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Many millennials believe in Bernie Sanders, but will we care enough to vote?

By Jane Mandley · Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015

I didn’t vote. Not for 2012’s presidential election. Not for last year’s midterms. Am I registered?

We need to stop child obesity

By Micaela Stevenson · Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

Kids don’t become obese overnight. And no, I’m not talking about the kids that are larger than the others, but their doctors say they’re healthy.

How the Republicans' hysteria over Iran is hurting us

By Corson Nikkel · Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015

The Republicans have proven that they are incapable of reading or comprehending anything regarding the Iran Deal aside from it simply not happening.

Donald Trump is the shattering reflection of everything that is wrong with America

By Jacques Vorves · Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015

Donald Trump is the perfect reflection of a sick society; one which is consumed by consumerism, financed by greed, lobbied by corruption and which bathes in the murky waters of ignorance and chauvinism.

Don't put your bed on the backburner

By Jane Mandley · Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015

Into the second week of class, I think we can all agree that we are once more swung into the throes of another heavy-loaded college semester.

Health problems college-aged women need to pay attention to

By Micaela Stevenson · Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015

Every time physicians and scientists discover new ways to cure diseases, it seems like there are new diseases or old ones coming back and spreading.

Freshmen, don't ignore good opportunities

By Zubin Khan · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015

In the film “Mr. Nobody,” a 118-year old man named Nemo is beckoned to recall the details of his life.

Why we shouldn't defund Planned Parenthood

By Micaela Stevenson · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015

Recently, there has been controversy over the mass closing of Planned Parenthood locations nationwide.

Vaccinations should be compulsory for children

By Micaela Stevenson · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015

Recently, with the rise of children diagnosed with autism, many parents are beginning to believe that there is a link between autism and vaccinations.

Stop preaching abstinence only

By Micaela Stevenson · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015

In highly religious cultures throughout the United States, it is a practice in some school districts to only teach abstinence, regarding sexual health and education.

The NFL is a leech on society

By Corson Nikkel · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015

It’s football season again and, for me, that means it’s the time of year when I pick the football team I follow in order to appease my modern-gladiatorial-game-watching friends.

What did Donald Trump say about John McCain?

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015

“Word and emotion together are the most powerful force known to mankind,” said Republican pollster Frank Luntz—perhaps best known for pushing the use of the terms “death tax” and “climate change” instead of “estate tax” and “global warming”. Luntz, like Michael Moore, Tim Sebastian and Sean Hannity, falls neatly under my definition of a propagandist—one to whom the possibility that they could be wrong is completely alien and who propagates their gluttony of confidence via mass media.

The depths and importance of art

By Kavonna Smith · Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015

In many ways, art is my best friend—actually she’s my sister.

Donald Trump is the 'obvious presidential candidate'

By Corson Nikkel · Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015

Every American should realize that it is their obvious duty to vote for Donald Trump to be the 45th president of the United States.

My thoughts on the first GOP debates

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015

Ten Republicans faced-off in Cleveland, Ohio in the first debate of the primaries on August 6th and, just hours earlier, seven others had faced-off.

Ignore Trump at your own risk, Republicans

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015

Within a week of seeing my words “[I] see only two names on the political horizon: Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton” in print last February, I felt very silly.

Bernie Sanders is no Scandinavian

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015

If Bernie Sanders is going to say that the United States should look more like Scandinavia, he must first present an idea of what the Scandinavian model actually is.

Sanders and Trump are competing populists

By C.A. Joseph Peters · Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are not opposites, but rather they are competing populists. Candidates who, as libertarian Glenn Reynolds writes, “have come forward to claim the orphaned vote.” To paraphrase Marine Le Pen, president of the largest third-party in France, modern political struggles are no longer between left and right but between globalist and anti-globalist.

Separate no more

By Jacques Vorves · Sunday, June 28, 2015

History was made on Friday, when the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 vote that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage.

EMU's tuition raise is inappropriate

By Corson Nikkel · Sunday, June 28, 2015

Eastern Michigan University has recently announced that it is raising the cost of tuition by 7.8 percent.