Professional athletes can be idolized as larger than life. We often forget these athletes we love watching week in and week out live very different lives off the field. As a society, we have become hastily...
Editor’s note: This is in response to Amanda Anastasia Paniagua's opinion piece titled "A rebuttal, toxic masculinity" published on Oct. 18, 2015.Dear Editor:First, permit me to send out mucho and macho...
Recently in sports, two major names stepped away from their respective teams. CC Sabathia, a pitcher for the New York Yankees and ex-Cleveland Indian, and University of Southern California head football...
If I could talk to Hillary Clinton and her campaign right now, I would say two things. First, I have a lot of respect for the former Secretary of State. She is an extremely accomplished and intelligent...
Americans love to comment on other cultures. “Asian culture is weird for the lack of focus on individuality and their cuisine,” “Middle Eastern culture is absurd because of their strong religious...
America, as a whole, loves its sports. It’s one thing to have the community feeling of rooting for a team, that mutual feeling of a common bond with thousands of people you don’t truly know. It’s...
I want to thank the members of the campus community who were kind enough to drop me emails in support of my column from Oct. 5.With regards to Dr. Juilo Cesar Pino’s letter to the editor on Oct. 7:Pino’s...
We’ve all seen Halloween cop-outs before. These are people who take their least favorite white T-shirt, write the word “costume” on the front and head out with their squad to celebrate the holiday...
If you live near a college campus or read anxious think pieces, you've probably heard about "microaggression."A microaggression is a relatively minor insult to a member of a marginalized group, perceived...
It was a summer day in Akron when my perception of the world and the way it works changed. My brother, a friend of mine and I were driving down Delia Avenue in Akron and noticed an Akron police car behind...
Editor’s note: This is in response to Tegan Beechey's letter to the editor titled "Femininity and fear" published on Oct. 13, 2015. Dear Editor:I was amused but not amazed at the treatise on masculinity...
Despite what various political pundits, candidates and anybody on social media may say, declaring a winner in Tuesday’s Democratic debate isn’t possible because all candidates weren’t given equal...
