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Nuclear negotiations with North Korea — Good or bad?

Josh Budd March 21, 2018

The leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, has agreed to meet with President Trump to discuss a potential deescalation of nuclear armament between the two countries. The fact that the “hermit kingdom”...

The other side of spring break

Bruno Beidacki March 21, 2018

For most college students, spring break is synonymous of warm weather, maybe the beach, and a lot of partying. Even those who stay behind in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and all of the other states where...

Don’t let the beaches get trashed this year

Kellie Nock March 21, 2018

Let’s make a case for Earth.As we embark into our spring break, the allure of beaches and day drinking is hard to ignore. Being disoriented, sweaty and sandy all day is, I’m sure, very fun.But before...

Drew Taylor

March Madness: It’s crazy to not pay the athletes

Drew Taylor March 18, 2018

As a lover of college basketball, this month is probably my favorite month of the year. March Madness is here, and it’s as crazy as ever.From Loyola-Chicago’s buzzer-beater against Miami to Buffalo’s...

Bruno Beidacki.

Where’s the investment in college education?

Bruno Beidacki March 18, 2018

There once was a presidential candidate who advocated for offering free higher education in the U.S. Not only was his run not successful, but Bernie Sanders was also heavily criticized for raising an argument...

College isn’t for everyone – and that’s OK

Bruno Beidacki March 14, 2018

Only 59 percent of students who start college in the United States graduate in six years or less. The numbers, which are released yearly by the Department of Education’s National Center for Education...

A response to David Blair

Andrew Atkins March 14, 2018

The first time I learned about the Bill of Rights was — I think — the fourth grade. The First Amendment seemed pretty uninteresting at the time, especially compared to the upcoming Valentine’s Day...

Moving forward, don’t forget

Olivia Eastly March 11, 2018

In February 2018, 17 people were killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. It’s been almost a month since the shooting, and I can feel the news cycle moving on. The media has gone back to starting...

The growing student debt bubble

Bruno Beidacki March 11, 2018

$1,400,000,000,000.Americans owe over $1.4 trillion in student loan debt, according the Federal Reserve. That’s more than the gross domestic product of 183 countries. Let’s take that in: Americans...

A response to Kevin Love’s ‘Everyone is Going Through Something’

Kellie Nock March 7, 2018

It is true that you never really know what someone is going through.On March 6, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love published a piece called “Everyone is Going Through Something” on Player’s...

Bruno Beidacki.

Boys don’t cry, men do

Bruno Beidacki March 7, 2018

I have a confession to make. It was Saturday night, I was watching Safe Haven — yes, the adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel — for the first time, and I cried. Not once, but twice. And what pisses...

I want to be happy

Andrew Atkins March 7, 2018

I’d like to share something with you all, dear readers.As an article from Healthline called “Depression and Mental Health by the Numbers: Facts, Statistics, and You” by Ann Pietrangelo highlights,...