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...Come In! And know me better, man!” as did Orwell when he described the chanting of the sheep in “Animal Farm.” However, in simple dialogue we rarely need it. But because the practice of using exclamation points in casual e-mail and text conversations has become so common, now, not adding this punctuation mark to the end of a message makes it seem sullen and ungrateful. Simply ending with “thanks” no longer cuts it, although in most cases such an ending would most accurately describe...

Author: By Marcel E. Moran | Title: Missing the Point | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

...standard, Kimmel told the men to always “get consent” before continuing on their merry sexual ways. Consent is a miserable substitute for nobility, a legalistic detour around an incredibly personal situation. It doesn’t necessarily imply mutuality, and in fact, suggests that casual sex is an inherent intrusion where men act upon women...

Author: By Rachel L. Wagley | Title: A Defense of Manliness | 5/10/2010 | See Source »

Where to find you on a Saturday night: Perusing craigslist casual encounters...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Alexander B. Rose | 5/7/2010 | See Source »

Other competitors identified themselves as casual cooks...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Freshmen Clinch Top Chef | 5/5/2010 | See Source »

...more likely to talk about how much work we have, what the weather is like, or what dance is coming up this weekend than we are about Adam Smith or the Arizona immigration law. Still, what I’ve ultimately come to realize is that although casual conversation is not usually centered on larger-than-life subjects, such discussions do happen around campus. That we may use more formal venues to talk about more formally intellectual subjects is understandable...

Author: By Fabiola Vega | Title: Smart Talk | 5/3/2010 | See Source »

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