The Politricks of Christmas

It has begun. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. The music that is being played even though it’s not yet Thanksgiving, the sales, the movies, the influx of people in the mall that has spontaneously regenerated out of thing air as if they have been hibernating for the past six months; the cold […]

Did I Miss Something Here?

Hello Internet-Land! This week’s topic is Common Sense and Decorum: Old School Concept, or Myth? We have all heard the phrase, there is a time and a place for everything at one point or another, but it doesn’t seem to be taking effect in this world. Color me corny, but I don’t understand why people are just […]

Something Is Not Right

So I had to buy books again and when I was on my bookstore’s website, I discovered that I have to buy 12 books: four for philosophy, two for science, three for French, and two for anthropology. I know, bummer, right? Definitely. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from buying books over the years, it’s research, […]

To Carry or Not to Carry

So I read this article about students who are fighting for a law to be passed to allow them to carry guns on campus. Before I give you my opinion on this, here’s a little background:
The second amendment is the part of the Bill of Rights that says: ”a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the […]

Cupid’s Calling…

With Valentine’s Day a week away, some college students are loading up on saccharine gifts for their sweethearts. But if you’re single, buck up! In a column earlier this week, the Arizona Daily Wildcat’s Laura Donovan makes the case for staying solo: “Being single doesn’t translate into being weird or unwanted. In many cases, it’s […]

Facebook’s Demise?

I’m feeling a little out of the loop. On Wednesday, Brian Eggenberger, a student at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, argued in a BG News column that Facebook is dead. “I never check Facebook anymore, maybe once a month,” he writes. Really? Because I still start typing “facebook” into my browser instinctively, even when […]

Wake Up, You Lazy Sleepyhead!

The clash between night owls and early risers is as old as the righties-versus-lefties conflict. Morning people scorn those lazy snoozers (”Congrats on emerging from your cave,” they think. “I’ve only gone running, breakfasted and planted a garden of Alternanthera since dawn.”) Undergrads are the nightest of night owls, so they get the harshest criticism. […]

To Serve the World or the Bank Account?

June: month of butterflies, barbeques, and guilt-infused debates about career choice. Should college grads’ decisions reflect a responsibility to the rest of the world? If so, which careers count as ethically responsible and which fall into the selfish bin? In a column in The Stanford Daily, Stuart Baimel argues that career choices are just a […]

“Never Have I Ever Been White”

Ohio State undergrad Everdeen Mason’s column on Mother’s Day was guffaw-worthy, but Mason’s outshone herself this week with a piece on her relationship with her best friend. Mason is black, her best friend is white, and they’re vocally obsessed with being an interracial pair. Other people, though, feel awkward about Mason and her friend’s race-related […]

College Grads Love the Sap

Looking through college columns from the past few days, I could hardly find one that wasn’t a sappy senior-year retrospective, from Mary-Catherine Lader’s piece in The Brown Daily Herald to UCLA senior Lana Yoo’s tribute to L.A. (the “City of Angels”). At first, my brain rebelled. Can’t someone graduate from college without going all Brady […]

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