When the United Blood Services came to campus to collect blood, students who identify as homosexual or bisexual were not allowed to donate because of Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) policies that state that no homosexual person can donate blood – policies that are based on an antiquated stigma surrounding gays and HIV/AIDs. These…
If you’re anything like me, the buildup to finals is matched in terribleness only by the crushing, empty feeling afterwards. You know, the limbo between Friday and whenever grades are due (even though you can’t see them on Zangle Q) when, without anything to study for, you are waiting anxiously to be informed about…
I am ineligible for virtually every scholarship I find online: I am white, I am not involved in student government, I have never been a resident of Nowheresville, Ohio, and I am not part of Ventura’s flyfishing club (yes, that’s a thing, and yes, they give out money for college). I’ve been told (incorrectly)…
According to the 2013 Monitoring the Future study, 45.5% of high school seniors have tried marijuana, making it the most common illegal drug used by teenagers. Alaska, Oregon, and Washington D.C. recently joined Colorado and Washington in legalizing marijuana for recreational use. Is legalizing recreational marijuana the right step to take? The short answer…
This column comes to you from what is sure to be my death bed. For the last week, I have been infected with what I have decided to describe as the modern plague. And although unlike the plague, this cold is unlikely to literally kill you, it will be sure to kill your academic…
Teenagers have a voice that deserves to be heard, as well as first-hand experience with relevant issues that need to be brought to the attention of politicians. But for whatever reason, teenagers just aren’t going to the polls. Maybe it’s because to a young adult, policy matters seem far away and irrelevant to a…
As of the 2014-2015 school year, all clubs on campus are required to complete a community service project. In order for a club to remain a club, the project must be approved by both ASG and the dean of activities, and 80 percent of the club’s members must participate. For clubs that are already…
600,000 Americans die every year of heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CIA estimates that the United States is 47th in infant mortality rates, 5.2 deaths for every 1,000 live births. The flu kills about 36,000 Americans every year, also according to the CDC. Ebola, on the…
Halloween is a holiday of masks. It is a day to put on a persona, run around the neighborhood, go to parties, and eat candy. The next day, when you wake up, you won’t be a princess, or a witch, or Miley Cyrus. You will still be you. And most likely, while in character,…
It’s that time of the year again, when everything is terrifying and teenagers are up late at night, sometimes even until the early morning hours. That’s right, it’s midterms! Oh, yeah, also Halloween. Back in August, we all started seeing the black and orange decorations lining the aisles of stores and the pumpkin-flavored-everything filling…