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Category: Opinions

A review of the Campus Leaders Summit

24 March 2017
Dylan Welsch
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Shortly before spring break, student leaders from Student Senate and CUA, along with the leaders of a number of Greek organizations and the multicultural organizations…

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A simple defense of the Endangered Species Act

24 March 2017
Luke Lockhart
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As humans and builders of nations, we tend to use the flora and fauna within our borders as national symbols, often with pride. After all,…

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State of the Hill: Free Speech

10 March 2017
Parker Jenkins
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Since election day, free speech has become a central topic of discussion. With several events happening within the last several months such as students being…

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State of the Hill: Trump’s weak leadership may be good for American foreign policy

3 March 2017
Luke Lockhart
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Imagine, if you will, that the college suddenly decided to institute a no speaker policy. Due to “very high” number of noise complaints from inside…

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State of the Hill: The First Amendment

24 February 2017
Caitlin Troutman
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In the the First Amendment, U.S. citizens are guaranteed the right to “peaceably assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” These…

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Goodbye, Michael Flynn, and good riddance

17 February 2017
Luke Lockhart
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American democracy scored a victory this week when Michael T. Flynn resignedfrom his job as National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump. The resignation came after…

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What has President Trump done so far?

10 February 2017
Elise Pierce
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An overview of the executive orders, memoranda and proclamations the president has passed in his first weeks in Office Less than a month ago, Donald…

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WikiLeaks and the Election

18 November 2016
Dylan Jones
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WikiLeaks, the website run by Julian Assange, may have influenced the outcome of the 2016 election. Donald Trump won the election due to several factors…

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Trump is unqualified, ignorant and dangerous, but he’s still my president

11 November 2016
Luke Lockhart
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March 17, 2011: that was the day that I lost all respect for Donald Trump. Up to that point, I thought of him as a…

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