In light of the recent events involving Sam Wheeler’s anti-gay comments on Twitter, some have argued that his First Amendment rights should have protected him from the indefinite suspension that followed;...
It’s been over a week since the Super Bowl, and in that time, social media in America has once again shown its ugly side. One 90-second ad in particular received a considerable amount of backlash. The...
We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America Feb. 7. On Feb. 9, 1964, they performed one of the most iconic musical performances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Teenagers across America,...
It’s been more than a week since the Super Bowl, and in that time, social media in America has once again shown its ugly side. One 90-second ad in particular received a considerable amount of backlash....
We celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Beatles coming to America on Feb. 7. On Feb. 9, 1964, they performed one of the most iconic musical performances on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Teenagers across...
The expansion of consumer culture paints a bleak portrait of a brakeless locomotive racing towards a forked rail line. Consumer expansion has become a visual sign of economic success, a major source of...
WASHINGTON — The recent brief dust up (let's hope it's brief) over Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland's use of the F- word as an epithet aimed at the European Union does highlight the dramatic...
It’s no secret that immigration reform has been an issue in the United States for at least the past fifteen years. It seems, however, that the Republicans are ready to tackle the issue. On Thursday,...
Chinese president, Xi Jinping, joined the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia, last week. However, President Obama did not attend because of the current relations between the...
After I received the news last week that Microsoft appointed a new Chief Executive Officer who happened to be Indian, I spent the next few days observing the different ways that people around the world...
Over the past two weeks, I’ve had the privilege of having two classes cancelled, and twice I was let out half an hour early in a 75-minute-long class. However, none of these cancellations had to do with...
Kent City Council approved a program Wednesday night that will allow residents to register their parties with the police department. The program is voluntary and aims to reduce the number of noise citations...
