This column is part of The Daily Gamecock's April Fools' edition. It is not real.

This letter is part of The Daily Gamecock's April Fool's edition. It is not real.

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Many people may not know this about me, but if this journalism thing doesn’t work out, I’d be quite content with being a librarian. I know what you’re thinking: “A librarian? Who actually uses the library anymore? The Internet can provide me with any information I could ever want, and I have my iPad and Kindle for reading. Books will be ancient relics by the time I graduate from college.” Sorry, my friends. I don’t believe any of those things are true.

After more than a decade of books and movies, a time period that constitutes more than half of my existence, a significant passion of my life is coming to a close. This Friday marks the end of the “Harry Potter” film series with the premiere of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.”

On most days, I like to consider myself a political moderate. Though that term has many implications for many people, I would say it describes an American who is skeptical of party agendas and prefers instead to handle issues as individual problems. This country has been — and always will be — too diverse to have its government guided by one ideology. I doubt many Americans truly want that kind of government. These past few years have found me supporting the left. Like many people who came to voting age in 2008, I thought President Barack Obama was cooler than sliced bread. But we’re all getting older, and the world — both politically and economically — has fallen on its face time and again in the years following 2008. A different solution may be in order, and I’m holding my breath for one group to truly stand up and take charge: the American right.

Politicians dishonest, fake

Rep. Anthony Weiner, former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Sen. John Edwards are just three of the most recent political figures caught in sex scandals. As their pictures continue to be plastered on every channel, some may question why these scandals actually matter.

Since scandals of this nature deal with the personal lives of politicians instead of with their actual jobs, defenders may argue that scandals hold no relevance to their campaign. As Weiner’s supporters argue, “It’s just sex.” However, I disagree with the idea that these scandals aren’t dangerous and don’t interfere with their ability to create and pass laws.

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is taking a giant step toward world domination in the coming months with plans to build even more stores across the country. But these new stores are going to be very different from the typical Walmart superstores most Americans are used to.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Wal-Mart is continuing to expand. The corporation recently announced plans to build new, smaller stores similar to dollar stores in markets where a trip to a superstore is a long commute. These plans came about in response to growing competition with dollar stores.

College vital for success

Last week, Paypal founder and Facebook investor Peter Thiel, gave 24 people under the age of 20 each a $100,000 scholarship to “stop out of school” and embark on endeavors to start their own businesses.

He created the “Stop Doing That” fund in order to find the best young minds who are thinking about “big things” early in life. The problem is that 18-year-olds are more concerned with finding a date and fighting pimples than managing a hedge fund portfolio or trading stocks on Wall Street.

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