Taylor Allen Publisher-In-Chief One of my first memories of the political process was assisting my mother in door-to-door campaigning for a local city council race, handing out pamphlets. At one of our stops we ran into an older man who politely turned down our papers, who in the pause before we moved next door, held forth on the irrationality of voting. According to him, the … Continue reading No such thing as ‘throw-away’
Taylor Allen Editor-In-Chief This Wednesday, July 13, Bernie Sanders endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. In the following hours, reactions to the news varied. Some Bernie supporters took the news in stride, some expressed various levels of dismay and a few took to social media with theories about his true motivations. None of these reactions seem unusual for the trends of this election, and given … Continue reading Sanders’ endorsement of Clinton turns heads
Taylor Allen Editor-In-Chief On June 23, 2016 citizens of the United Kingdom participated in a referendum deciding whether or not the nation country should leave the European Union. The ‘leave’ vote won, 51.9% to 48.1%. With a voter turnout rate of 78.1%, the EU referendum had the highest rate of participation in a UK-wide vote in the 21st century so far. But this article is … Continue reading Between participation and outrage: responses to the EU referendum
Taylor Allen Editor-In-Chief Usually when I sit down to write an article, I try to infuse humor into my language. One of the fastest ways to get someone to listen to you is to make them laugh, after all. But today I am out of quips and witty phrases; humor has been in short supply since I woke up on Sunday morning and first read about the Pulse … Continue reading In the aftermath of terror
Taylor Allen Editor-In-Chief There’s a joke I’ve heard a few variations on over the last semester: ‘if I won the lottery, I’d pay off my student debt, and with the last five dollars I’d go get frozen yogurt’. I laugh every time I hear the joke, and yes, every time I tell it as well. It seems amazing that there are so many students who … Continue reading A better debtor
Taylor Allen Editor-In-Chief For me, the word summertime conjures idyllic images: playing in the park, picnic blankets spread out beneath trees and an endless sprawl of perfect days punctuated by trips to the beach and ice cream. The days lengthen, filled with a genial stupor as the nights are filled with the sound of cicadas. These impressions spring from a conglomerate of old books, classic … Continue reading Summer Stress
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