Columns

Pop psychology increases public ignorance

An online Mayo Clinic quiz cannot accurately determine if you have bipolar disorder. Only a licensed therapist, who will get to know you better than a five-minute quiz, can make a diagnosis. ...


Columns

Patch up city potholes

Mayor David acted diligently to solve the pothole problem in years past. Where is the state DOT this year? What are city officials doing to help drivers in 2015? Potholes are a ...


Columns

Establish an online forum to express concerns

Real identities put faces to concerns. This facilitates in-person discussion as people interested in the issue at hand seek each other out and organize. Not only would an online forum help students ...


Columns

Advice: How to handle painful recruitment rejection

If you think about it, the relationships you have formed are most likely not through formal experiences. Most are through club meetings, classes, your dorm, programs you went on and through mutual ...


Columns

Programming and art are compatible

Yes, learning the hard skills of programming will require you to think logically and systematically. A high level of persistence and dedication is important if hard logic is not your forte. However, ...


Columns

Let students shape the dialogue

I believe the University officials acted with what they believe are the best intentions for the students, yet it was wrong to deny a format to the very students they are attempting ...


Guest Columns

Clean up your act, professors

When a teacher frequently curses, uses derogatory language and makes unnecessarily crass jokes in class, they not only make themselves look unprofessional, they also create a toxic environment in that classroom. ...


Letters

Letter to the Editor: Faculty in support of 'Students for Change'

Our students deserve to be heard–and their concerns addressed by you–in a timely, thoughtful, and public manner, without undue surveillance or the presence of armed police. We stand with Students for Change ...


Staff Editorials

Editorial: Skipping Class

Students are paying thousands of dollars a semester to attend this university and no one should feel their time is wasted. ...


Columns

Red carpet racism is unacceptable

Rancic’s comments not only hurt Coleman, but young girls of color everywhere. ...