Taylor Newby, Opinions Columnist
• February 12, 2019
The opportunity only arrives during a four-year stretch at either a college or university. And it’s one roughly 10 percent of overall American graduates choose to explore.
The need for — and benefit...
Last week, it was reported that rapper 21 Savage was captured by Immigration & Customs Enforcement and now faces deportation back to his birthplace, the United Kingdom. Undoubtedly, this has caught...
Elijah Helton, Opinions Columnist
• February 11, 2019
Trump is terrible, Democrats are delusional, and everyone is extreme. That’s the state of American politics, according to Howard Schultz, anyway. The former chairman and CEO of Starbucks, tired of radical...
A personal conversation is exactly that. Personal. However, that is apparently not what Duke University Professor Megan Neely and some members of Duke faculty seem to think.
Neely, the graduate program...
Anna Banerjee, Opinions Columnist
• February 10, 2019
Sexual empowerment has become a buzzword in modern culture. In 2016, the Huffington Post published an article titled “How to Become A Sexually Empowered Woman,” and in 2018, wikiHow put out an entire...
Nichole Shaw, Opinions Columnist
• February 10, 2019
Comedians have a history of making racially charged jokes, dating back to popular acceptance of them following the end of the Civil War in 1865. The adoption of harmful stereotypes in minstrel shows pushed...
Marina Jaimes, Opinions Columnist
• February 7, 2019
On Monday, a proposal to modify the merit-based judicial selection system in Iowa was introduced by Republican legislators.
The new plan aims to give accountability back to the voters by allowing only...
Taylor Newby, Opinions Columnist
• February 7, 2019
Nearly 85 percent of college students have reported feeling overwhelmed to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. Meanwhile, 40 million American adults grappling with some form of anxiety experienced...
Elijah Helton, Opinions Columnist
• February 6, 2019
It’s not all clear skies at the Environmental Protection Agency.
I’ve written before about the EPA’s massively harmful deregulation moves and unsustainable politics. I could write more about acting...
Dating back to the early 19th century, drag and blackface were used in minstrel shows and vaudeville to mock and oppress African American women. This blatant form of mockery was seen as entertainment....
Anna Banerjee, Opinions Columnist
• February 5, 2019
On Jan. 25, BuzzFeed, a prominent entertainment company, laid off the entirety of the National News and National Security desks in the name of focusing on “content that is working,” according to CEO...
For as long as I can remember I’ve been taught that questions are good.
Being inquisitive is how one learns — and sometimes, being inquisitive means challenging those I don’t always agree with....
