Opinions

EMU should offer more support for its premed students

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Nov. 22, 2015

Anyone who knows me knows I am premed. I love to talk to people and I am fascinated with the human body.

France, Beirut and social media

By Zubin Khan · Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015

A series of horrible terrorist attacks across Paris left over a hundred innocent people dead, Friday, November 13.

Trump and Carson: vast differences

By Jane Mandley · Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015

When looking at the two Republican front runners—Donald Trump and Ben Carson—there are a great number of differences between them that cause people, who are thinking of voting Republican, to lean one way or the other.

We need to raise our girls to be strong and to want to pursue their dreams

By Micaela Stevenson · Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015

When most girls are younger, even though they are not directly told be so, girls learn to be cute.

Nous sommes tous Français: We are all French

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015

In Paris, Friday evening, in a half-dozen cooperated attacks, men with AK-47s, grenades, shotguns and suicide vests attacked a restaurant, a sold-out concert hall and bombed a stadium.

Stop normalizing violence

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015

We live in a violent day in age. People are killed daily for a variety of reasons and frequently, none of it makes much sense.

Stop giving women compliments at the expense of other women

By Micaela Stevenson · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015

We have all heard it before: “You’re [blank] for a girl”. You could put in anything from smart to funny.

Republican non-career politicians are on the rise

By Jane Mandley · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015

There’s a reason why more people seem to be interested in this particular presidential election.

Tampons are a necessity for women and should be free

By Micaela Stevenson · Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015

According to Mamamia, an independent Australian website focusing on women’s issues, women spend about 120 dollars a year on tampons and sanitary napkins alone every year.

Everyone should be in favor of breastfeeding

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015

If you are sitting through Biology 120 with Dr. Cara Shillington this semester like I am, you learned that all mammals have mammary glands: those which allow the animal to produce milk.

Don't teach girls that hitting means 'he likes you'

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015

Most girls know what it’s like to play on a playground in elementary school. Most girls also know what it’s like to get hit by a boy.

Misfits like Trump and Sanders are healthy signs

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Sunday, Nov. 8, 2015

In 1912, political divisions which seem obvious today were still ill-defined. Amid a still-ongoing political pole-shift, Woodrow Wilson was something of a novelty—a progressive Democrat.

Men, stop speaking over women

By Micaela Stevenson · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015

Many men don’t know it, but they talk over women. They talk over them a lot. This doesn’t have to be a conscious action for it to be rude either.

College-aged women should see a Gynecologist annually

By Micaela Stevenson · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015

According to an article in the Huffington Post, about 17 percent of women in the United States actually see a gynecologist for regular annual exams.

Republicans, Democrats and Jim Webb

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2015

When I watched the first Democratic debate, I was impressed yet again with democratic socialist Bernie Sanders.

Being anti-immigration and anti-equal opportunity is anti-American

By Jane Mandley · Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015

I hope you all will be lined up at the Student Center for tonight’s 7:00pm showing of “V for Vendetta.” With its political themes as well as compelling thriller qualities, this dystopian film springs from a “What If?” perspective of a post-WWII world in favor of the Axis Powers.