National news broke out on January 19 of a group of boys from Covington Catholic High School, a private all-male school in northern Kentucky, who were filmed opposing a Native American man playing a drum.
While paying college athletes sounds appealing on the surface, it is infeasible, unnecessary and will harm all but the largest schools – ultimately ruining our current system of collegiate athletics.
Business Insider notes that colleges benefit greatly from sports, making, in some cases, up to $190 million annually. But, the athletes who create the industry do not receive justifiable benefits.
The government is currently in the longest shutdown in our country’s history, foreshadowing the political dysfunction that will define the newly divided Congress over the next two years.
With the evolution of sports and the rise of intense competition, universities around the nation go on annual hunts to recruit the best of the best to represent their schools.
As I sat at my desk on my second day back to classes, one of my professors brought an interesting question to the table: If the president of the United States says something, does that make it true?
Amidst the soon-to-be longest government shutdown in United States history, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said last week, “...a wall is an immorality. It’s not who we are as a nation.”
With 34 percent of The University of Alabama’s campus participating in Greek life in some form, it is plain to see why fraternities and sororities play such a massive role at this school.
As of today, the United States government has endured a shutdown for the past 19 days, and President Donald Trump has promised to keep it going for “months or even years” if his proposed spending bill is not accepted.
As we ring in the new year, people are making commitments to become better, healthier or happier versions of themselves, but do these resolves impact people’s upcoming year at all?
