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Foglesong: Democracies Better Suited to Handle Crises

Foglesong: Democracies Better Suited to Handle Crises

By Samuel Foglesong October 27, 2017

On Sept. 19, the 8 million inhabitants of Mexico City awoke to violent shaking and the sound of destruction. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake ripped through the city and countryside, resulting in more than...

Foglesong: Hypocrisy and Inaction in America

Foglesong: Hypocrisy and Inaction in America

By Samuel Foglesong October 23, 2017

If you talk to people on the right, you’ll notice a common theme running through their reasons for inaction on certain social and political issues. They angrily claim, “Why should I listen to Obama...

Barron: Civility in the Trump Era

Barron: Civility in the Trump Era

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer October 22, 2017

Civility is defined as politeness in speech and behavior; the ability to disagree without being disagreeable. The concept is not difficult, as we have all grown up on platitudes like Disney’s ‘if you...

Groesbeck: DeVos Rescinds Obama-era Guidelines For Handling Campus Sexual Assault

Groesbeck: DeVos Rescinds Obama-era Guidelines For Handling Campus Sexual Assault

By Ren Groesbeck October 13, 2017

On Sept. 7, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced her decision to reverse Obama-era guidelines for handling sexual assault on campus. These guidelines were created to protect individuals — primarily...

Swanson: Spain’s Strategy of Occupying and Ignoring Catalonia is Not Going to Work Out

Swanson: Spain’s Strategy of Occupying and Ignoring Catalonia is Not Going to Work Out

By Gavin Swanson, Opinion Writer October 9, 2017

On this upcoming Monday, Catalonia will declare itself as an independent state separate from the Kingdom of Spain. After an unofficial vote in 2014 where 80 percent of Catalan voters chose secession, on...

Groesbeck: Terrorism By Any Other Name

Groesbeck: Terrorism By Any Other Name

By Ren Groesbeck October 5, 2017

It is time to politicize the terror attack by a white man at the music festival in Las Vegas. Whiteness protects people who organize terrorist attacks from being called a terrorist and instead are called...

Concert goers in Las Vegas flee as shooter Stephen Paddock unleashes on the crowd below.

Coleman: Avoid Hasty Decisions After Las Vegas Massacre

By Nicholas Coleman October 4, 2017

There is no mistaking that the massacre in Las Vegas was an act of pure evil. Instead of allowing the country to mourn, politicians and public figures hastily used the incident to push their monotonous...

Foglesong: Ben Shapiro, Intellectual Hit-Man

Foglesong: Ben Shapiro, Intellectual Hit-Man

By Samuel Foglesong October 2, 2017

On September 23, dedicated students rose well before dawn and waited for hours in the dark to get their tickets to see Ben Shapiro speak. Seating was initially scheduled to be on a first come, first serve...

Protesters gather outside of a Ben Shapiro speech at the University of Utah on September 27, 2017.

Richards: What I Saw at the Ben Shapiro Protest

By Connor Richards October 2, 2017

There have been mixed accounts of what happened at the University of Utah on the evening of September 27 at a protest outside conservative commentator Ben Shapiro's speech. It was reported by national...

Air National Guard 1st Lt. Benjamin Garland, Denver Broncos Offensive Guard and 140th Wing Public Affairs Officer, stand with Ronnie Hillman (21) and Montee Ball (38) as he listens to the National Anthem at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colo. Aug 24, 2013. Garland, who originally entered the National Football League in 2010 after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy, was on the Bronco’s reserve/military list while fulfilling his active duty obligations in the Air Force. In 2012 Garland joined the Colorado Air National Guard and made the Broncos practice squad as a defensive lineman and is competing this season to make the 53 man final roster. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Wolfram M. Stumpf/RELEASED)

Barron: Protest is Patriotic

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer October 1, 2017

This past weekend, President Trump took issue with NFL players like Colin Kaepernick who choose to protest racial inequality in our country by kneeling during the national anthem. He claimed these players...