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Parkin: Person or Profile, Finding Love in the Digital Age

Parkin: Person or Profile, Finding Love in the Digital Age

By Natalie Parkin October 14, 2017

Ah, dating. The cause of most every boy and girl’s hormonal stress. I think we all can agree that the “dating game” is as scary as it is fun. One’s personal confidence is tested when asking another...

Williams: @InstagramMotives

Williams: @InstagramMotives

By Brook Williams October 13, 2017

Why do we feel compelled to post silly, meaningless captions on social media? Is it something that has manifested itself on Instagram over time, or is it because we’re afraid to show our true thoughts...

Richards: "American Vandal" Accurately Portrays the High School Mindset

Richards: “American Vandal” Accurately Portrays the High School Mindset

By Connor Richards October 13, 2017

While summer blockbusters are usually based around intense action and overwhelming special effects, some of the most popular movies of all time have been about a more mundane subject matter: high school....

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...

Barron: The Importance of Student Mentors

Barron: The Importance of Student Mentors

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer October 13, 2017

My first time on campus was more than a decade before I enrolled as a student. I was seven years old, dressed in the chestnut brown uniform of a Girl Scout Brownie and was an attendee of the Society of...

Foglesong: Catalans and Chargers

Foglesong: Catalans and Chargers

By Samuel Foglesong October 13, 2017

Last Sunday the star studded Barcelona Football Club made their way into one of the biggest sports arenas in Europe to face off against Las Palmas. Normally the roar of the crowd at the Camp Nou is deafening,...

California Army and Air National Guard firefighting aircraft and their crews from the 129th Rescue Wing, out of Moffett Field, and the 3-140th Aviation Battalion, out of Los Alamitos, work out of a wildfire staging base near Redding, Calif., Aug. 24, 2012, where they maintain their birds, rest, and take to the skies with gigantic buckets of water filled from local dip sites and dropped on the fire line. The citizen soldiers and airmen are assisting CALFIRE and other local agencies in battling numerous blazes in the Golden State's northern mountainous region.

Barber: Don’t Prioritize One Natural Disaster Over Another

By Shaelyn Barber October 9, 2017

As far as natural disasters go, 2017 has been one hell of a year. The U.S. has been plagued by colossal phenomena: fires, drought, flooding and hurricanes have been assailing us for the last several months,...

Patience: Why America Needs to Embrace Marijuana

Patience: Why America Needs to Embrace Marijuana

By Alisa Patience October 9, 2017

Just because something is legal doesn't mean it's good, and just because something is illegal doesn't mean it's bad. After all, divorce was illegal for most of our history. And people argue about guns...

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...

Parkin: A Testing Guide for Students: How to Stay Sane

Parkin: A Testing Guide for Students: How to Stay Sane

By Natalie Parkin October 9, 2017

When a professor hands a student the study guide for one of their exams, most students do anything but read it. The routine of any student is pretty much the same once they plop their textbooks on their...