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OPINION  |  COLUMNS

“Homeland” is a poor representation of the Middle East

It recently emerged that Arab graffiti artists who had been hired to decorate the set of the Showtime program "Homeland" successfully snuck in subversive messages. These included phrases such as "Homeland is racist" and "#BlackLivesMatter." For those of you who pay attention to the world around them, this should come as no surprise.


Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett drops back to pass against Penn State during the second half of the Buckeyes' 38-10 win on Oct. 17, 2015, at Ohio Stadium.
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Picking the College Football Playoff teams midway through the season

Even after seven weeks of the college football season has come and gone, the fight to be a top-four team and clinch a spot in the College Football Playoff is still too close to call. But at the halfway mark of the season, each member of the alligatorSports football group — sports editor Graham Hall, assistant sports editor Luis Torres, staff writer Graham Hack and managing/online editor Jordan McPherson — has his own thought of who will be playing for the national title come January. If the season were to end today, here is who each writer would have in their Final Four:


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Editorial: As we extend our stay in Afghanistan, the ghosts of Bush and Cheney linger

Following the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. firmly and confidently planted itself in the Middle East beginning with Afghanistan in late 2001. At the time, there were few who would have publicly disagreed with this course of action, but then again, how could they? The nation had just been attacked on a scale that had never been seen before and has yet to be matched. We were hurt, and, perhaps more than anything else, we were scared. Not to go after the men who had hurt us so deeply would have been a decision rooted in fear and cowardice.


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Conversion therapy poses threat to LGBTQ+ youth

On Thursday, the U.S. government issued a report calling for an end to "ex-gay" conversion therapy. A practice devastating to LGBTQ+ children and teenagers, conversion therapies "reinforce harmful gender stereotypes and are not appropriate mental health treatments," according to a Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration official.


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