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Patience: Work Shouldn’t Come Before Health

Patience: Work Shouldn’t Come Before Health

By Alisa Patience April 10, 2018

Every day, students arrive at school coughing and pale, obviously sick, yet they show up anyway, usually due to the fear of falling behind or losing class participation points. Most of us work in addition...

Braden: Partisanship Causes Confusion About DACA

Braden: Partisanship Causes Confusion About DACA

By Paul Braden April 9, 2018

Last September saw the end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program better known as DACA, and as a result of its undue closure, many hardworking, educated immigrants will soon be forced to...

Barber: 1947: Race in the United States

Barber: 1947: Race in the United States

By Shaelyn Barber April 8, 2018

Among old belt-buckles, wooden furniture, yard appliances and music records, I found gold at a yard sale — a copy of Life Magazine from Sept. 15, 1947. It’s brimming with history, a time capsule of...

Park: Aspirin Is Not A Cure-All Medicine

Park: Aspirin Is Not A Cure-All Medicine

By Chan Kyu April 8, 2018

Aspirin has been used by people all over the world as a useful medicine since the mid-1800s. It has been used by a lot of people due to its significant effectiveness. Its main purpose is to reduce high...

Barron: We are all Martha Ellis

Barron: We are all Martha Ellis

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer April 8, 2018

CORRECTION: The Fire Chief is Brian Dale, not Brian Danes. Name has been corrected below. I wonder if Martha Ellis always knew she wanted to be a firefighter. I can imagine her as a kindergartner showing...

H2H: Who's the Better Avenger?

H2H: Who’s the Better Avenger?

By Alisa Patience and Natalie Parkin April 7, 2018

Iron Man Deserves More Credit By Natalie Parkin When it comes to the Marvel superheroes Iron Man and Captain America, the title of best Avenger has been a debate for a long time. Many argue Captain...

Social media pulled up on the phone on Wednesday, March 14, 2018. (Photo by Curtis Lin)

Barber: Using Twitter Professionally

By Shaelyn Barber April 5, 2018

Twitter is the place to be. With 330 million monthly users and 500 million tweets sent out every day, the thriving Twitter-verse is one of the popular social media platforms. If you haven’t already jumped...

Patience: Breaking Down Social Media

Patience: Breaking Down Social Media

By Alisa Patience April 4, 2018

Students today may have a lot of disadvantages, such as the cost of tuition and rent and reputations of laziness, but we do have an important and wonderful advantage: social media. We are fortunate enough...

Park: Suffering Through Early Morning Classes

Park: Suffering Through Early Morning Classes

By Chan Kyu April 4, 2018

As high school students, we had to wake up early in the morning to go to school and take classes. Now, being a university student, I wanted to manage my class schedule and take classes that weren't super...

Braden: Perception and Experience Fall Short of Defining Morality

Braden: Perception and Experience Fall Short of Defining Morality

By Paul Braden April 4, 2018

A simple click of the TV remote through the seemingly endless number of broadcast news stations might elicit different reactions based on the viewer. For some, frustration is the overwhelming sentiment....