Opinion
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Column: Privacy and Technology
Today, technology companies such as Google and Facebook monitor every single action made on their services. Your emails, your photos, your Google searches, and the...
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Out with the Philosopher, In with the Plumber
Starting with the end of the 1950s, the amount of young Americans going to college has skyrocketed; this has been facilitated by teachers pressuring students,...
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Required Book Review
It’s a familiar feeling in English class: that wary feeling of being assigned novels and plays. Students’ natural instinct tells them to rebel against this forced...
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WishFALL Thinking
October has come and the weather has chilled. Leaves have begun their descent from the trees, and the scent of cinnamon is scattered in the...
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Yaks: A Blessing or a Curse?
Yik Yak has become the most popular app used for all the wrong reasons. Useful for cyber bullying, one cannot scroll down more than four...
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Goodbyes and Good Fries
I hate hanging up the phone. I’ve never watched a season finale of a TV show without shedding a tear. When I finish a book,...
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Gun Control: Targeting the issue
A virus is spreading through our nation, infecting our schools, and killing America’s youth. Its name is gun violence. On Oct. 1, a shooting at...
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Presidential debates heat up
With less than four months to go until the Iowa Caucuses, the presidential primaries are heating up. So far, the Republican Party has held two...
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Planned Parenthood: to defund or not to defund
For defunding – Nikita Prokhorov In a series of videos produced and released by The Center for Medical Progress (CMP) various Planned Parenthood officials and affiliates...
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Celebrate Survival: October Music Shenanigans
October is a time of celebration, not only due to the beautiful holiday of Halloween but for being able to survive a month of school....
