My Life and Mass Casualties

-Liana Salehian

The first mass casualty shooting I vividly remember was on Friday, December 14, 2012. I was in sixth grade. I remember staying home that day since I had the flu and turning on the television to watch the news. From there, the cameramen…

Look What She Made us Do

-Jacob Tate

Our treatment of Taylor Swift and her political activity (or lack thereof) is a microcosm of many greater problems.

Sitting in the post-Harvey traffic gridlock, my father made an observation: “Taylor Swift is a lot like…

Fall State Debates

-Shilpa Gunuganti

From carefully examining the possible effects of Alex Jones buying out all media corporations to engaging in civil discourse on Catalan Independence, the resolutions for debate at Fall State this year are not only exceptionally varied but also engaging…

Lessons from Single-Payer Healthcare’s Failure in Colorado Last Year

-Lida Ehteshami

On the day the state of Colorado voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by about 5 points, voters there also rejected a ballot measure to enact a state-based…

The Net Benefit of Net Neutrality

-Shilpa Gunuganti

A simple belief with a complicated name, net neutrality is the principle that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should treat all content equally. In other words, ISPs cannot charge premiums for internet access and block…

Fast Facts: What You Need to Know about the Catalonia’s Referendum

-Connie Lin

Fall is for pumpkin spice lattes, dead leaves, and ugly break-ups.

What happened?