Kassandra Travis Staff Writer On midnight of Jan. 20 the government was forced to shut down due to the failure to pass a continuing resolution for the funding of the federal government. The main cause of this shutdown was the result of a bitter and unresolved conflict between the Democratic and Republican parties. Although blame has been thrown at both sides, all parties were responsible … Continue reading Pulling the Governmental Plug
Krysten Heberly Opinions Editor Often after a loss, we seek to find someone to blame it on. It’s difficult to understand the circumstances which led someone to take their own life, and we seek to place blame on the people who were cruel in their lives, and the situations which pushed them to the brink. This is especially true when it comes to bullying. On … Continue reading Teenage Suicide (Don’t Do It)
Courtney Cordoza Staff Writer Correction: The Carolinian misreported that the Renaissance Community Co-op as a food bank. The Renaissance Community Co-op is a retail grocery store that obtains its products through licensed distributors and suppliers, not donations. For most, grocery shopping is a weekly ritual. We make our trek through the aisles, crossing items off of a curated list. We wait through the long lines … Continue reading A Tale of Two Pantries
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer All too often we hear people comment about how awful they think teenagers are. As a future high school English teacher, I know this reality all too well. Whenever I mention my chosen career path, the first thing I hear is, “Why would you want to do that to yourself?” People always talk about how they could never work with teenagers, … Continue reading The Bias Against Teenagers
Jamie Howell Staff Writer Universities are meant to be places where the free exchange of ideas is cherished and encouraged. They are places where young people go to escape the parents and friends whose opinions we’ve grown comfortable with, get strange new haircuts and develop new and perhaps idealistic views of the world. It’s concerning that students, more than any other group, seem to have … Continue reading Free Speech on College Campuses
Sarah Grace Goolden Staff Writer From fighting to get the last book before class starts, to scrounging up hundreds of dollars for a stack of papers that will collect dust, students know the horrors of buying textbooks far too well. Anyone who has attended college has at least once questioned the price of required readings and if they still serve their function in our current … Continue reading Textbook Terrors
Kassandra Travis Staff Writer Beginning on Jan. 1, the state of Oregon lifted its ban on self-service gas pumps and it has the the state outraged. Although the state is demanding a reverse in the recently approved law, there is no concrete basis for their reaction. This novel experience for Oregonians will not only allow better access to gas pumps, but it will also allow … Continue reading The Price of Pumping
Sarah Grace Goolden Staff Writer Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon, donated $33 million in college scholarships to TheDream.Us, a non-profit organization focused on children protected from deportation under the DACA program. However, Bezos, along with billionaires just like him, have been under fire for their mistreatment of employees while enjoying their massive tax breaks. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, established by … Continue reading What Should Billionaires Be Doing With Their Money?
Patrick O’Connell Staff Writer Recently the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York updated their policy on admission fees. For the past 50 years, the Met has allowed anyone from the public to visit and enjoy art for free. It’s given thousands of people the opportunity to learn and experience works of art that they normally wouldn’t, amd has opened eyes to a world that … Continue reading The Met is Showing that Art Is Not for Everyone
Courtney Cordoza Staff Writer During Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, he spoke of the many grandeur plans he had to reverse the so-called damage that had been done to our country. These campaign promises included tax breaks for the working middle class, repealing Obamacare and ending the war on coal. From what we can see, Trump ultimately failed to enact these policies. The biggest letdown … Continue reading Trump Is Not Getting His Hands Dirty
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