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Blogs, Columns, Opinions

Satirist’s Corner – Time to Freak Out and Panic

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

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Columns, Politics

What to Take from Harvey

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

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Columns, Opinions

NC: Not So Bad

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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Editorials, Opinions

Let’s Talk About Organics

Annie Walker Opinions Editor Organic often feels synonymous with healthy. At the very least, it is tempting to believe that something grown in such a fancy way that it bears its own special sticker should be worth the extra money. Yet for all the hype around prohibiting genetic modification, reducing pesticide use, and requiring animals to be treated more humanely, what does going organic even … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Organics

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Columns, Opinions

Overworked and Underpaid

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

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Columns, Opinions, technology

The Deceptive Allure of Technology

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

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Columns, Opinions

Children of the Cornucopia

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

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Columns, Opinions

Pass the Toxic Masculinity

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

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Columns, Opinions

Friendship With Few, Alliance With Fewer

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

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