Run, Joe, run

The Editorial Staff The Democratic nomination is officially up for grabs. For nearly three years, the American people were told that Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, was going to walk uncontested into the Oval Office as the first female president of the U.S. That calculation appears to be dead wrong. According to a pair of recent polls, Bernie Sanders, the self-described democratic socialist … Continue reading Run, Joe, run

Top 5 recipes any poor college kid can make

Jackson Cooper     Staff Writer “What I’ve made for you today is a rustic-style, raspberry reduction, garnished with a smooth roasted peanut spread, spread across a thick slice of white bread with another slice of bread holding the flavors in place. Really, what I’m doing this for is my dad…he was always a chef, he’s the reason I started cooking, and I know (sniff) … Continue reading Top 5 recipes any poor college kid can make

Temporary tie dye: A conservative’s experience at a Bernie Sanders Rally

Mark Parent Opinions Editor This past Sunday night, I was locked in a medieval torture chamber. Well, not really. The truth is that I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a local Bernie Sanders political rally on behalf of The Carolinian; as you can probably guess, I decided that socialism is not my forte. Sanders, the socialist senator from Vermont, was somehow able to draw … Continue reading Temporary tie dye: A conservative’s experience at a Bernie Sanders Rally

Art still has rules! Notes from a senior

Quinn Hunter Layout Editor Many things have been said about creating art. Coming into college, I knew none of those things, and I am sure neither do a bulk of the first-year art students. So here is the very best of 3.25 years of art school in two columns. You won’t find great ideas in the clouds. Ideas are not hiding somewhere, and you have … Continue reading Art still has rules! Notes from a senior

Assault Weapons Ban

The issue of gun control is, by all accounts, hyper-partisan and prone to inaction. Yet, in light of frequent mass shootings, it is important to reexamine the arguments surrounding the effectiveness of an assault weapons ban, which is often touted as a panacea to these instances of mass violence. An assault weapons ban, which was the law of the land for an entire decade, would … Continue reading Assault Weapons Ban

Millennial Moment

Natalie King  Publisher Instagram is an alternate universe of pictures, quotes and other rather useless bits of information we millennials likely scroll through 50 times per day. I would argue that almost anyone who is an active Instagrammer has experienced the awkward encounter of seeing someone you only know via social media in public. To those of an older generation, this would likely not be … Continue reading Millennial Moment

My weekend at Bernie’s

Spencer Schneier    News Editor n Sunday, Bernie Sanders delivered a speech at the Greensboro Coliseum to a crowd of over 9,000 people, outlining his platform in a passionate speech touching on things from racial inequality to health care reform. Many of his solutions are outlandish; some of them are probably too socialist to ever be viable in the U.S. political climate, but all of … Continue reading My weekend at Bernie’s

The lesson of 9/11: Thank our first responders

Mark Parent Opinions Editor Fourteen years ago, I was sitting in a second-grade classroom wondering why my mom had called me to the office to be picked up early from school. As it turned out, al-Qaeda had attacked the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and even downed a plane in Pennsylvania. Of course, every single one of us knows the rest of the story. America … Continue reading The lesson of 9/11: Thank our first responders

Correct me if I’m wrong…

Political correctness: The new tyranny Mark Parent Opinions Editor There are those among us who want to kill freedom of speech, and we cannot let that happen. In today’s age, political correctness has become a form of speech fascism that is used to oppress, judge and label individuals for even a minor slip of the tongue. And on college campuses, including this one, this form … Continue reading Correct me if I’m wrong…

Restoring Unity: All Lives Matter Civil Rights Rally

 Adam Griffin   Staff Writer Behind 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., crowds of people gather in groups surrounded by marshals. They take up pens and sign a pledge to non-violence. They then turn to their groups and pick up picket signs. They are walking several blocks down the streets to the City Hall, hoping to make real changes to the law that has … Continue reading Restoring Unity: All Lives Matter Civil Rights Rally