Miami Student

Sitting down to write these 1,000 word tirades has never been something I've looked forward to. This one is no exception. To be honest, it makes me mildly uncomfortable to talk about myself, my thoughts and my friends in paragraph after paragraph.…

Monday night we were all honored by the appearance of Rep. Tom Brinkman, author of last year's notorious constitutional amendment banning gay marriage or "marriage-mimicking" relationships. Brinkman is now suing Miami University for providing domestic partner benefits to those gay and lesbian couples who have no legal recourse to attain such benefits because Brinkman and 62 percent of Ohio's other self-righteous crybabies voted it away from them last year in a clear-cut case of a tyrannical majority uncomfortable with its own sexuality.…

Being the European rookie that I am, Luxembourg has found a nice way of highlighting my Americanness in almost everything I do. I couldn't tell the difference between meat and cheese in the grocery store. I couldn't open the door to get off the train, and consequently missed my stop.…