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Category: Opinions

Student groups divide our culture but overlap is possible

20 September 2019
Trent Brink
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It’s unavoidable that people will always migrate to what’s familiar because that’s what’s comfortable. More often than not the same type of people that we…

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Breaking up Big Tech is a start… but it’s not enough

20 September 2019
Brendan Davison
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It is difficult to deny that the enormous amount of power and influence the big four tech companies (Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook) hold over…

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How to handle STEM gender divide

20 September 2019
Hannah Tietz
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Women are greatly underrepresented in STEM fields. Forbes found that there has hardly been any growth in women joining the field since 2000. On their…

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Reconsidering taste

13 September 2019
Elliott Yoakum
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I double park in a construction zone because we’re going to be late. Walking up to the theater and the around-the-block crowd, I notice a…

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The first-year experience

13 September 2019
Jenna Hultgren
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As I write this, I have been on the Hill for a grand total of three weeks. Since orientation I have: made friends, written four…

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A case for Radical Inclusivity

13 September 2019
Kenton Fox
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One arrives at William Jewell College met by banners professing the college’s “Radical Inclusivity.” What a wonderful direction for this historically white, socio-economically privileged school!…

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Opinion: The future of delivery drones

10 May 2019
Kyler Schardein
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Delivery drones first emerged as a major national discussion back when Amazon founder and CEO, Jeff Bezos, revealed that Amazon was working toward them five…

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Opinion: Missouri is the worst state in America for mental health care. Here’s how to fix it

3 May 2019
Maddie McCormick
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When it comes to mental health care in the U.S., Missouri is the worst. According to the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), an organization…

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Opinion: Save the Bees

26 April 2019
Tavarus Pennington
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For the last time, save the damn bees. The role that bees play in our ecosystem is a particularly vital one. They have dutifully fulfilled…

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