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The nine am cocktails, extravagant lunches, clean-cut suits, and stunning elegance of the 1960s contribute to the enigmatic characters and dramatic plot lines of AMC’s

      Trekking towards the peak of one of the world's largest mountains in Pakistan, Greg Mortenson was on the verge of death when he came across a disheveled mountainside village. This village, which provided him with food, shelter, and a peaceful place to recover and reflect, had an indelible effect on Mortenson.

Scandal. Watergate. Deception. Lies. Deep Throat. Resignation. These words bring to mind one presidency over all others. The reign of Richard M. Nixon was certainly not one that warms the heart, and yet Peter Morgan and Ron Howard's portrayal of the days following Watergate manages to do so. Morgan and Howard present Nixon the man, not Nixon the flawed politician, it becomes evident that while the President certainly made severe errors in judgment, he did not maliciously seek to harm the American people.

Ladies and gentlemen, this will be my last column. I will be graduating in December and receiving my commission as a Field Artillery 2nd LT in the US Army. So instead of talking about the election or politics, which I will be a neutral observer of for at least the next four years, in the spirit of Sarah Palin: I’m going to talk about something I want to talk about. As a soccer player, I had always associated running laps around the field with no particular point other than to make a practice drag on even longer.