Immigration very crucial, influential to U.S.
Immigration is a difficult topic to touch on but it is important to talk about. The United States is built on immigration. A majority of the early politicians and founding fathers were all descendants of English immigrants. The innaugural Thanksgiving…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
If you are like me, you have been getting some hard questions from students regarding the election results. In conservation biology, the study of maintaining the Earth’s biodiversity, we discuss many environmental and social topics like disparity in wealth, women’s…
Trump’s presidential election leaves America’s future unclear
“The fault, Dear America, is not in our stars, but in ourselves; that we are uninformed. Today, America voted for a wall. People of goodwill must work to rebuild a bridge instead,” said Liam Kirst of Syracuse said on Twitter….
Parking ban more annoying than helpful
How does the $75 parking permit benefit anything? The off-street winter parking ban is what us off-campus students dread. From Dec. 1, 2016 until March 31, 2017 from 1 a.m. to 6 a.m., it is prohibited to park vehicles in…
People should support officers, but hold them accountable
In the wake of many fatal police shootings and widespread protests from Black Lives Matter and other groups, anti-police brutality activism has been portrayed as “anti-police.” This characterization of Black Lives Matter is thoroughly misguided and in fact intensities the…
Victims matter, should be heard
Rape and sexual assault are major discussion topics in the media, as they should be. If the media does not bring these in- stances to light, then the perpetrators will never see why they need to change. Some people have…
Trendy hashtag promotes voting
Being so close to Election Day, there are still many people undecided on who they are going to vote for or if they are going to vote at all. The younger generation, many of whom are eligible to vote for…
Text illustrates women’s fear of safety
“Text me when you get there”; the ultimate text everyone has gotten from a parent, or overly concerned loved one. However, “text me when you get home” is a whole new phenomena that is making its way into dating culture…
Staff Editorial
Media and politics: A complicated relationship since 1789. According to the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Committee, “no” is always the answer as to whether journalists should get involved with politics. Journalists have an ethical obligation to avoid conflicts of…
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ provides many life lessons
Shonda Rhimes was obsessed with watching surgical shows on the Discovery Channel, but originally developed the idea of “Grey’s Anatomy” after a doctor told her how hard it is to shave her legs in the hospital shower. Just like that,…
