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Want to watch some #MACtion? Pay for it.

Bruno Beidacki April 15, 2018

ESPN recently announced it is launching its own paid streaming service, a Netflix or Hulu of sports. Fans across the country were ecstatic. After all, it seems amazing that for only $4.99/month you get...

Tipping the bottle

Andrew Atkins April 15, 2018

Author’s note:My dad was an alcoholic. He died in November. I’ve always experienced a maelstrom of emotions. This isn’t easy to write about, to share, to read. But by sharing the trauma and pain...

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Sports used to be for the people

Bruno Beidacki April 11, 2018

I remember growing up in Brazil, waking up excited on Sunday mornings, putting my jersey on and patiently waiting for my dad to say it was time to go to the stadium. Soccer is huge back home, so it was...

Trump surrounds himself with criminals and warhawks

Joseph Langan April 11, 2018

Mike Pompeo’s confirmation hearing for Secretary of State is set for this Thursday. If confirmed, Pompeo will be the next addition in an increasingly hawkish Trump administration. Pompeo left his role...

Saying goodbye is never easy

Kellie Nock April 8, 2018

I’m in the twilight of my life in academia. There is one month before graduation — that great, looming thing always lurking in the back of my mind.It’s not the constant questions from everyone about...

Letter to the Editor: Sexual Assault Awareness Month

At a time when the difficulties associated with being a university student are growing, it is important to recognize the impact that sexual assault and violence has on the ability of individuals to fulfill...

The case for lowered expectations

Andrew Atkins April 8, 2018

So there I was, waiting for my food to be delivered, expecting it to show up in the next five minutes.I waited another hour. And they still forgot my pop.I sometimes think about people unleashing the fury...

Killing civilians is not OK, Israel

Drew Taylor April 8, 2018

Earlier this weekend, about 30,000 Palestinians were a part of a series of mass protests in the Gaza Strip. The reason? The right of return for Palestinian refugees. The protests took place on the anniversary...

The tide has changed. What now?

Brandon Bounds April 4, 2018

Your #TimesUp.Oh my God, you went through that? #MeToo.Every week since the second half of 2017, story headlines on many television newscasts and newspapers across the nation sported the hashtag: #MeToo....

Moving beyond the #MeToo Movement

Joseph Langan April 4, 2018

The #MeToo Movement pressed pause on the patriarchy, empowered millions of women and opened a narrow, spellbinding window into the closed-door politics of Hollywood’s inner circles. The movement shed...

Our View: Food for thought after the spring break lull

April 1, 2018

The Stater’s Sunday production night coming back from spring break is never the most productive. As staff members file back in from their respective travel destinations (no, we didn’t sit in Franklin...

So you come to me for forgiveness again?

Brandon Bounds April 1, 2018

“Son, can you forgive me?”I’ve been asked that same question from my father three times in my life.The first time my father asked me for forgiveness was when I was six or seven years old.I didn’t...

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