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I'll review additive bases for the homology and cohomology of symmetric groups, namely Dyer-Lashof monomials in homology and a flavor of generalized Young diagrams in cohomology. I'll also address the underlying geometry, and cup product and Steenrod algebra action. I'll then discuss open questions which follow these calculations, including a proposal for constructing framed cobordism invariants if time permits.