This past weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Connect the Dots Conference hosted by New College and the David Mathews Center for Civic Life. I wrote about this conference about a month ago, but...

Last week, the Ferguson Center hosted an all-day series of student presentations about culture-related research. The event, which was titled “Discerning Diverse Voices: Communication and Information...

In short: While this year’s SGA elections lacked the improprieties and controversy of last year’s, it also lacked the enthusiasm. At Monday night’s SGA presidential debate, only once were the candidates...

Wednesday morning, the flyers will begin to disappear and the sticker-wearing will subside. Slowly, the chalking will fade away and we’ll all see the end of yet another SGA campaign on our campus. One...

Three years of intense Student Government Association experience have not only given me the credibility to run for office, but also a vision for an inclusive SGA that represents a unified student body....

It’s getting late, but you are still not done with your Photoshop project. If you can’t finish before the lab closes, you will have to wake up early and cram it in before class. This is because computer...

Many students don’t care about SGA. I don’t blame them. Few people are able to see the potential for good in a system that has failed in numerous ways to reach out to them over the years. Year after...

In short: Neither candidate has a clear advantage over the other, yet the differences between them are distinct. James Fowler and Matthew Brown are vastly different candidates. Fowler has spent significant...

This November, when I mail my ballot back home to Ohio, the circle I fill in next to “For U.S. Senate” won’t matter as much as a vote for or against Republican Sen. Richard Shelby here in Alabama....

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a two-part series. POINT CLEAR – We live in a state that restricts local democracy. In Alabama, residents don’t see the everyday benefits of home rule, if they...

In short: Miriam Fry has the drive, experience and vision to be a successful VP for Academic Affairs. When one candidate was selected as senator of the year by her peers, the decision is not too difficult....

The night before my high school graduation, I sat in a friend’s car and talked to her about everything from the day we met to the trouble we were going to cause in our future nursing home. “College...