Students should be free to publish
High school student journalists are facing a new wave of problems concerning their First Amendment right to free speech. According to Katina Paron of New York Daily News, 10 states across the U.S. offer the same journalistic protections for both…
Presidency not legal safeguard for sexual assault charges
A world without order is chaos. The word anarchy, meaning without control or order, carries a negative connotation in society today. When people hear anarchy, they think of rebel groups and issues. This is why we have laws. Though people…
New program benefits drug users
Fear of punishment is a large factor keeping opiate addicts in the shadows instead of coming forward for help. Oswego City Mayor Billy Barlow recently announced a new drug policy called the Rapid Evaluation for Appropriate Placement Program, or REAP,…
Crayola wisely scraps one of its multiple obsolete colors
On children’s drawings, the sun will no longer shine due to the retirement of one of the many shades of yellow in a crayon box. Crayola scratched the color “dandelion” from its 24-count crayon box with an event in Times…
Ivanka’s new role lacks seriousness
While Ivanka Trump may have good intentions moving into the West Wing to advise her father on issues like maternity leave, as the daughter of a billionaire reality TV personality and married to Jared Kushner, another real estate mogul, her…
ResLife runs resident assistants ragged
Residence Life and Housing provides numerous wonderful opportunities for students to become resident assistants. This position helps to foster leadership, time management, responsibility and also helps make college affordable to students who may not otherwise be able to pay. Despite…
Democrats killed compassion
In a recent New York Times article, author Charles Blow calls out conservatives and President Donald Trump, saying compassionate conservatives are extinct. He believes Trump and his “backward-thinking devotees killed it.” Blow not only attacks our sitting president, but he…
Early action better for prospective students that are still indecisive
While the spring season typically evokes happiness from college students around the country who look forward to their week-long breaks, high school students may feel differently. May 1 stands as the universal deadline for college decisions to be made, forcing…
Abolish bathroom boundaries
On Feb. 22, President Donald Trump set up transgender students to suffer further discrimination when he decided to rescind existing protections for transgender students to use whichever bathroom matched their gender identity. Trump’s previous statements in favor of gay and…
Show gratitude toward Clinton for moving feminism forward
Since she lost the U.S. presidential election in 2016, Hillary Clinton will forever be synonymous with a failed, unlikable politician who wore fake smiles to state fairs, only to lose to the ridiculous blowhard who was equally unlikable. Once the…
