Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan announced on April 10 that he would not seek re-election this fall. Many Republican politicians have expressed their gratitude for his service to this nation and his effectiveness as speaker. On Twitter, President Donald Trump wrote, “Speaker Paul Ryan is a...
Excluding during the Civil War era, our country has never been closer to the brink of bursting at the seams with political divisiveness as it is today. This column isn’t meant to advocate for a particular political ideology or to throw shade at certain political organizations that push for the...
Last April, the town of Khan Shaykhun, Syria was forced to inhale sarin nerve gas. At least 74 people were killed and more than 557 were injured. In response, President Donald Trump unleashed 59 Tomahawk missiles on the Shayrat Airbase. On March 7, the town of Douma, a Syrian city...
I didn’t want to admit it for a long time. In fact, it wasn’t until I saw her that I was sure I was bisexual. I was even surer in the months following, as our relationship blossomed, and I fell in love for the first time. We happened easily, napping...
For a long time, people struggling with mental health issues have been stigmatized. Whether they struggle with suicidal thoughts, drug addictions or mental illnesses such as depression or anxiety, the stigma can keep them silent. Often, we only recognize this silence when we lose someone and don’t know why. The...
“What’s that?” asked my new friend from West Virginia University, pointing to the Circle from Coulter Hall. Students from other universities had come to Oxford to work on a journalism project, and we were walking to a meeting. I knew what he was talking about: the large white statue that...
Last week, UM Ethics Bowl students argued whether or not the standard of sexual consent in legal policies should be an affirmative verbal “yes.” The red team contended that an uncoerced, verbal or signed “yes” at every “junction” between sex acts is necessary, while the blue team argued that contingent...
In light of recent mass shootings, both Republicans and Democrats want to create new legislation and policies to ensure that these atrocities end. Many Republicans believe the answer is to arm teachers and to put more police officers in schools. Democrats have a different answer: Many want to prohibit AR-15s...
A recent op-ed argued that sororities play a much larger role than they actually do in the instances of assault that happen on college campuses. While it does seem unfair to hold college-aged women in 2018 to the same standards as Victorian predecessors, the argument doesn’t acknowledge that sororities are...
Fifty years ago, in what would be his final speech, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. looked down from the “mountaintop” to tell a mass meeting in Memphis a simple message: Labor rights are civil rights. The great organizer and orator understood that these two issues were inseparably linked. The...
