Opinions

Obama's visit to Cuba is momentous

By Jacques Vorves · Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The United States’ record with Cuba since the 1960s has been rough and downright scary at times, and although my generation — the Millennials — never experienced the same fear as our parents did of nuclear war looming over our heads, we understand how incredibly significant Barack Obama’s visit to Cuba is. My mother used to recount her experiences at school and how her and her classmates would perform drills in case of a nuclear attack.

Only Trump has any chance at winning the Republican nomination

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Sunday, March 20, 2016

Hillary Clinton, as many analysts say, faces an uphill battle against Bernie Sanders now that the Southern primaries are over.

The true meaning of feminism (and how some in my generation are ruining it)

By Jacques Vorves · Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend among millennials who refer to themselves as “social justice warriors.” A trend which, despite its noble origins, has become not only a danger to society, but a blemish on real social justice.

It's time to stop worshiping the Founding Fathers

By Jacques Vorves · Sunday, March 13, 2016

In 1776, the Second Continental Congress declared independence from Great Britain and established the country we know today.

We need to stop saying 'boys will be boys'

By Leaha Dotson · Sunday, March 13, 2016

He’s teasing you? That means he likes you. He pulled your hair because he’s trying to get your attention and doesn’t know how to?

Letter to the Editor: The 'threat' of North Korea is a paper tiger

By Mathew Weick · Wednesday, March 9, 2016

It sounds almost apocalyptically dangerous: a hermit kingdom with nuclear capabilities threatening a “pre-emptive nuclear strike” and an “all-out offensive” against the United States and its allies.

Trump is unifying the Republican Party

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Four years after his even more impressive but nevertheless unsuccessful independent run in 1992, Texas billionaire and Reform Party founder Ross Perot won more than eight million votes in the 1996 presidential election.

We need to pay attention to teen pregnancy

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, March 6, 2016

According to the CDC, the United States has the highest rate of teen pregnancy of all countries in the western world.

Students should not have credit restrictions

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, March 6, 2016

As students, we’re all aware that our school has a credit hour restriction. For underclassmen, the restriction is 19 credit hours.

Students should be heavily graded on attendance

By Micaela Stevenson · Wednesday, March 2, 2016

In high school, I was often told that coming to class mattered a whole lot. Teachers may have rounded grades at the end of semester, but only if they saw you in class frequently or participating.

Rape is not a joke

By Micaela Stevenson · Wednesday, March 2, 2016

I was talking with a friend Saturday night and he told me he felt like he was raped by a class. Looking back on the class, it was extremely difficult.

Hillary Clinton faces a perfect storm over the Supreme Court

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016

With the White House and Congress still battling over whether or not — and if so, with whom — to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court, the November election is increasingly likely to be shaped as much by Washington as by the primaries. Because Hillary Clinton has said that she would “love” to nominate Barack Obama to the Supreme Court if she becomes president, some argue that Obama ought not nominate anyone lest he miss his chance to sit on the Supreme Court.

Voting for Hillary Clinton because she's a woman is not an act of feminism

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016

According to the New York Times, both Madeline Albright and Gloria Steinem believe it is important for young women to support a female presidential candidate.

Bernie Sanders on the issues

By Jacques Vorves · Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016

Over 9,000 people showed up to listen to Bernie Sanders speak this past Monday at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center.

Why Bernie Sanders deserves your vote over Hillary Clinton

By Jacques Vorves · Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016

Many southeastern Michiganders are excited to attend the “A Future to Believe In Rally” today at Eastern Michigan University’s Convocation Center, where Bernie Sanders is set to speak about a “wide range of issues important to Michiganders including making college affordable, reforming our health care system, and getting big money out of politics,” as it states on Sanders’ campaign website. I am one of those supporters who is absolutely ecstatic to attend the event and hear Sanders speak; and, while I’ve already heard most of what he has to say, that is one of the very reasons I back his campaign for president — because for “over 40 years Sanders has built his political career on a very focused message about what he calls a ‘rigged economy,’” according to Tamara Keith, a NPR White House Correspondent. Contrast that to Hillary Clinton, whose political career has been a rollercoaster of inconsistencies, platitudes and kowtows to corporate interests — including ties to special interests and Wall Street.