Jordan Rabinowitz
Opinion Editor (Alumnus)
Class of 2012 English
jrabinowitz@bupipedream.com
33 Articles
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Anyway, my point is …
Well, here it is. This is my swan song. The whole kit and kaboodle. One last hurrah. The curtains have come down. My story ends here. Now’s the end of this chapter....
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Facebook has dealt nostalgia a crushing blow
Humanity hasn’t invented a time machine yet — I’d have already stopped Billy Mays from OD’ing on coke if it had. Long live the Pitchman King. But we came pretty close this...
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Madness in March, Part 3: The Phinal Phour
“Mad Men” vs. Purim. Selection Sunday vs. the vernal equinox. March has been mad as ever this year and there’s no more time to dillydally. The Phinal Phour starts now. SEMIFINAL No....
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Madness in March: Road to the Phinal Phour, Part 2
If March goes in like a lion and out like a lamb, then I’d say we’re about a platypus. As you ponder how I arrived at such a conclusion, I’m going to...
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Madness in March: Road to the Phinal Phour, Part 1
March is a big month. It may not seem that way, but it does have 31 days. In the first installment of this three-part series, titled “Madness in March” (always trying to...
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Lin: a great ball player who happens to be of Asian descent
Jeremy Lin is here and giving us all a lesson in sensitivity training. Floyd Mayweather and Anthony Federico be damned, there’s actually a tactful way to react to an Asian-American’s rise to...
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This warm weather’s got me singing the blues
On Groundhog’s Day, Punxsutawney Phil got spooked real good by his shadow and crawled back into his ground hole, indicating that we’re due for six more weeks of winter. Besides having the...
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The day OC3 screwed us all
I woke up to 47 new emails. I’m not that popular, am I? I quickly gathered myself, put on my best pair of slippers, brushed all 28 of my teeth, tousled my...
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How 'disabled' railroad retirees got their groove back
Would chronic back problems and arthritic joints in your extremities stop you from going 18 holes several times a week? Simple logic dictates it would, but for 11 retired Long Island Rail...
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Andy Rooney: Our greatest curmudgeon
In the summer of 2009, my brother and I developed a questionable tradition when it came time to inform each other that a well-known public figure had died. We would simply text...