Going to the movies during the pandemic isn’t too different than before
Kelsey Ogle, Reporter
October 17, 2020
The movie theater industry has perhaps suffered more than any other business during the coronavirus pandemic. While other businesses were allowed to open sooner, movie theaters remained closed and suffered greatly. They were in danger before the pandemic and now they’re in even more danger of cl...
Punishing the homeless doesn’t solve the problem, compassion does
Erin Holve, Reporter
October 13, 2020
“I don't understand why there isn't a group of police officers down at that encampment right now telling them that they need to get their stuff, and they need to get out,” said community member Brock Winborne at the latest city council meeting held on Oct. 6. “And I don't understand why they're ...
What does it mean for the election and country now that Trump has Coronavirus?
Jack Lewis, Opinion Columnist
October 12, 2020
This past Friday, news of President Donald Trump contracting the dreaded coronavirus shocked the nation as he was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The president, who for months had downplayed the illness, was suddenly faced with a conundrum: how to continue playing it down while a...
Vice presidential debate returns surprising maturity to the podium
Jack Lewis, Opinion Columnist
October 12, 2020
After last week’s circus show of a presidential debate, the vice presidential debate showed us all how a debate should be held, despite which side of politics one finds themself on. The debate pitted Senator Kamala Harris against current Vice President Mike Pence in an hour and half debate that ma...
Abigail Shrier and the Dangers of Making Psychological Assertions from Limited Data
Erin Holve, Opinion Columnist
October 11, 2020
This article focuses on a straight, white, cis female opinion writer discussing the book a straight, white, cis female opinion writer wrote concerning transgenderism. I can’t possibly see how this article could get into any difficult territory. What could possibly go wrong when two women...
Dealing with a Toxic Family Relationships can be a Lifelong Challenge
Erin Holve, Reporter
October 10, 2020
It’s utter chaos in the moment. My shoulders make contact with my ears in a child-like attempt to stop the tumultuous world around me. In a way I am a child in these moments. Desperate to make the world organized like a dollhouse I would play with. A perfect family of four in a house where e...
ACB is not the new RBG
Chloe Curtis, Editor-in-Chief
October 6, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, affectionately known as RBG, was the blueprint for what it meant to be a confident, educated and well-spoken woman. Following her death, RBG was publicly honored at Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C., and became the first woman to lie in state at the Capitol. Many of the...
In the first Presidential Debate Trump Swings and Misses
Jack Lewis, Opinion Columnist
October 1, 2020
The first of four presidential debates, between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, went exactly as one might expect: chaotically. The debate, if you can call it that, was essentially 90 minutes of interjections and personal attacks. From the very opening, Trump made it clear ...
Police, how do we hold them accountable for wrongful deaths?
Erin Holve, Opinion Columnist
October 1, 2020
Breonna Taylor was shot and killed earlier this year after plainclothes police officers burst into her apartment with a battering ram at 1 a.m. to execute a drug raid search warrant. Detectives Brett Hankison and Myles Cosgrove along with Sergeant Jonathan Mattingly were the three officers w...
The Double Standard of Chris Evans’ Nude Photo
Erin Holve, Opinion Columnist
September 26, 2020
Actor Chris Evans recently had what I’m affectionately calling a d*ck snafu on social media. He uploaded a screenshot of his phone’s camera roll, most of which were for publicity purposes. Evans seemed to have missed the tasteful black and white d*ck pic that was tucked away amongst the ot...
Learning from the Past: How our current political climate resembles the fall of Rome’s Republic
Jack Lewis, Reporter
September 22, 2020
The United States is heading down a dangerous path. It is truly ironic that our nation was loosely founded on the political system that the Roman Republic once used and is spiraling down a similar path that led to its downfall. You may have heard the saying: “The past always repeats itself” Well,...
RBG, What can we learn from her life?
Erin Holve, Opinion Columnist
September 22, 2020
I’ve never been someone to mourn the loss of a celebrity or public figure. Often shrugging my shoulders in a kind of cruel indifference. An inconsequential happenstance. When I heard about Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death, I suddenly understood mourning someone I’ve never met. It wasn...
