This year’s Academy Awards delivered a pretty serious snub to Ava DuVernay for her role in directing the critically acclaimed movie “Selma.”Just released earlier this month, doubt pervades about...

Between exams, papers and projects, college students must keep their eyes on the future, or, more specifically, their future college debt. In fact, student loan debt is at a record high of $1.1 trillion,...

I don’t hate Bill O’Reilly.Honestly, as a liberal, I feel like I have to abhor the guy at times. The amount of snarky comments from my friends about him gave me the impression that I must at least...

Last week, unknown vandals burned a U.S. flag donated to a local Oregon elementary school by 1st Sgt. Reginald Daniels. The burnt flag was left at half-staff.Despite its animosity, burning the American...

Dirty moneyOn Tuesday, a California man discovered what it meant to get trashed. While sifting through a garbage bin in hopes of finding his lost wallet, the man was scooped up by a waste truck and taken...

Large lectures — they’re a part of almost every undergraduate student’s college career. Yet, their effectiveness is questionable, and some educators are adopting a new approach to the classic college...

As a newly declared sociology major, I knew I would soon come into contact with the works of Karl Marx. Marx, who is perhaps most famous for his denunciation of capitalism and advocacy of communism, wrote...

Today, we have a difficult problem that we could solve with simple planning and programs. We need effective education measures that bridge the opportunity gap between low and high income students. Unfortunately,...

Voltaire, it turns out, never said, “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” The famous phrase actually sprang from the pen of a much later biographer of...

It’s 2015, and it’s time to realize that the only political party you should affiliate with is represented by a blue donkey. That’s right, it’s time to lean to the left.Below is a list of seven...