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9/1/2000: Cutting water use.
Current Local and National Issues:
Election 2000
Election 2000: The Final Word
The Turn of the Millennium
Kansas' Highly Intelligent State Board of Education (hint, sarcasm)
Why Americans Need a Tax Cut
The Current Events Archive:
Sensation: What is Art?
The Fight to Save KU's Seal
My Thoughts On:
Abortion--Sure to get everyone fired up. I'll tell you now, I am pro-life.
Religion--What Catholicism means to me, and religious tolerance--can't we all get along?
What I Have Learned in College So Far (outside of course work)
What I Learned from Finals and Winter Break
Prepared Essays from the Past
Letters to the Editor:
Cinderella--My response to the Beloit Call's meager coverage of our school musical.
Fireworks on the millennium--I've retracted from this position a little (read my millennium article)
but still feel pretty strongly about it.
The Confederate flag--Never submitted to the University Daily Kansan; it's too un-PC.
Persuasive Essays:
A Real Lame Duck--Why I believe President Clinton is the worst President to come along in a
long time, while only briefly mentioning Monica.
A Modest Proposal--Modeled after Jonathan Swift's essay of the same name, this satire pokes
fun at the Kosovo conflict.
The American Dream: A Utopia or Personal Achievement?.
The Abandonment of Personal Luxury and Responsibility--My thoughts on the transcendentalists.
These last two essays are from Junior English so they probably aren't that great.
Informative Essays:
As Free as a Bird--A descriptive essay of my first Lynyrd Skynyrd concert, to this day one of
the most exhilirating events of my life.
In the Mood...All Over Again--I love swing music. This essay compares and contrasts the
swing era of the 1930s and 40s with the current revival.
Career of My Dreams--An examination of different career options with a political science
and German college focus. Probably not all that interesting but a great example of a
classification essay, if I do say so myself.
Just for Fun:
A Talented Writer? Me?--A humorous (I hope) look at my rather haphazard writing process.
Earth: A Filthy Planet--A silly Junior English essay about an alien that lands in the most
dangerous environment on Earth.
Terror at Boogaarts Supermarket--One of my all-time favorites. Written in Gothic horror-style,
this was an excellent way for me to relieve work stress, kill off a bunch of my friends,
and have a load of fun in the process.
Terror at Boogaarts II--Well, the sequel is never as good as the original. I still like this one a lot
though. I wrote it last summer mainly out of boredom. Of course by then I hadn't
worked at Boogaarts for a year so most of my emotional fuel was gone.
Disclaimer: These stories are not meant to be taken any more seriously than some cheesy horror
movie. I am honestly not morbid.
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