Forget your personal feelings about immigration policy for the rest of this article. Ignore your initial feelings when you hear the phrase “border patrol” and start to think of border patrol agents as any other human being, capable of both good and evil. This is not an article about general policy; this is an article about human decency, about what is right and what is … Continue reading Border Patrol: Undefined and Unaccountable
Can you replay the United States Women’s National Team’s crushing victory over Japan in the 2015 Women’s World Cup final in your head? You may be in the minority if this game is escaping your memory. The event and the women’s dominating performance throughout the tournament shattered the notion that men’s sports are naturally more popular than women’s sports. If you are still clinging to … Continue reading Bigger Than A Wage Fight
As the semester comes to a close, many students have spent a lot of time searching for employment opportunities for the coming summer months. A common question asked during the search is whether or not to pursue an unpaid internship or a more menial but paying job in order to have some cash flow when the fall semester comes around. So, is an internship worth … Continue reading Wealth or Experience?
Donald Trump shocked America again, asserting that women who obtain an abortion, if the procedure were outlawed, should be subjected to “some sort of punishment.” The backlash was swift. Punishment for women who procure abortions is out of step with mainstream pro-life conservatives, who instead advocate punishment for abortion providers. After this latest outburst and other high-profile examples of Trump’s misogyny, women voters are reacting … Continue reading Kasich Dangerous to Women
In its sixth season on the air, The Walking Dead is examining its own violence. Centered around the zombie apocalypse, the show has succeeded thus far mostly because of its artistry with little reflection on its chaotic pace. Yet perhaps it has all been intentional, as the characters have digressed from enduring individuals with history to numb monsters of vengeance. The Walking Dead features a … Continue reading Violence and The Walking Dead
It has become much easier to buy drugs online. Before, to buy any kind of drug you needed to know a guy who knew a guy. Now, buying drugs can be as simple as five steps. First, people who buy drugs online will download “Tor.” Tor is a software that allows for anonymous communication. Tor was originally developed by the United States Naval Research Laboratory … Continue reading A Changing Drug Market
In 1971, the United States Senate voted in favor of the proposed amendment to lower voting age to 18. In just over two months, which happened to be the shortest period of time for any amendment in U.S. history, the necessary state legislatures ratified the 26th Amendment, and President Nixon signed it into law that July. During World War II President Roosevelt lowered the minimum … Continue reading Underage Voting
You sit at a library desk, surrounded by books and ready to undergo the first steps of writing what is sure to be a long and grueling paper. However, outside the window it is a beautiful day and you can see some of your friends playing ultimate on the grass. You hesitate, debating whether to put off the paper and join them, or continue in … Continue reading When to Think, When to Act
I haven’t had a chance to refute Cameron’s last attempts to take shots at Kanye in The Gustavian Weekly Entertainment portion, but today I will take a bit of a more serious note. A large amount of the conversations that I have been a part of this past week have been about freedom of speech and censorship on the Overheard at Gustavus group. Now, I seriously … Continue reading Kanye, Trump, and Free Speech
Everyday, there are countless children who end up on the streets of America. Many are considered runaways, while others simply suffer from very unfortunate circumstances. Half of these children are by themselves, and the others with parents or a guardian of some kind. Those without adults are runaways or orphans, but in either case, they are in the foster system, meaning the state government has … Continue reading A Broken Foster System
