Where is the justification? Where is the reason? Lately, the government seems to have lost their senses. First they banned transgenders from defending our country, then they repealed DACA, and now, under the Trump administration, the F.C.C. has abandoned Net Neutrality. As the technology-obsessed society that we have become, it can be generalized that we […]
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Making time for social enjoyment equals academics in importance
If there was a club named “too obsessed with school,” I would be the president. For anyone who has ever seen me in the hallway, you probably saw me walking extremely fast. That’s because I was rushing to class to do even more studying before the bell rang. Looking back on it now, my life […]
High-profile sexual harassment allegations spark an overdue national conversation
The number of high-profile men accused of sexual assault since Oct. 5 has risen to 35, and the amount of lives altered by such heinous actions is unfathomable. Harvey Weinstein, producer and co-founder of the Weinstein Company, was only the beginning of a seemingly endless list of men who abused their power and wealth gained […]
Why not Kaepernick?
If we were to tune into a few NFL games this Sun- day, we’d see players such as Adrian Peterson, Greg Hardy and Adam “Pacman” Jones. All of these players are former Pro Bowl-ers, but that isn’t the only thing they have in common. All of those players, plus many more suiting up on Sunday, […]
Children should never be used to politically bargain
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. Until a few weeks ago, I didn’t even know what DACA, as it is widely referred to, meant. I had always known that the Obama Administration gave special benefits to illegal immigrants who were children, but I never recognized it as an immigration policy. I thought of it as a […]