Opinion | Embrace campus to handle homesickness
By Marykate Green, Columnist
January 23, 2020
Returning to campus can bring on a mix of emotions. While it may seem like most students are overjoyed and impatient to start the second semester, there are quite a few students who become anxious and get homesick once they return to school. For those students, especially freshmen, it can feel overw...
Opinion | Elon Musk deserves to be person of the decade
By Clint Dozier, Columnist
January 23, 2020
With all the recent controversy — or rather, the Twitter tantrums from President Trump — regarding Time Magazine’s selection of Greta Thunberg as the 2019 Person of the Year, I have been thinking about who might be best regarded as person of the decade. Now that 2019 is officially over and the h...
Opinion | 2020 Oscar nominations unfairly criticized
By Matthew Krauter, Columnist
January 21, 2020
With the new decade has come the nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards. To the surprise of few, once again many have expressed displeasure at the lack of diversity among the nominees for categories such as “Best Director.” The outrage culture that plagues modern America is misguided in its attacks against the Osca...
Opinion | Students require more from teaching assistants
By Noah Nelson, Senior Columnist
January 21, 2020
To survive life here at the University, one must use all the ingredients that make up a successful college student. These students take good notes, sit closer to the front of the class, befriend classmates and utilize the professor’s office hours. Only the really successful students know the mos...
Opinion | Stop pawning it off: Climate change is a problem for our generation
By Maii Rashed, Columnist
January 21, 2020
I’m just naturally a very stressed individual. Perhaps, this stemmed from my youth when my school would have “Pajama Day.” I would often worry about showing up and being the only one donning jammies. I always worried about what people thought of the things I did, thought, liked, disliked and so ...
Opinion | Don’t ruin ‘High School Musical’ with television series
By Noah Nelson, Senior Columnist
January 14, 2020
Nowadays, instead of picking up a good book or hobby for entertainment, millions of Americans turn to streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime to watch all types of movies, television shows and documentaries. The Walt Disney Company saw the popularity of this among consumers as an oppo...
Opinion | Avoid post-holiday gift drama
By Tara Pavithran, Colunnist
January 13, 2020
Christmas gifts are all fun and games until you don’t know what to get someone. You could just ask, but that seems impersonal – after all, shouldn’t you know the person you’re getting a gift for? As it turns out, gift-giving is an overall more efficient process when people are just vocal about ...
Opinion | Tattoos should not be taboo in the workplace
By Marykate Green, Columnist
January 9, 2020
We’re constantly told, “Don’t get a tattoo where people can easily see it. You won’t get hired anywhere with that!” Being a college student with an affinity for body art can be tough when you’re constantly reminded to find a way to cover it up when you have a professional job. Gettin...
Opinion | Bring ‘SpongeBob’ to graceful end
By Noah Nelson, Senior Columnist
January 7, 2020
If your childhood took place in the early 2000s, you more than likely watched the many classic shows on Nickelodeon like “Drake and Josh,” “The Fairly OddParents” and “Rugrats.” If you were really cool, then there’s no doubt “SpongeBob Squarepants” played a major role in your early years. He...
Opinion | Liberal arts majors gain edge in information age
By Yutong Zhao, Columnist
December 26, 2019
The future painted for humanities majors might not be as bleak as the job market appears. Microsoft’s president Brad Smith claimed in his new book “one of the most important conclusions” of Microsoft's recent research into artificial intelligence is that lessons from liberal arts will be critical...
Opinion | ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ shows psychological underpinnings of gratitude
By Austin Stadelman, Columnist
December 25, 2019
Being a human is hard. We work or study for long hours to often end up dissatisfied with ourselves or our circumstances. Dealing with demoralization constantly throughout a year makes the holidays an especially good time for embracing what makes being human truly special — our ability to connect with...
Opinion | GOP fights to preserve white America | II
By Andrew Prozorovsky, Senior Columnist
December 20, 2019
When the Republican Party rebranded as the “party of fiscal responsibility,” social conservatives believed the “family values” GOP was dead. The party would focus on tax reform and curbing government spending and would forget about issues like abortion and legalized gay marriage. Today, GOP l...
