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she/her | joy is not made to be a crumb! | regs reporter @modrnhealthcr | prev: @InHealthPolicy @indystar @iwmf & forever @butlercollegian | opinions are my own

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Bridget Early
1 year
“Entering a state of wonder is akin to using a muscle, Ms. May said. Put yourself in that mind-set more often and it gradually becomes easier.” Practicing joy in an uncertain world:
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The New York Times
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Katherine May, a best-selling author, describes how a series of actions helped her to discover little things that filled her with wonder and awe — and, in turn, made her feel alive again. She has one simple question to help you get started.
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How it feels to do health policy in June good morning
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Meanwhile at @HHSGov
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3 months
Personal news time!! Tuesday is my last day at IHP. I’m headed to Modern Healthcare, where I’ll be covering the regulatory space. I can’t speak highly enough of my IHP teammates, they’re truly lovely people (not to mention fabulous reporters) & I’ll miss them lots!
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Bridget Early
3 years
My piece was on the front page today!!! @indystar
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3 years
Fun personal news! I’ll be covering Congress as a healthcare reporter for Inside Washington Publishers starting in December!
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Bridget Early
3 years
Today I wrote a piece — complete w/White House input?! — covering the ongoing Biden-Manchin impasse & Build Back Better. I’ve honestly struggled w/imposter syndrome getting to this point so it doesn’t feel entirely real, but I’m also just feeling very proud of myself.
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Okay folks, today’s my first day @modrnhealthcr ⭐️ What’s happening? Email me at bridget.early @modernhealthcare .com !!
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Bridget Early
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Personal news time!! Tuesday is my last day at IHP. I’m headed to Modern Healthcare, where I’ll be covering the regulatory space. I can’t speak highly enough of my IHP teammates, they’re truly lovely people (not to mention fabulous reporters) & I’ll miss them lots!
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1 year
Barbie was born on March 9, 1959, meaning she’s currently 64 years old and is therefore Medicare-eligible in one year. In this essay I will —
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Bridget Early
3 years
Hey @postlocal @washingtonpost @fcpsnews @FCPSSupt There are major student walkouts supposedly occurring yesterday/today in solidarity with a Muslim student who was brutalized by another student (an event which is now being downplayed by Fairfax High School admin, say students).
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This protest is currently happening at Fairfax High School. There was an racist attack on a Muslim student who had her hijab ripped off. No punishment was given by the school so students decided to protest
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I’m covering the EMTALA-abortion Supreme Court cases today! More soon
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Bridget Early
3 years
@ButlerSGA Just a reminder that @butlercollegian has been doing exactly this for 167 years, and has won countless awards for it despite immense pressure from both SGA and the Butler administration.
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Bridget Early
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Oh btw my first story ran yesterday! Give it a read here :)
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Modern Healthcare
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Hospitals push back on bundled care coordination proposal
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Sophia Smith on crutches is devastating dude oh my god
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I talked to experts on what SCOTUS’ Chevron ruling means for the healthcare industry. Here’s what happens next:
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Modern Healthcare
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How the Supreme Court’s regulation ruling will change healthcare
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the circling back has begun
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Bridget Early
3 years
Super excited to share that The Collegian has been announced as a finalist for the 2021 Pacemaker Award — essentially the Pulitzers for collegiate media. Celebrate by giving @butlercollegian a follow!!!
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If you haven't heard yet, we did something really cool that you should definitely check out 🥳🎉
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Omnibus season
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Bridget Early
2 years
Sometimes I go weeks without reading, other times I read six books in nine days, I contain multitudes
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Bridget Early
3 years
My 14-year-old sister and I were followed home this morning by a man supposedly “looking to make a friend.” 1/9
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Bridget Early
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My mom texted this to me earlier today, having a very sweet full circle moment this morning (I am still small in Statuary Hall, just with a less cute coat)
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The governor of Maryland just declared my birthday Maggie Rogers Day
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Bridget Early
3 years
@ButlerSGA @butlercollegian I would also add that attempting to downplay contributions from the only independent news outlet on campus whilst peddling “journalism opportunities” and seeking to poach writers via pay (rates SGA approached Collegian to discuss) is outrageous & incredibly offensive.
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Bridget Early
1 year
I’m in Canada this week! Spent pretty much the whole day in Montreal’s botanical garden (which if u know me is like kid in candy store energy):
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I walked across a suspension bridge over a waterfall without dying, my brother & sister open-air zip lined over the same falls lol it’s the proportional victories today
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raising you dc’s combination karaoke bar-assassination planning spot
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CJ 🥥🇺🇲🌴
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Top floor: Private offices of James Madison Ground floor: Raising Cane's Charlottesville best city ever baby
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Coming atcha live from the State of the Union! I’ll be threading some stuff here if you’d like to follow along! #SOTU
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2 years
DC apartment hunting is actually unhinged tell me why I just saw a bed in a hallway listed for $1,050/month
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3 years
Just met my editor in person for the first time!! Not to be squishy on the TL but she is so kind and just a master of her craft, I’m wicked lucky 🍀
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… how can I help you
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Capital Weather Gang
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Today's tree pollen count in DC (before the rain) is 1,016 grains per cubic meter of air. The average is 75 at this time of year. Not normal. At all. Ahchoo!
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It’s only Tuesday
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Maggie Rogers album so good it’s got the homies considering divinity school
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Bridget Early
2 years
It is with great sadness that I’m announcing my decision to drink coffee at 6 pm. I’d appreciate your thoughts and prayers as I prepare for the difficult time ahead (sleeping tonight)
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Bridget Early
2 years
Most if not all movies could benefit from a Yo-Yo Ma cameo
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i'm not crying you're crying
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Just went to pour the coffee pot into my watering can good morning happy Wednesday
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Bridget Early
3 years
@ButlerSGA @butlercollegian I’d also add that advertising this as “journalism” is blatantly inaccurate. While the content might be informative, in-house writing like this newsletter is promotional, not actual journalism. It is not free from the bias of the government which‘ll produce it.
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Bridget Early
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The Olympics started 2 minutes ago and I am already convinced the absolute best part of this year’s games is Flavor Flav’s sponsorship of the women’s water polo team & how fucking jazzed he is for them I’m so obsessed
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SO PROUD of my girls today,!!! They won 15-6,,, we in the mix,!! Just wanted to shout out both @dawnstaley and @DrBiden @FLOTUS for coming by todays Women’s Water Polo game,,, we appreciate the support and attention they getting cuz these champions deserve it 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 #Olympics
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1 year
Sometimes on the metro you sit across from someone with a bouquet of flowers, other times it’s a guy checking the directions on the hemorrhoids medication box
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Bridget Early
3 years
I wrote this! Check it out!
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IndyStar
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'There's only so much we can do': Virtual learning is taking a toll on kids
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turning up at the natural history museum
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Bridget Early
9 months
wrapped day is the best day of the year!!! I love seeing all the tunes you listened to & I love talking about them & I am so excited for all the things you’ll get to listen to in the new year ⭐️
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Bridget Early
9 months
a ginger ball of stress? I love representation in media <3
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Film Updates
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First look at Anxiety in ‘INSIDE OUT 2’ voiced by Maya Hawke.
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Lately 🤭
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Bridget Early
1 year
My love language is when my friends send me audio messages updating me on the latest gossip while they’re out & about
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2 years
I’ve peaked
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update 🥹
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8 months
my grandpa invented reusable water bottles today: “we use so many plastic ones, what if everyone just kept one plastic one and just refilled it” I just bought him a hydroflask gonna rock his world
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packing for vacation tonight <3
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Bridget Early
2 years
Routine reminder that some trans men, non-binary people and intersex people can menstruate, become pregnant, experience childbirth & receive (or be denied) an abortion! Let’s use gender neutral language when we talk about reproductive health 🌻
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Is this anything
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POLITICO
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‘Barbie’ or ‘Oppenheimer’? We asked senators which movie they’re seeing.
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every plant is on maximum pollen production mode right now
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11 months
As many as 20% of postpartum people struggle w/postpartum depression, per NIH, & CMS/CDC say one of the leading causes of pregnancy-related mortality is mental health conditions. Stigma often stands in the way of getting a diagnosis/accessing treatment:
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Pop Crave
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Problems arose between Sophie Turner & Joe Jonas after she was struggling following the birth of their second child and Joe was “less than supportive,” a source tells @TMZ . Joe reportedly complained that Sophie wasn’t attending enough events and felt she needed to get out more.
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Bridget Early
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Nonprofit aging services providers are calling on the Senate to keep funding for home care in Build Back Better. My first story with @InHealthPolicy , check it out:
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girl across the alley opened her window while we were on the deck & told us her blue light glasses were working well for eclipse viewing I wish her nothing but the best in her future endeavors
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Bridget Early
11 months
Last night/tonight — feel endlessly lucky to live in a city so full of music
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they should invent an easily-googled recipe that doesn’t have 238 pop-ups when you open the page
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Bridget Early
3 months
update the puppies are falling asleep while doing a meditation
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1 year
I told my therapist today that a bunch of my friends are fellow Geminis & she goes “are any of you people ok” I love her so much
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I’m fine
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5 months
Tweeting about the State of the Union starts now! Stay tuned for health care updates, partisan beef & the night’s highlights from @emmabeavins and me ⭐️ #sotu
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Bridget Early
10 months
not a photographer but I took these photos ( @AllThingsGo )
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not a photographer but I took these photos
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my grandpa invented reusable water bottles today: “we use so many plastic ones, what if everyone just kept one plastic one and just refilled it” I just bought him a hydroflask gonna rock his world
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Bridget Early
2 years
Day 47693 of COVID isolation
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it’s been a long week
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1 year
One thing about me is I WILL sit like a fried shrimp while writing a story, I am a chiropractor’s nightmare
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Print journalist & broadcast journalist headed to a scrum
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2 years
I know there’s so much else going on here but I’m heartbroken over the KidsPost cancellation — I grew up on those pieces, & it was one of the things that really got me into reading & storytelling 😭
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Sara Fischer
2 years
More details on @washingtonpost layoffs, per memo from Executive Editor Sally Buzbee: — 20 newsroom positions eliminated — 30 open positions will not be filled — WaPo is sunsetting Launcher, its online gaming vertical, and KidsPost, per two sources familiar Memo below:
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I don’t think I’ve ever done anything more nerve-wracking than successfully repotting my string of pearls — I’ve aged five years planning this maneuver good god
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New ocean just dropped
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The Hill
3 years
National Geographic recognizes Southern Ocean as 5th official ocean
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Good morning to everyone waiting for SCOTUS decisions today
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5 months
if I had a dollar every time the federal register didn’t update I could pay for the therapy I need as a result of the federal register not updating
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5 months
Wishing a happy St. Patrick’s Day to all PR people who misspell my name
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1 year
Enjoying the 77-degree day knowing allergies are gonna hit like a truck in a few hours:
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3 years
The three year old I babysit just came to drop off cupcakes she made me 🥺🥺 look how sparkly and chaotic they are I love them
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Scoop!
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InsideHealthPolicy
1 year
MA Prior Auth Bill Gets $10B Informal Score; Proponents Reassess Next Steps
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Bridget Early
2 years
Learned today there are curly haired pigs I 😍😍
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I live in a permanent state of needing to close 673 tabs my computer
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Bridget Early
11 months
shana tova friends!!! wishing ya a happy new year :) 🍎🍯
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Bridget Early
3 years
@ButlerSGA @butlercollegian The intention behind this is to attack @butlercollegian , there is no other way to interpret it. SGA — and by extension, @butleru — dislike being scrutinized by an independent group, so they’ve devised a way to hamstring it.
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1 year
. @OrianaBeLike is back in DC
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rounded out 2023 by spilling a whole mug of coffee in my bed :) :) :) :) :) :)
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New from me!
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InsideHealthPolicy
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Brooks-LaSure Flags Telehealth, SOGI Data As Key For LGBTQ+ Care
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3 years
@ButlerSGA @butlercollegian @butleru I urge @ButlerAlumni , Butler parents, current Butler students and the Indy community to rally around @butlercollegian , and to support them monetarily if you can as they face this effort to undercut them.
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11 months
see y’all monday
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2 years
167 years of excellence @butlercollegian , keep doing big things!! So proud of y’all!!
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Tatsiana Karaliova
2 years
So proud of this amazing team of student journalists and editors from The Butler Collegian @butlercollegian ! Meghan @meghan_stratton , Bridget @bridget__early and Maddy, thank you for your great work leading the newspaper last year!
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Vote number three #Speaker
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fourth soup in four days I’m having an incredible time
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2 years
Rallying all my friends so we can go get library cards
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update flight is cancelled im stuck in canada
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does anybody have eyes on the snl writers room
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Another update 😭
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update 🥹
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@ButlerSGA @butlercollegian Your $750,000 annual budget comes directly from student activity fees, which supports paying for your marketing via newsletter. The independent @butlercollegian would love to have that kind of budget to continue covering real news on campus as it has for the last 167 years.
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3 years
My mom just told me she played softball against a team in high school and Meat Loaf was their coach???????????
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11 months
Shouts out to @ddimolfetta for his first A1!!!
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2 years
I regret to inform everyone that it is once again allergy season, commence taking your silly little medications or else you’ll end up like this angry frog
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So many ppl out and about wearing their cute summer dresses & I gotta say everyone’s lookin fabulous
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2 years
Thomas’ concurrent opinion says the court should reconsider Griswold (birth control) Lawrence (sodomy) and Obergefell (same-sex marriage)
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1 year
Just saw my bestie (the PM metro worker at my stop & I wave at each other every time I roll thru)
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1 year
eating olive bread, listening to Led Zeppelin (one AirPod broken), writing about MA quality — I don’t think I’ve ever had a more Tuesday Tuesday does this make sense
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Bridget Early
2 years
“The ability to bend an inch at a time while seeming to stand up straight is a useful and gendered skill. Most women I know do it regularly. They bend until they’re pretzeled and then blame themselves for the body aches.”
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Isabel Kaplan
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My (now ex) boyfriend, a writer, broke up with me because I’m a writer. So….I figured I might as well write about it! @guardian
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A (slight) chill in the air??? We are SO back boys
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