Andrew Oliver Staff Writer The landlord profession, by its very nature, is a problematic one. The landlord, whether their morals and intentions are in the right place or not, thrive off of and sustain an immoral system in which tenants are seeing less and less control over their living spaces due to being more financially burdened and more desperate to find places to live, according … Continue reading Renters Rise Up
Nicholas Tyler Staff Writer Over the past few decades, China has expanded its interests across the developing world, especially Africa, as its state-sponsored companies and contractors have laid down roots. Some see it as a new benevolence; others, a new colonialism. In either case, China isn’t looking to start a war with anyone. Their ventures in Africa do not directly threaten the United States. Rattling … Continue reading China Means Business
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer Many people have had the attitude that Tinder is not the app for self-respecting people to use, which could not be further from the truth. I previously believed there was no way to find precisely what you were looking for in a partner in the world of online dating. This belief was recently challenged when I made a Tinder profile for … Continue reading The Do’s and Don’t’s of Tinder
Patrick O’Connell Staff Writer I met a guy who was completely adamant that Adam Sandler movies are good. Movies like “Jack and Jill,” “Pixels” and “Grownups” are all hated by critics. His argument was that he enjoys watching them; therefore they are good, even if just to laugh at them for being poorly made. If someone enjoys watching Adam Sandler make terrible jokes, ironically or … Continue reading Everyone’s a Critic
Kaetlyn Dembkoski Staff Writer When is the last time you picked up a book and read for yourself? Between parents reading bedtime stories and teachers giving us books to read in class, reading in our earlier years is most often handed to us. Though as childhood turns to adult years, reading gets pushed further into the background of learning. Middle schools hold contests and challenges … Continue reading We Don’t Read Anymore
Cason Ragland Staff Writer Surveillance is a tricky subject. Or is it? I never thought Orwell’s “big brother” thing was very intimidating. Afterall, I’m an older brother and I was nothing but the kindest sibling. Sure, there were a few fights here and there, but I won every single one of them to maintain the balance in our relationship. No personal relationship, however, can compare … Continue reading Satirist’s Corner – Help Them, Help Us
Cason Ragland Staff Writer A hundred years ago none of this would be possible. A man once described as a “short-fingered vulgarian” is regularly taking showers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. He’s top dog, head honcho, or what’s sometimes referred to as the President of the United States. This man has inspired people to say things like “Well, at least comedians have material to work with.” … Continue reading Satirist’s Corner – Time to Freak Out and Panic
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer When a child comes into the world, there are so many decisions to make. The decisions you make for your child hold so much more weight than previous decisions because a baby relies on their parent completely. As a parent, not only do you have to deal with the consequences of your choices, but so does your baby. Nobody knows how … Continue reading Family Policy in U.S.
Nicholas Tyler Staff Writer Every hurricane season, people for whom the Gulf Coast is home count on the weather being somewhat merciful. The Gulf is part of who they are. I grew up in Pensacola and recall hurricane warnings and flooded streets – Opal and Danny, I think. Hurricanes and tropical storms were a fact of life of which even five-year olds could be aware. … Continue reading What to Take from Harvey
Patrick O’Connell Staff Writer This past summer I went to California. Every Uber driver I rode with asked me where I was from. I’d say North Carolina and their face would drop. I knew the image that appeared in their heads: trans discrimination, gerrymandering, confederate flags and fields of tobacco. All of those, except for the last one, I feel didn’t represent our state right. … Continue reading NC: Not So Bad
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