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Mosaic correspondent Christina Donovan is blogging the inauguration from Washington, D.C., this week.

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NEWPORT, RI- Exhausted students roam the campus with coffee in their hands unknowingly making matters worse.

A long line forms at Jazzman’s café as students rush to grab their coffees before and after classes just to stay awake. While a student places an order she rummages through her purse to gather enough change to pay for her latte.

Manners have escaped us. In a society that likes to call itself “advanced,” our social conduct has deteriorated to a most basic level. Our love for taking the easy way out is constantly expanding, and the only choice etiquette had was to make a run for it, or perish.

Aduei Riak survived the genocide in southern Sudan and traveled at 16 years old from her war torn country to the United States. Riak’s most recent travel, however, was to the Antone Academic Center Thursday Nov. 20 at 7 p.m. where the 24-year-old gave a public speech about her experiences.