Last month was the 13th consecutive month to break all-time temperature records. The 13th consecutive month. Think about that. This May was so hot that it beat out the previous hottest May on record,...

On any given day at the Capstone, one will encounter friends, classmates and new faces, each with his or her own story and path. While these students share much in common, one thing that may set them...

Who needs a time machine when you can read the news or scroll through some Facebook comments and find yourself smack dab in the 1950s? Ah the sweet smell of racism, homophobia, transphobia, islamophobia,...

Helen Keller once wrote that the highest result of education is tolerance, and if you ask the average American if he or she believes in a tolerant society, the answer will likely be yes. However, many...

While browsing through Facebook, at least once a week I see a political cartoon on my newsfeed that goes like this: "Congress cut funding to (senior citizens/veterans/the poor/etc.), and they believe they...

For over a century, Americans have involved themselves in many debates and have witnessed new legislation changing who has the right to use public restroom facilities. One hundred and twenty-six years...

I have heard the argument many times that people should be allowed to use whatever bathroom they choose. This argument, advanced by the far left, is another way of saying that it is none of my business...

I was eight years old. I had just gotten home from a friend’s house on a hot July afternoon; he was a white friend, but I didn’t think of him that way – at least, I didn’t want to. My parents were...

I’m an evangelical, but don’t call me that.I am by no stretch of the imagination a minority. As a white, straight, cisgender, able-bodied male, I’m the poster-child for the majority. Yet there’s...

I’ve really struggled to think of what I could write in my senior column. As I look to my peers taking gorgeous senior pictures by Denny Chimes and posting their post-grad plans, I’ve felt less than...