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  • Opinion OPINION: HHS mandate abuses federal power

    OPINION: HHS mandate abuses federal power

    By CORTNEY O’BRIEN obrienc2@allegheny.edu “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof…” This may be the first line of the Bill of Rights, but unfortunately our president does not seem to be familiar with it. In the Obama Administration’s latest attack on our freedoms, all employers must now offer their workers insurance plans that provide and pay for abortion-inducing drugs, contraceptives and sterilization under the Department of Health and Human Services mandate. These [...]

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  • Sports Women's Basketball Basketball faces key injury

    Basketball faces key injury

    By COLLEEN PEGHER Sports Editor pegherc@allegheny.edu The women’s basketball team fell to Denison on Saturday, struggling with turnovers and ultimately losing key player Erica Restich and their conference standing. The Gators turned the ball over 29 times in Saturday’s matchup, falling to 9-5 on the season. The loss leaves the squad tied with Denison for second in the conference with Denison and Kenyon. The team will have to finish the season without Restich, a player who last week earned the [...]

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  • Men's Basketball Sports Men’s basketball struggles offensively in loss at home

    Men’s basketball struggles offensively in loss at home

    By JIMMY KETTERER Contributing Writer ketterj@allegheny.edu In a game with six lead changes and a tied score nine times, the Gators dropped their third consecutive game on Saturday to Denison. The Bid Red left Meadville with a 68-65 victory. Head Coach Jim Driggs believes his squad was outplayed. “They were able to out-execute us down the stretch,” said Driggs. “They exposed a few of our weaknesses.” The Gators won the tipoff that was followed by several lead exchanges in the [...]

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  • Sports Track and Field Senior sprints to new records

    Senior sprints to new records

    By JOHN LICHINA Contributing Writer lichinaj@allegheny.edu In the course of four hours on Saturday afternoon, senior Taylor Throckmorton left his mark in the Allegheny track and field record books by breaking his own records set last year. Throckmorton set school records in the 200 and 400 meter dash from at Boston University Valentine Invitational. He previously set both records one year ago at the same meet. In Boston, Throckmorton competed with athletes from Division I and II. “It’s an atmosphere [...]

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  • Men's Tennis Sports Women's Tennis Men’s tennis tops John Carroll, women fall behind early in doubles competition

    Men’s tennis tops John Carroll, women fall behind early in doubles competition

    By DAN MARCUS Staff Writer marcusd@allegheny.edu The men’s tennis team began their season with a convincing 7-2 win over John Carroll last Sunday. Allegheny swept doubles competition to take a 3-0 lead before the singles competition, where they won 4-2. Sophomore captain Patrick Cole won his singles match and combined with freshman Kevin Kacer to win the doubles match, 8-2. Cole emphasized the importance of winning doubles. “Sweeping doubles and taking a 3-0 lead gave us a huge momentum boost,” [...]

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  • Features Movie Reviews ‘Safe House’ stands as action film staple

    ‘Safe House’ stands as action film staple

    By BEN DAUBER Movie Reviewer dauberb@allegheny.edu Ryan Reynolds has finally left his Van Wilder roots behind. He and Denzel struck espionage silver in “Safe House.” I say silver because although Reynolds created a believable CIA agent aura, he’s still no Jason Bourne. Denzel, on the other hand, was predictably phenomenal as the enigmatic and extremely dangerous Tobin Frost, the ex- CIA double agent that drives the film. Although the CIA double-crossing conspiracy film genre has been milked harder than any [...]

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  • Features Movie Reviews Dr. Dog album a pleasant, indie folk surprise

    Dr. Dog album a pleasant, indie folk surprise

    By CODY MILLER Music Reviewer millerc@allegheny.edu I’ll be completely honest – I’ve never particularly cared for Dr. Dog. There was always something about these college rock folkies I found irksome – maybe it was that their folksiness seemed so contrived or that the vocal duo between bassist Toby Leaman and electric guitarist Scott McMicken never really worked within the sphere of their psychedelic, folksy baroque pop. Or perhaps, most importantly, it was that the band hid behind this veil of [...]

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  • Featured News What’s in a meme? Allegheny memes page surges in popularity

    What’s in a meme? Allegheny memes page surges in popularity

    By DAN BAUER Editor-in-Chief of Web bauerd@allegheny.edu It was last Thursday when senior Loren Horst started the group which would soon take over the news feeds of Allegheny College students. With no class on Friday, Horst logged onto Facebook to alleviate his boredom. He stumbled across posts that his friends had shared from the Millersville University Memes page. “I checked it out, I laughed, and I decided that we needed that,” said Horst. “It really took an hour, and then [...]

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