Samuel Studer [email protected] From Dec. 9-11, the Chicago Teachers Union voted to allow its leader to call a strike. Teachers all over Chicago voted over the course of those three days last...

Hannah Soyer [email protected] In the three years since the Sandy Hook shooting in which 20 children and six adult staffers were killed, 555 American children under the age of 12 have died of...

Joe Lane [email protected] Last week, comedian Jon Stewart briefly returned to the show he starred in. Stewart’s return to “The Daily Show,” now hosted by Trevor Noah, was no joking matter,...

Jacob Prall [email protected] There are many cries from both sides in the fight for the survival of the United States’ most notorious prison. I’m here to say, Guantánamo Bay Prison must die. There...

Marcus Brown [email protected] Affirmative action in college admissions has been brought to the Supreme Court once again with the case of Fisher v. University of Texas-Austin. In 2008, Abigail...

Beau Elliot [email protected] So there I was, minding my own business, listening to a sports-radio show from Miami, because it was a sloooooow December day, gray as eternity, which is the only excuse...

Christopher Cervantes [email protected] When you come from a family of educators, you get to witness a lot of interesting things. For one thing, they talk a lot. Whether it is about that one problem...

Jace Brady [email protected] Presidential elections elicit exotic rhetoric from candidates in all parties. In an attempt to differentiate themselves from the competition, they insist on promising...

Keith Reed [email protected] I have always considered myself terrible at drawing. This was something that I knew to be true, and I accepted it. It was not until less than a year ago when I proved...

Sydney Newton [email protected] Our generation is indeed a special one. Some might call us naïve, smart, or stupid, and some would call us overly sensitive. No matter what our generation is...

Hannah Soyer [email protected] On Jan. 14, a much-needed move will take place for one of the campus organizations — the Women’s Resource and Action Center will be officially open for business...

Joe Lane [email protected] I am a feminist. In the most basic, Webster’s dictionary definition of feminism, I am a feminist. I believe, as I always have and always will, that men and women ought...