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Opinion

History Teaches How to Unite In the Face of a Common Enemy: Climate Change

History Teaches How to Unite In the Face of a Common Enemy: Climate Change

November 30, 2015

Five hundred and eighty-five BC marks the sixth year of a vengeful war waged between the Medians and the Lydians in Anatolia — modern-day Turkey. The conflict was catalyzed by a cruel culinary prank...

U Grads Produce New App “Limnu,” Made for Digital Collaboration in the Workplace

November 30, 2015

From Google Docs to Slack, we find ourselves in the midst of a transformative era in communication. The days of phone calls and email are gradually giving way to chat rooms and video calls. Programs once...

Societys Overemphasis on Competition and Success Makes Students Ill, Unhappy

Society’s Overemphasis on Competition and Success Makes Students Ill, Unhappy

November 27, 2015

Most of us are all too aware that finals are just around the corner. As we progress through our collegiate academic careers, many of us undergrads will be thinking about graduate school – law, medicine,...

Satire: How to Handle Holiday Travel This Season (And Make Friends)

Satire: How to Handle Holiday Travel This Season (And Make Friends)

November 26, 2015

Traveling during the holidays can be challenging -- whether you're carrying a plethora of bags by yourself on your way to see your family or you're trying to juggle kids, boarding passes and backpacks,...

Activities of Anonymous Could Derail Government Attempts to Target ISIS

Activities of “Anonymous” Could Derail Government Attempts to Target ISIS

November 25, 2015

We live in a world where vigilante hacker groups are idolized and commended for their illegal activity. In an era of extreme distrust of the government and law enforcement officials, it is only natural...

Hacktivist Group Anonymous Needs Oversight, Coordination to Pose Real Threat

Hacktivist Group “Anonymous” Needs Oversight, Coordination to Pose Real Threat

November 24, 2015

Most people on the Internet have heard of Anonymous, the vigilante hacktivist group who have attacked everybody from ISIS to the NSA. This week, the group leaked a list of Ku Klux Klan members and FBI...

The Disturbing Rise of the Dark Side of Horror

The Disturbing Rise of the Dark Side of Horror

November 23, 2015

“American Horror Story” is one of the most popular television series to date. For better or worse people are indulging in this series of intense tragedy, scandal, incest and rape — with graphic violence...

Actor Shia Labeouf, who plays the part of “Bible/Boyd Swan”, gives interviews with the media on the “Red Carpet” during the world premiere of the movie Fury at the Newseum in Washington D.C.  (Department of Defense photo by Marvin Lynchard)

Failed Actor or Salient Artist? An Ode to Shia Labeouf

November 23, 2015

There are two conceptions of Shia LaBeouf circulating the United States right now: failed nutty “artist” (albeit an entertaining one) and transitioning star-turned-artist with a serious message. I...

Looking at the Paris Tragedy from a Muslim Student Perspective

Looking at the Paris Tragedy from a Muslim Student Perspective

November 23, 2015

I’ve been closely associated with the concept of terrorism since I was a six year old in first grade. On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I sat in hushed silence as America was violently attacked, and...