The lecture has been a tried-and-true tradition of the collegiate experience for as long as anyone can remember. No, really. When the first universities were established in the Middle Ages, they arranged pupils in benches (or sometimes on the floor) before a master behind a podium who, well… lectured. Even as far back as ancient… Continue reading Should universities be leaving the lecture behind?
Category: Columns
Anonymous UTMVirgin account shakes up campus
Maybe there really is a place for everyone at UTM—even the virgins. Inspired by a similar account created for UTK, UTM has its very own unofficial and anonymously published Virginity Club. In honor of my own abstinence, I decided to take a deep dive into the world of the anonymous creator. Obviously, as this cold… Continue reading Anonymous UTMVirgin account shakes up campus
Is the era of free money from Uncle Sam upon us?
It was once nothing more than wild speculation within the lofty ivory towers of Harvard and Yale, and maybe in the corporate boardrooms of America’s most “forward-looking companies.” Humans are almost obsolete. Jeff Bezos, even if he is nothing more than a brain floating in an anomalous liquid mounted onto a robot, is likely to… Continue reading Is the era of free money from Uncle Sam upon us?
The Week in Viewpoints
This Week in Viewpoints continues the trend of looking at the effects of the pandemic on the American population, especially the college-aged population. Hopefully there will come a time, although probably like after I am no longer your Viewpoints editor, that the COVID-19 pandemic will be a distant memory, but for right now it is… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints
The Week in Viewpoints
Well ladies and gents, I’m back after my (unintentional) sabbatical from The Week in Viewpoints last week, but I rechanneled my efforts into finding the most interesting opinion writing on the web for this week. Personally, I prefer longer-form essays, ones with a lot of meat, that tackle a subject both timely and of timeless… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints
The QAnon phenomenon pervading politics, explained
On Feb. 5, the House of Representatives voted to suspend Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene from her duties on House committees, citing evidence that the congresswoman posted several provocative remarks ranging from questioning the legitimacy of 9/11 to supporting QAnon, or the theory that high-ranking members of the Democratic party are running a child sex-trafficking ring.… Continue reading The QAnon phenomenon pervading politics, explained
Biden’s net-zero carbon ambitions best-served by investment in nuclear
Humanity officially took a step into a new era in 1945 when the United States dropped two nuclear bombs on the Japanese home islands. Whatever you think of the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there is no doubt that they catapulted us all into a new age. Ever since the Second World War, the most… Continue reading Biden’s net-zero carbon ambitions best-served by investment in nuclear
Executive Order’s inclusion takes women’s sports a step back
A new order signed by President Joe Biden attempts to create a safer environment for people regardless of their gender or sexual orientation. Yet it seems that this new order comes at the expense of women’s opportunities on the courts and fields of women’s sports. On January 20, Biden signed Executive Order 13988, which is… Continue reading Executive Order’s inclusion takes women’s sports a step back
The $15 minimum wage a step in the right direction for the future of American work
Americans are distinguished by, if nothing else, our approach to work. Nobody is more work-obsessed than us. We work more hours for lower pay than almost anyone else in the industrialized world, and when that doesn’t pan out for us, we are more than happy to beat ourselves up about it. We’re so obsessed with… Continue reading The $15 minimum wage a step in the right direction for the future of American work
The Week in Viewpoints
This week is dedicated to the one, the only, Coronavirus: show-stealer of 2020 and still playing sold-out houses until, likely, late into 2021. Rather than trying to convince readers to consider the socio-political implications of this or that policy, its effect on the college-aged demographic, or any other such lofty goals, the premise of this… Continue reading The Week in Viewpoints