Streaming services are like cable where you would pay for all these channels that you don't ever watch, but certain programs and channels you do want to watch you have to pay more for.  Why am I paying...

I am paying thousands of dollars to attend classes at Chico State. So when I choose to skip a class, why should it affect my grade if I am the one paying for it? Most instructors now allow you a certain...

Over the past few months I have often got food from the red Halal Platter food truck on my way to classes, and it has quickly become my favorite food option on campus. Usually parked outside the Wildcat...

It has become increasingly popular for professors and universities to use artificial intelligence detectors on student work to try and prevent students from using it to complete assignments. This is done...

"Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes" by Tamim Ansary is one of my favorite reads this year. It provides an eye-opening experience revealing the common ways the world’s 1.5...

Downtown Chico’s roads are horribly laid out and make driving downtown stressful and dangerous. There are four-way intersections where there are only yield signs for two of the ways, there will be a...

Many people view reality television as a “guilty pleasure,” but I see it as a way to gain important insights into human behavior, learn social skills without first hand experience and view ethical...

Attempts by third-party candidates to inject themselves into the national political conversation have become fruitless. At best, they can mobilize some voters and bring increased awareness to certain issues....

Throughout this hotly-contested run for president, divisive messages have been flying from both sides of the aisle. Both sides seek to create the perception that the republic is at risk and that they will...

My soberness ended when a blue and white Cookies-branded fake gun was shoved in my face. The trigger was pulled and smoke came out. I adjusted the sparkling devil horns resting on my head and breathed...

If I was granted one wish, I wouldn’t end world hunger. I wouldn’t bring back Heath Ledger. I would, however, time travel back to the day I decided to read “The Bell Jar” by Sylvia Plath and tell...

Since 1981, the collective world of baseball has been spared the horror of watching the Dodgers and the Yankees play each other in the fall classic. Alas, the fall of our discontent is upon us as that...