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  • ele Elevator riding has its ups and downs, etiquette for sharing the elevator

    I despise elevators. They're horrible, terrible, filthy little contraptions. Quite frankly I feel like I'm walking into my own mass grave when I step onto them. The elevators at CCRI have proven to be just as horrific as all other elevators, if not worse.

  • A Change of Major: Things Happen in Life for a Reason

      The saying "Things happen for a reason" is the best way, in which I could explain the major, but positive changes that have happened to my major of study.

  • How “Tolerance” has changed

      As someone who has an interest in promoting tolerance and acceptance of all diverse backgrounds, I question this very issue about tolerance. Why do I have such questions (and confusion) about what tolerance is and what it is not?

  • too Too kind, or TOO kind?

    Where I come from people are white. I am not saying that they all feed into the stereotypes of a rural town, but I am saying that in my graduating class of about three hundred, we had less than ten people who were not Caucasian. 

  • perry Rick Perry, GTFO

    Perry's YouTube ad video that took the Internet by storm, and pissed off our resident geek in the process.

  • hell Happy Hell-idays

    'Tis the season... for family, stress, and worry

    Holidays are just not magical anymore. Gone are the days of wonder filled excitement and icing topped anticipation for the Thanksgiving and Christmas season; which, thanks to retail, have become one and the same. 

  • ian "I see it as the media sees it."

    From Lt. Pike's demeanor as he sprayed the students, it seemed to me that he was in full application of all three. But I didn't dig too deeply into the events leading up to the incident, it was just easier not to, and frankly, I didn't much care.

  • ian From the desk of iarmit

    Meet the new boss, tell him what you really think

    Where to begin? Surely, not at the beginning, that would not make much sense. So, let's start at the end. I've recently (as of this issue, actually) taken over the position of Editor-in-Chief of your Unfiltered Lens from David.

  • cops Flanagan Campus Police Officers

    More Lennie Briscoe than Barney Fife, it turns out

    When I saw our Flanagan Campus Police Officers for the first time I was disappointed. I had never thought that these old people (no offense) could do something in case of an emergency.

  • Verification of Attendance forms: Office of Enrollment Services' precarious game

    In early October, students who attend CCRI on federal financial aid monies may have received an e-mail informing them their professors were the reason they may not be receiving that money. "How can this be," asks the Lens.