Valentine’s Day is less than a month away, but the world’s most high-profile – yet simultaneously nerve-wracking – “bromance” is budding in the present.In the meanwhile, I can’t help but...
I stand with Planned Parenthood, and that is not going to change.Politicians seem to have a knack for flinging logical fallacies around about reproductive health issues: “If it’s a legitimate rape,...
After a series of pitiful blowout games during Wild Card Weekend, the divisional round provided some genuine drama in the NFL ahead of championship Sunday, highlighted by Green Bay’s thrilling win over...
Last semester, I took on my first job, writing on this very page — mostly — about politics. I have no shortage of opinions about the past year in politics, especially regarding President-elect Donald...
As President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, journalism has been through the wringer. In the latest attack against the printing press, a slew of websites have been peddling made-up stories...
Barack Obama, the 44th and current president of the United States, made his farewell address to the American people Tuesday night.In his adopted home of Chicago, Obama stepped onto the stage at McCormick...
On Monday night, many football fans thought it destined that the Alabama Crimson Tide — the Southeastern Conference juggernaut — would capture its second straight national title from the Clemson Tigers,...
Throughout 2016 and the corresponding election cycle, one particularly polarizing term surfaced: privilege.The word became a sort of rallying cry for social advocates, popularizing the phrase "check your...
Do not let 2017 lessen your anger.Do not let a new year and its resolutions keep you from remembering why you have been fighting. This is not the time to let bygones be bygones.On Jan. 20, we will have...
Today, the University of Southern California and Penn State square off on perhaps the most coveted stage in collegiate football: the Rose Bowl.These programs have two particular common characteristics...
As new calendars are pinned to cork boards and earnest New Year's resolutions are being printed onto pocket planners destined to gather dust in a junk drawer, many already see 2016 as a thing of the past;...
On Oct. 4, I sat in my dorm room and marveled at the power of Edwin Encarnacion.Encarnacion had just hit a walk-off home run to win the American League Wild Card Game for the Toronto Blue Jays, and I was...
