Opinion | Trump epitomizes pro-war strongman
By Andrew Prozorovsky, Opinions Editor
September 21, 2020
Recent headlines reported President Donald Trump has now been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice, both times by Scandinavian right-wing politicians for peace deals in the Middle East brokered by the U.S. government. In the wake of this news, discussion has erupted over whether or not the preside...
Opinion | Pets in college are beneficial
By Marykate Green, Columnist
September 21, 2020
While some people may think having a pet in college can be too stressful or time consuming, there are actually many benefits. One of these benefits is helping you to establish a routine. With any pet, you have to make time to feed, bathe and play with them. With certain kinds of pets, like dogs, you h...
Opinion | Information warfare overshadows severity of scandals
By Alice Lee, Senior Columnist
September 21, 2020
From the inception of the United States nearly 250 years ago, the relationship between the federal government and its people has been at times strenuous, other times complementary. One of the deciding factors, if not the deciding factor, in determining that dynamic lies in the simple establishment of trust — ...
Opinion | American healthcare is a joke
By Maii Rashed, Assistant Editor
September 21, 2020
The American health care system is honestly just embarrassing. The United States of America prides itself on being a developed country with opportunity. That’s probably why many people want to immigrate here in order to have a better life. However, if I was old enough to put in my two cents when my ...
Opinion | Everyone should experience winter sports
By Andrew Prozorovsky, Opinions Editor
September 20, 2020
As the summer season comes to an end, every year, without fail, I begin having incredibly vivid dreams — except it’s the same premise: I am on a mountain, skiing or snowboarding down the slopes. I feel the light bouncing across the groomed snow, the windburn across my face and my ankles shifting ...
Opinion | Check up on professors, faculty
By Noah Nelson, Senior Columnist
September 18, 2020
This fall is a strange semester indeed. Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a majority of students here at the University are taking classes online. No one can sit down in a Campustown restaurant or bowl at the Illini Union. Football season is starting later than normal. Who is taking the bi...
Opinion | Trump faces legal jeopardy, election challenge
By Clint Dozier, Columnist
September 17, 2020
For even the most casual observer of American politics, two things are obvious about President Trump: he is doing poorly in his re-election campaign against former Vice President Joe Biden, and he may be in a mountain of legal trouble. According to FiveThirtyEight’s roundup of national polls, Trump is...
Opinion | PogChamps reinvigorates chess
By Matthew Krauter, Columnist
September 17, 2020
While the rest of the sporting world has been frozen amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a high stakes tournament pitted stars against each other in front of a live audience of 87,000 with $50,000 at stake. I’m describing, of course, the Pogchamps chess tournament on Twitch. Many might hear chess and begin to ...
Opinion | America must choose between economy or public safety
By Evelyn Delgado, Columnist
September 16, 2020
2020 hasn’t been our year. There will be many stories to tell from our time. The surreality that came and went these last few months is insane to think of. I can only assume the crisis we’ve dealt with thus far isn’t going away anytime soon. And I'm sorry to break it to you, but the actions of t...
Opinion | Break free from one-inch barrier
By Dylan Gray, Columnist
September 15, 2020
With the recent success of Bong Joon-ho’s “Parasite,” foreign cinema has perhaps never been more in the spotlight in the United States. In a recent speech, Ho mentioned the “one-inch barrier of subtitles” and that people must overcome this in order to enjoy the wealth of excellent foreign c...
Opinion | Cats remain vastly underappreciated
By Andrew Prozorovsky, Opinions Editor
September 14, 2020
Regarding the stereotypical personalities of a “dog-person” or a “cat-person,” I certainly align with the extroverted, energized caricature of a “dog-person.” And I adore our K-9 companions. But I am not special in that regard; most people love dogs. Cats, however, deserve to be held in a ...
Opinion | Word Art always disappoints
By Ellen Barczak, Senior Columnist
September 14, 2020
We are surrounded by art at all times. The clothes we wear, the music we hear, the shows we view, the works hanging on our walls. Not all art is created equal, though. I have long considered “word art,” or as some call it “sign art,” the least of all the art forms. One might encounter thi...
