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Opinion: Students walking out on events defeats academic purpose

By Jose Alejandro Bastidas September 18, 2014

Imagine your role model is giving a moving lecture. You’re sitting in the middle of a crowded auditorium and you’re getting emotional as they reach the climactic point that changed his or her...

Opinion: Wage should reflect company’s success

By Jana King September 18, 2014

It wasn’t just the customer’s guilt that started dwindling when McDonald’s announced plans to put tablet-based ordering systems in some of its restaurants across the globe. The higher-ups...

Opinion: Islamic State means U.S. must return to Iraq

By John Ryan McGehee September 18, 2014

I think we can all agree — the world is going to hell in a handbasket. It seems like there is a new conflict springing up every week. For the past few months, we’ve been hearing about the Islamic...

Hollywood takes creative liberties when it comes to race

By Justin Stafford September 17, 2014

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s a Korean Superman.  Well, maybe not this time.  But in the upcoming 2015 reboot of Marvel’s Fantastic Four, the Human Torch will be black....

Global What?

Global What?

By Ryan Monk September 17, 2014

After years of saying the planet is heating up, scientists are going back on their words. “Yeah, we’re really not sure what happened,” said one world-renowned geologist who chose to be...

Opinion Blurbs: What should Guinness add to the ‘Book of World Records’?

By Daily Reveille Opinion Staff September 16, 2014

The Guinness World Records announced recently that next year’s edition, the 60th anniversary of the first book, will feature a host of strange new records including longest tongue and tallest male...

Editorial: Administration ignoring problem of unreported assaults

By The Daily Reveille Editorial Board September 16, 2014

You’ve heard the statistics. One out of four women in U.S. colleges and universities will be sexually assaulted. Or one out of five, depending on who you ask. You may have even heard that since before...

Opinion: Video game aims to destigmatize menstruation

Opinion: Video game aims to destigmatize menstruation

By SidneyRose Reynen September 16, 2014

Tampons, maxi-pads and menstruation. By just saying that, I probably lost more than half of you. The stigma and the universal disgust with anything related to periods is pervasive in our culture. For proof,...

Letter to the editor: Other countries’ healthcare systems just as flawed as the U.S.

September 15, 2014

Dear Editor, With all the turmoil over Obamacare over the past few years, I have heard a lot of discussions about what America could be and what America should be. The majority of these discussions focus...

Letter to the editor: Racial profiling still exists heavily in today’s society

September 15, 2014

I am here writing to you, editor, because I feel there is a topic that needs to be addressed. I am sure you are aware of the Michael Brown incident in Ferguson, M., and Travyon Martin in Sanford, Fla....

Letter to the editor: More financial aid eligibility will raise graduation rates

September 15, 2014

Dear Editor, I want to address an important issue with The Higher Education Act of 1965. It has to do with who qualifies for financial aid. According to Section 480, an independent student is defined by...

Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice walks off the field after a training camp practice, Thursday, July 24, 2014, at the team's practice facility in Owings Mills, Md. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Ray Rice scandal sparks ‘#WhyIStayed’ conversations

By Taylor Simien September 15, 2014

The recent Ray Rice scandal has sparked much debate. Unless you live under a rock, you probably know what I’m referring to: the video of Rice knocking out his then-fiancée, now-wife Janay Palmer....