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Obama’s birth certificate brings out the worst in politics

By Andrew Carpenter | Aug. 26, 2009

For all of the Obama supporters I heard storming the Capital last November I'm sure you first laugh, and then get angry, when you hear conservatives question Obama's citizenship. You're probably thinking, ""well clearly he's a US citizen, how else could he have filled out the W2 tax forms when he became President? Doesn't he need a passport to travel out of the country and meet world leaders? How would he get through customs? Jokes aside, for Obama supporters, his status as a US citizen is a non issue. We can see a copy of his birth certificate and Hawaiian officials have verified its authenticity. The Supreme Court refused to hear a major lawsuit regarding Obama's citizenship. And most importantly, with no substantial evidence, it is simply unreasonable to assume we are dealing with a massive conspiracy.  

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Paramount execs shut out ‘Shutter Island’

By Kevin Slane | Aug. 26, 2009

The Best Picture race for next year's Academy Awards just got a little thinner. Martin Scorsese's highly anticipated new film ""Shutter Island"" had its release date pushed back from Oct. 2 to Feb. 19, 2010. Not only does this disqualify ""Island"" for the 2009 awards, but it also gets a February release date, a month normally reserved for studio clunkers like ""Son of the Mask"" or ""Biker Boyz."" In fact, the four films released this year the weekend ""Island"" is set to debut were ""Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li,"" ""Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail,"" ""Jonas Brothers: The 3-D Concert Experience"" and ""Fired Up."" If 2009 is any indication, the caliber of February film releases does not typically end up being Oscar-worthy, which leads to the question of why Paramount is delaying the release. The film is already completed, there is no cataclysmic event that should delay it (the terrorist-filled ""Collateral Damage"" was shelved for over a year after 9/11) and the stars haven't had any embarrassing public meltdowns; so why is ""Shutter Island"" being delayed? In short, the economy. 

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Democrats’ lack of spine derails health-care plan

By Molly Reppen and Kyle Szarzynski | Aug. 26, 2009

Willful ignorance is probably a necessary prerequisite for progressive observers of the American political system. The corruption, corporate domination and general lack of democracy that defines the American government would be too painful to bear if one didn't lie to oneself or shield one's eyes from the glaring obscenity of it all once in a while. Looking back with this in mind, my initial hope for meaningful health-care reform was at least partially tinged with wishful thinking. 

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ASM may change freshman eligibility

By Anna Discher | Aug. 26, 2009

A new proposal, if passed by the Associated Students of Madison, would allow first-year students to run for the freshman seats on student council regardless of their standing as a student.

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Notorious rascals stop ‘Monkey’ing around on ‘Humbug’

By Kyle Sparks | Aug. 26, 2009

Two studio albums into their 20s, Arctic Monkeys were the most perfect incarnation of post-Beatles euro-pop to date. They'd successfully taken the last 35 years of just-wanna-hold-your-hand poptimism and respooled it so tight that all of their hands were too wrapped up in their own style to reach out for the grasp of another person. Now two full albums in, their spool of thread is frayed. Humbug, the group's highly anticipated third effort, is a fuzzed-out study in maturation in more ways than one.  

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