Andrew Oliver Staff Writer American workers are nothing if not overworked. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans seem to spend more time at work with fewer days off than workers in any other industrialized country. With statistics like these, it may come as a surprise that work-hour insecurity, a phenomenon in which workers are systematically getting scheduled for under 40 hours per week, … Continue reading Overworked and Underpaid
Nicholas Tyler Staff Writer It is almost cliché to remark on the wonder of modern technology – which is very much the wonder of computerization. In our time, there are more transistors shocking zeros and ones than there are synapses firing off in all human brains. The calculating power to end worlds fits in the palm of your hand and takes pictures of your brunch: … Continue reading The Deceptive Allure of Technology
Krysten Heberly Staff Writer As a collective global force, we are ending the world as we know it through our unsustainable methods of farming all food we eat. It is imperative to the future health of this planet that we stop using factory farming as our primary source of food production. We are turning once-rich soil into dust, pushing species to the brink of extinction, … Continue reading Children of the Cornucopia
Patrick O’Connell Staff Writer Personally, I have never been interested in sports at all. However, I cannot deny that they play a major role in society. Professional athletes are paid millions per year, and everywhere in the world there are sports fans. Sports play a positive role on the world, influencing people to stay in shape and bringing people together. But every problem with sports … Continue reading Pass the Toxic Masculinity
Annie Walker Opinions Editor Once in a lifetime is a curious way to describe an event that happens roughly once every eighteen months. This phrase has been bandied about often enough to risk losing all meaning. Perhaps more specific, for my grandmother, is the phrase “last in a lifetime”. Our next American eclipse will come in 2024, but seven years in the future is less … Continue reading Eclipse Across Generations
Catie Byrne Features Editor There have been a variety of shows with a focus on gay life on network television. More recently, Netflix creations have competed with these programs, but nothing has cut quite to the core of young gay audiences as the five-episode Youtube series: “The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo.” Starring and created by Brian Jordan Alvarez, Alvarez plays the romantically … Continue reading The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo
Cason Ragland Staff Writer Everyone loves a party, but they only love the party if it’s got a great theme! The theme sets a kind of atmosphere for those to embrace or ignore. The latter is forbidden, of course, if you actually want to enjoy yourself. Imagine you’re invited to a Christmas in July Ugly Sweater Cook Out. Sure, it’s 90 degrees outside, but are … Continue reading Satirist’s Corner – Party Themes
Nicholas Tyler Staff Writer Globalization is a reliable scapegoat for many of the ails we suffer. It’s a boogeyman that snatches up U.S. jobs, and if there’s any word we consider sacred in this country, it’s “jobs.” But it’s doubtful that the opening of markets is the sole reason for our troubles; it may not even be the main reason. In a curious spirit of … Continue reading Friendship With Few, Alliance With Fewer
Patrick O’Connell Staff Writer One of the biggest things being debated currently is free speech. A lot of Trump supporters are saying it’s not okay to criticize the president while also defending Nazis’ right to protest freely. From the left, there has been a huge push for people to use the most up to date nomenclature while also stigmatizing conservatives with racism. Comedy specifically has … Continue reading Joking Hazard
Brianna Wilson Staff Writer One of the single most difficult things for me to maintain as an adult is a healthy diet, and I know I am not the only one on campus to struggle with this. I would gladly take a greasy burger over a salad any day. This fact should not only be attributed to my diet being similar to that of a … Continue reading The Practicality of Healthy Eating
