Opinions: Go for broke
What's the only thing better than money? Mo' money, obviously.

And that's exactly why we love Monopoly money — you always start with $1,500 and you get more for doing such trivial things as passing "Go."

However, there is a fundamental problem or two with Monopoly money — namely, that it cannot be used as currency in the real world.

Opinions: Letters to the editor

Opinions: Watch out, the centenarians are coming
MAPES: There are those who wish to live forever and those who think they are invincible and will live forever. And then there are those who actually do live forever.

Sadie Kaplan is one of them. Kaplan, a small Jewish woman living in New York, is 104 years old, making her part of a rare group of people called "centenarians," people who live to be 100 or more years old. MSNBC recently did a piece on her, delving into research as to why this Popeye's Chicken-loving old lady has managed to outlive the rest of her generation.

Opinions: The last hurdle of the semester
DEVOE: Finals are fast approaching, signifying not only the semester's end, but also that it's time to buckle down and study.

These last barriers to the freedom of summer come in many different forms, like testing your agility with multiple-choice tests, or your endurance with essays.

We dread all exams, but each type has pros and cons.

Opinions: Fighting fire with fire
SPIVACK: There's been a lot of discussion about guns lately.

However, no one seems willing to partake in the irony: As gun violence has increased nationally — from schools to the workplace to at home — we find ourselves asking, "Should we be adding more guns to these public settings?"