritical of me, but I am against Limewire and all the other nefarious peer-to-peer networking programs.
Limewire, Frostwire, KaZaa, Cabos, KaZaa Lite, Old Napster, Bearshare.

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Tags: Pop Culture · File Sharing · 3. Opinions

Super Tuesday 2008

February 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Written by William Thomas
Megaphone Staff Writer
When I volunteered to write an article on Super Tuesday that was to be published on the following Thursday, I admit that I was slightly worried.
I could not imagine how I was going to accurately portray an event that had not yet happened to readers who would be […]

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Tags: Politics · Pop Culture · 3. Opinions

Writer’s Guild Strike Shakes Hollywood

November 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Written by Caitlyn Buckley
On November 1, the Writer’s Guild of America began a strike. This is the first large-scale strike by writers since 1988, when the strike lasted 22 days and cost the television and film industries more than $500 million.
In the wake of DVDs and online movie and T.V. show purchase becoming popular, […]

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Tags: Television & Movies · Pop Culture · Society · 5. Arts and Entertainment

Pop Culture Invades the Public Media

November 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Written by Caitlyn Buckley
I am an information junkie.
I have a strange desire to know everything that I can possibly know, preferably immediately. I watch news on the television, I read online news, and I read newspapers whenever I can come by them. My family makes fun of me, saying that one of the first […]

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Tags: Pop Culture · Society · Relaxation · 3. Opinions