There are many holidays throughout the year in which we are expected to visit family members. Quite a few people dread these days more than going to the dentist.

Why would anyone not want to see his/her family whenever s/he has the opportunity, you ask?

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As a card-carrying gym rat, one sees a lot of very strange things. Girls who wear too much makeup and then work out as little as possible, guys who can sit for a full 10 minutes on one machine without doing a single lift.

But my personal favorite has always been seeing a line of people standing at the bottled water machine in the Klotsche Center, willing and able to spend their hard-earned money on something that they could just as easily get from the drinking fountains in the locker rooms. One guy was even holding an empty bottle as he stood in line.

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Progressive Sen. Russ Feingold has done many things for both the state of Wisconsin and the United States of America.

He was the only senator to vote against the PATRIOT Act. After President Bush refused to change his domestic spying program into one where congressional oversight would be utilized, Feingold sponsored a motion to censure him for his blatant disregard of the American people’s right to privacy.

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Every year the holiday season sneaks up on me. I’m sitting around, enjoying summer, then BAM! I’ve got to prepare for finals, do Christmas shopping and figure out an excuse to leave Thanksgiving early. Don’t get me wrong; I love my family, but I can only take them in small doses.

The best reason I’ve found to either leave early or not come at all is a significant other. If I had a boyfriend, my family would not give me a hard time at all about trying to avoid my family responsibilities. Is it too late to start campaigning for a boyfriend?

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