Michael Keehan Staff Writer Are you a human living in the year 2024? If so, there is a high likelihood, especially in the U.S., that you frequently use the internet. As much as older folks complain about how kids are always on “those darn phones,” it’s undeniable personal technology is a necessity these […]
Month: October 2024
Dry-walls lead to dry minds
Jake Long Associate Opinion Editor As students, we spend the majority of our time learning in and out of the classroom the necessary skills that will impact our future success in the industries of our desire. Learning begins from the moment we are born and is instantly full of wonder and possibility. We […]
Mark Linker Opinion Editor The modern world, specifically capitalism, has alleviated many scarcity problems that characterized the pre-modern world. This is a great good that has lifted millions of individuals from poverty and starvation. Getting mass supply at a cheap cost to as many people as possible in a lot of ways brings […]
Mark Linker Opinion Editor There are a few ways one can analyze through the lens of psychology. The most widely used method is through the individual landscape. Behaviorism and psychoanalysis are two of the most common branches of psychology that aim at treating the individual when in a therapeutic setting. Nevertheless, humans are social […]
The meaninglessness of ancient art
Jake Long Associate Opinion Editor Art is an ever-changing medium of personal expression. Art is an attempt to capture a moment and idolize the moment forever. Art hangs from our walls and blasts in our ears. Art carries us on the road and keeps us comfortable sitting or lying in our homes. The […]
Michael Keehan Staff Writer If you’ve seen or heard about the debate, you’ve probably heard former president Donald Trump’s claim about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio eating cats and geese. Obviously, it’s false, and a single search can debunk this multiple times. But to Springfield’s residents, it’s unsurprising this big lie appeared, and even […]
The new democratic hero of rural America
Mark Linker Opinion Editor PHOTO COURTESY OF FREERANGE STOCK With the addition of Tim Walz to the Harris presidential campaign, the Democrats are making a statement. The statement being made in some ways is an admission of defeat and mistake on the part of the party for much of the past decade. Since the […]
Jake Long Associate Opinion Editor We’ve all been there, running out the door, halfway to our cars, when we realize we left our keys in our upstairs bedroom. We bolt back into the house, dodging the jumping dog, and begin scaling the stairs. About halfway up, a loose shoelace presents itself to the bottom of […]
Modern psychology fills a religious hole
Mark Linker Opinion Editor With being a psychology major, one would think that I’m biased towards defending the practice. In many ways I am, the advent of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology emphasizes some of the strongest aspects of modernity. However, there was a time not too long ago when individuals had other avenues of consoling their […]
Michael Keehan Staff Writer Eric Adams, the sitting mayor of New York City, was indicted by a grand jury on five federal charges, the first for a sitting mayor of the nation’s largest city. These charges include bribery, wire fraud conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and two counts of solicitation of contributions by foreign nationals. […]