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Category: Opinions

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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Trump Doesn’t Respect or Understand the Military

21 October 2016
Luke Lockhart
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On February 28, General Michael Hayden appeared on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” Earlier in that month, Donald Trump advocated for reviving enhanced interrogation techniques and killing the families of…

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A Letter to the Monitor: Luce-Virlynn Apollon

30 September 2016
Luce-Virlynn Apollon
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Luce-Virlynn Apollon discusses racism and the Paige Shoemaker controversy “It feels good to finally be a n*gga.” Those aren’t the lyrics to the latest hip-hop…

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Backlash on the Bathroom Law

29 April 2016
Kristen Agar
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North Carolina has been in recent headlines due to its Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act. The bill, commonly known as House Bill 2 or…

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Do guns make campuses safer or more dangerous?

15 April 2016
Brett Stone
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States are reevaluating the need for guns on college campuses, whether or not they protect or threaten to students Within the history of college campus…

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AFE: GOTCHA starts again and you’ll never guess what people are doing!

1 April 2016
Elizabeth Messina
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AFE: R.I.P. Sneaky Pete, 2014-2016

1 April 2016
Kelsey Neth
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Sneaky Pete died unexpectedly Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016 in Liberty, Mo. at the age of one year and seven months. Pete is survived by his…

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