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Category: Opinions

Opinion: Why the New York Times was right

21 September 2018
Maddie McCormick
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The New York Times published an anonymous editorial Sept. 5 that sent shockwaves through the country and White House officials scrambling for answers. The piece,…

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Opinion: Nike – Just doin’ it for the social justice and slavery

14 September 2018
Haley Wadsworth
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Despite Nike’s long history of using slave labor to produce their products, the company has become the face of social justice for the political left…

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Opinion: The Tinder Epidemic

7 September 2018
Sydney Bass
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With the rise in social media usage, online dating has become a common way to find a partner. The most common dating app is currently…

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2 Takes, 1 Issue: President Trump’s trade policy of ignorance

7 September 2018
Haley Wadsworth
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President Trump’s threat of tariffs on imports of Chinese goods began at midnight July sixth. Immediately thereafter, China imposed their own steep, retaliatory tariffs on…

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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Trump’s trade war triggers trouble in international relations

7 September 2018
Kyler Schardein
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Since his days campaigning for the presidency, President Trump has been a vehement critic of free trade and past American trade policies in general. Expressing…

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Why the US missile attack on Syria was misguided

27 April 2018
Hania Osman
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Last week the United States, along with Britain and France, launched a missile attack on Syria in response to a chemical attack, allegedly perpetrated by…

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The dark side of standardized testing

23 March 2018
Catherine Dema
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“Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” —William Bruce Cameron. Since the Bush era No Child Left…

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Youth can change the world

9 March 2018
Savannah Hawley
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Young people all across the country are currently speaking out about gun violence in the U.S. Survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in…

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Social media manipulation still prevalent

2 March 2018
Madison Carroll Porth
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Almost two billion people, one third of the global population, are active monthly users of Facebook. Instagram has 800 million active monthly users. Twitter has…

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