Obama mulls required voting
With the presidential election being held next year, we are already seeing signs of million dollar campaigns and important issues being discussed. President Barack Obama has recently voiced that the possibility of making voting mandatory for future elections could lead…
Plus-sized models need recategorizing
What is beauty to you? Beauty is often defined in a sentence like “beauty is being tall,” “beauty is about having a pretty face,” or “beauty is having a Victoria’s Secret model body.” We have been manipulated by advertisements and…
Leader of chant from SAE in Oklahoma apologizes
Three weeks ago, Levi Pettit was caught on film leading a racist chant while on a bus with fellow brothers from the University of Oklahoma chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Pettit and the students casually sang a song with lyrics…
Sea World debate pushes on
For years, the Sea World debate has been going on between animal rights advocates and Sea World themselves. Rumors were being spread that Sea World was not only abusing their animals, but they capturing animals that did not need help,…
Obama issues executive order
President Barack Obama signed an executive order urging companies who come under cyber-attack to share information about the attack with other companies and the government will make an effort to limit attacks such as the one that Sony faced. On…
How to follow through with New Year’s resolutions
We all hear the phrase “new year, new me” a few days in January every year. That being said, it is very hard to keep our New Year’s resolutions. There are many factors that prevent people from achieving these goals,…
Gas prices diminish, more money available
Starting off 2015, we recognize the immediate drop in price of gasoline compared to 2014. Our national average is expected to drop by 23 percent in 2015. Being beneficial to students and our nation’s citizens, with prices being so low,…
Free community college viable option
As college students, the word “free” has a special place in all our hearts. We scour the campus for free T-shirts and are always on the look out for scholarships that could help save a few dollars, or even a…
Cancelation of ‘The Interview’ wrong call
This year was one of outcries, backlash and outright revolutions in the making, both through social media (#YesAllWomen) and on the real-life streets (Ferguson). People are speaking out, taking stands, and as long as injustice, still triumphs, campaigns and protests…
Gun purchases should require testing
In the wake of several school shootings, many college students across the country have asked for gun ownership reform. However, the majority of college students who ask for this kind of reform don’t understand that these people are not what…
