Star Wars Should Be Allowed In College

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Mira Singh had a plan for her junior year of university--getting As in each one of her classes even if it ended up killing her, actually trying to be on time to something for once, finally getting around to calling her sisters back--the usual.

However, said plan never included her major kicking her in the ass big time; keeping the two (make that three now) bratty teenagers she babysat from killing each other; harboring an enormous crush on her clueless best friend who happened to be from Pakistan, of all places; and it certainly didn’t include making up a fake boyfriend in order to get her mother off of her back.

Fortunately, her arrogant, constantly meddling, Star Wars loving next door neighbor has just the solution. (Or at least, that’s

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