My experience as a debater has allowed me to pursue and study many niche concepts that most people would overlook or simply dismiss due to how irrational they seem. Meanwhile, us debaters spend entire weekends ranting at almost incomprehensible speeds about how the state is bad and going to kill…
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Standardized testing sparks debate over best educational approaches
If you attended school in the United States public education system, chances are you had to labor through a standardized test or two during your time in primary and secondary education. As students, you are told that these tests are meant to measure the extent to which you have absorbed…
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Album review: “DiCaprio 2”
Monday, Nov. 26 saw the release of Dreamville artist J.I.D.’s long-awaited second studio album and continuation of the “DiCaprio” series entitled “DiCaprio 2.” This is J.I.D.’s second studio album coming after his 2017 breakout album “The Never Story” and also a follow up to J.I.D.’s most highly regarded mixtape “DiCaprio.”…
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Opinion: U.S. education is fascist
The founding fathers conceptualized a nation free from oppression and open to expression, yet the institutions tasked with cultivating the youth are given the capability to ravage core American values. Every student ponders their obligation to school. Isn’t it hypocritical that we are raised under principles of freedom only to…
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Opinion: The Troost gentrification project is colonialism in action
There isn’t much deliberation needed over the question of whether or not the United States is a colonial project. The U.S. embodies the word colonialism and magnifies all of the worst qualities of it. The American origin story begins with settlement on Native American lands. This was Columbus’ supposed discovery…
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Brian Ettling presents the conservative case for a carbon tax at the 2018 Truex Economic Lecture
On Tuesday, Oct. 9, Brian Ettling visited William Jewell College to give the Truex Economic Lecture. A 1992 Jewell alumni, Ettling spent 25 years as a national park ranger, which led him to his current career as a climate change organizer, public speaker and lobbyist. Ettling’s occupation has taken him…
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Tiger Woods is back
As Tiger Woods walked towards what became the shot that would grant him his 80th Pro Golf Association tour win, the crowd followed intently, ready to watch Woods reclaim the throne after going over 1,800 days without a single tournament win. This scene resembled the walk that Woods took in…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Elon Musk as a disconnected, misguided, manipulative villian
A modest father of two who works at the Tesla production factory in Fremont, Calif. does not earn a livable wage. While the living wage in Fremont rests at 28 dollars an hour, Tesla employees are paid anywhere from 17 to 22 dollars an hour. In addition to low pay,…
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