This Cinderella-story of the presidential election has finally (two months ago) come to a close. For the first time in our nation’s history we might be able to say that the 2008 race was the most triumphant and simultaneously darkest election in history. However, for me, the Chach, there still seems to be some loose ends. Anyone else notice those signs at a Barack Obama rally in Ann Arbor, Michigan that read “Dufresne ‘08”? Or what about that sign at a rally in Tallahassee, Floridia that read “Brooks Was Here”? My apologies to Barack in advance. But I can no longer in good conscious let this political stunt slide.

Not OK.

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The Swiss Government’s “Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology” has recently released a report entitled “The Dignity of Living Begins With Regard to Plants.” The twenty-four page expose proposes the notion that plants have some rights of their own. The committee purports that snipping a road-side wildflower for no reason is actually an immoral decapitation.

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You may or may not know that I currently reside in the hippy college town of New Paltz, NY – where I’m finishing up school. What you may not know is that I live in a shitty little apartment above a toy store. This is all well and good for a few reasons – it’s cheap, it’s close to the bars (and school), I get a great people watching view from my windows (of which there are six in my room alone) and perhaps best of all it’s a landmark (it was like the first school in NY or something a few hundred years ago)

It’s also not so great for a few other reasons.

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