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OPINION: Halloweekend - Horrors and Hopes for 2020

By Cassie Hollasch · Friday, Oct. 23, 2020

With Halloween approaching fast, life seems almost magical as the University of New Hampshire (UNH) manages to have low numbers of positive cases for the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the spooky holiday season is upon us. But on the Durham campus, there is a fear worse than any ghost or slasher horror film - a fear that students will treat this Halloween like any other and ignore social distancing.

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OPINION: Last week in politics: COVID-19, SCOTUS, and the presidential debate

By Hannah Donahue · Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020

These past couple weeks in politics have been chaotic. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away after succumbing to pancreatic cancer, the first Presidential debate was a slew of hurling insults and talking over each other, and multiple people within President Donald Trump’s circle tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19).

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OPINION: Takeaways from the first presidential debate

By Hannah Donahue · Friday, Oct. 2, 2020

The first presidential debate between Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden and current incumbent President Donald J. Trump was moderated by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, and allowed each candidate to spar head-to-head for the first time since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic began.

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Opinion: sports betting done right

By Hannah Donahue · Friday, Sept. 25, 2020

If you’re one of those impossibly rare college kids with a little bit of extra money sitting around or you’re trying to turn that $1.74 in your checking account into $5 (or maybe even more), look no further than a well-known app that’s one of my new favorites - DraftKings Sportsbook.

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OPINION: Ed Markey's win brings an end to the Kennedy's reign

By Hannah Donahue · Monday, Sept. 21, 2020

As the 2020 presidential election draws closer, the country is at a standstill looking at the given options: Joe Biden, a moderate Democrat who we became familiar with while he served as Obama’s vice president for eight years; or Donald Trump, a notably right-wing conservative who has caused a visible divide in the country’s political system over the past four years. Progressive Democrats like Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have also brought attention back to the left and determined what candidates really are and aren’t progressive. While state primaries are still being held, we’re seeing the rise of progressive Democrats running for a spot as their states’ representatives and senators. Incumbent Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey proved that progressive candidates are back on the come up, after he defeated Rep. Joe Kennedy III in Massachusetts state primary.  

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