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Do what you can for others, even if it's not enough

Do what you can for others, even if it’s not enough

Sophie Williams September 26, 2017

Existence comes with inevitable interdependence and responsibility.  You may think and act on an individual basis, but you are inextricably connected to the other people who share your society and the...

Our view: student debt crisis must be addressed

Our view: student debt crisis must be addressed

September 25, 2017

College students today face a variety of challenges, but none is more serious than the mounting student debt crisis that is putting financial pressure on millions of young people. Currently American college...

Financial illiteracy is an epidemic

Financial illiteracy is an epidemic

Ben Jackson September 25, 2017

If you are reading this, you are probably bad with money. That’s not meant to be an insult, just a statistical observation. In fact, most Americans are bad with money. The median retirement savings for...

REBUTTAL: America is not perfect, but it is great

REBUTTAL: America is not perfect, but it is great

Mark Alvarez September 22, 2017

Yes, America is great. This has been proven time and time again. The continued making of history has revealed the incredible nature of our tremendous nation.  Our nation is a cultural and political mosaic—...

College women, congratulations on being single

College women, congratulations on being single

Megan Friend September 22, 2017

For girls, it was hard to make it through middle school without being convinced that you were weird if you had not had a boyfriend. And then, in the era of High School Musical and countless other teen...

COLUMN: Bipartisanship does not exist in American politics

COLUMN: Bipartisanship does not exist in American politics

Chandler Gory September 21, 2017

Bipartisanship is for wishful thinkers and overly optimistic independents. I am neither of those things.    One day, school children will read about this foreign concept, and they’ll laugh. Democrats...

REBUTTAL: In defense of facts

REBUTTAL: In defense of facts

Ben Jackson September 21, 2017

America has a tenuous relationship with the facts. Which is why, when I read Sam West’s piece “Against Facts, Logic and Reason,” I was dismayed. It was particularly discouraging to hear those words...

OUR VIEW: Millennials deserve respect

OUR VIEW: Millennials deserve respect

CW Editorial Board September 21, 2017

Millennial bashing has become an incredibly popular sport amongst, well, basically every member of any older generation.  According to older pundits on the right and the left, and probably your uncle,...

REBUTTAL: Price gouging during disasters is not acceptable

REBUTTAL: Price gouging during disasters is not acceptable

Paul Bousquet September 20, 2017

Last week, a fellow Opinion writer at the CW published an article entitled “Price gouging during disasters is a good thing”. The topic of the article was, of course, the evacuation and aftermath following...

Americans need to understand the Constitution

Americans need to understand the Constitution

Jack Kitchin September 20, 2017

The United States Constitution is the oldest system of government in place today.  It is responsible for binding together the most powerful nation in the world, yet according to a recent poll taken by...

America is not great, and never has been

America is not great, and never has been

Zach Boros September 19, 2017

No, America is not great. Our history proves time and time again, and only with further time and the continual history we create, we notice the fallibility of our mediocre nation. Our nation is a cultural...

College students should do work that matters to them

College students should do work that matters to them

Cassie Kuhn September 19, 2017

It can be alarmingly easy to become so caught up in pursuing straight As, a strong resume and that perfect Linkedin profile that we become overstressed robots monotonously clawing our way through college...