Beau Elliot [email protected] I look over the breathtaking vista, and the vista goes ahead and takes a breath test from me. WHAT? you say. Me, too. (Though I tend to stay away from ALL-CAPS; too...

Marcus Brown [email protected] In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, three police officers were killed and three injured on Sunday morning following the weeks of protest over the death of Alton Sterling, who...

By Helaina Thompson [email protected] In early June, the American College Health Association issued a public document summarizing the findings of its annual campus-health survey. Complete with...

By Jacob Prall [email protected] Protest. Americans have this powerful and important tool. Political change doesn’t come through silence but action; we must keep this right entrenched in our nation’s...

By Joe Lane [email protected] Philando Castile is dead. And the only account we currently have indicates an unparalleled injustice. Castile was killed by a police officer in the Minnesota town of...

By Beau Elliot [email protected] Donald Trump — who presumably needs no introduction because he lives so often in the nation’s various media platforms that you have to wonder why he bothers to...

By Vivian Medithi [email protected] On July 6, University of Iowa added personal pronouns as a category in student records, following in the lead of various other institutions to be more inclusive...

By Vivian Medithi [email protected] Conversion therapy attempts to change LGBTQIA+ teens and children into cisgender, heterosexual kids. Or, as its proponents really think, normal kids. Conversion...

By Hanna Grissel [email protected] On June 30, President Obama signed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act of 2016, otherwise known as H.R. 5278. Prior to Obama’s...

By Sam Studer [email protected] In Istanbul, there was an attack that killed 42 and injured another 239 people, according to CNN. Being abroad in Europe this summer made this hit extremely close to...

Jacob Prall [email protected] Bureaucracy. The ugly B-word that turns smiles to sneers and pressing issues into paperwork. We live in a capitalist society, in which efficiency is the ideal we strive...

Support anti-big money proposal Today, wealthy corporations and special-interest groups can spend limitless sums of money to influence our elections. It’s not surprising that more than 7 in 10 voters...