House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, despite having full-fledged support from the national GOP, lost his district’s primary this past Tuesday evening. Through his support of reasonable debt negotiations and aims to tackle immigration reform in a meaningful way, Cantor grew to be a fairly popular figure nationally. However, on a local level, Cantor was described… Continue reading Tea Party win sends message
Category: Columns
Senioritis affects even the strongest students
As the days wind down on the spring semester at UTM, a certain illness has been sweeping the campus, senioritis. The always faithful and rarely factual Urban Dictionary defines senioritis as, “A virus, which seems to affect mainly second semester seniors, with few exceptions … This virus can be deadly to one’s grades, as the… Continue reading Senioritis affects even the strongest students
Becca Partridge: Withdrew on day one
I didn’t come to college expecting it to change me. I didn’t expect UTM to become home. In fact, I didn’t think of these four years as anything other than a challenge I had to pass in order to get on with my life. I was wrong. When I first arrived in Martin, I was… Continue reading Becca Partridge: Withdrew on day one
Malorie Paine: Can’t even believe the end is here
I can’t believe the time has come for me to write my senior farewell. Five years flew by for me. So much has happened in the last five years that wouldn’t have been possible without UTM. Now, I can’t lie and say that I didn’t consider leaving UTM. There were several semesters where I found… Continue reading Malorie Paine: Can’t even believe the end is here
Alex Jacobi: Struggle is more than real
Saying goodbye is something I’ve never been good at. I can’t even handle simple goodbyes. When I was a kid, I played out dramatic scenes in my head over simple things leaving my life, like when my mom decided to get a new car or when we moved to a house in another part of… Continue reading Alex Jacobi: Struggle is more than real
Spanish music: You may already be a fan
What do the songs “99 Luftballons” and “Gangnam Style” have in common? Both have gone mainstream in the U.S. despite not being performed in English. Here’s my question: why is that such an uncommon thing in the U.S.? Music isn’t restricted in quite the same way that language is, so why is the spread of… Continue reading Spanish music: You may already be a fan
Bradley Stringfield: I never wanted to go here
Over the last four years I have come to both love, and hate, Martin. However, in a few short days I will bid farewell to UTM and venture off into the land that all of our professors have referred to as ‘the real world.’ I never really wanted to come to UTM. I wanted to… Continue reading Bradley Stringfield: I never wanted to go here
Entertainment in Japan: Humor at its best
Now that I have covered the drinking culture in Japan, I bet you are asking yourself how I can possibly top that this week. A few weeks ago, during my Senior Seminar class, my partner and I did a presentation on Japanese media. While I was doing research, I uncovered some very interesting facts about… Continue reading Entertainment in Japan: Humor at its best
A civic duty forgotten: the importance of voting
We sometimes forget in light of all the drama and discussion over policy that it is our civic duty to vote. Voting can be viewed as a waste of time, or opinions can be formed that one’s vote does not matter because elections are decided ahead of time. In light of the make-up SGA elections… Continue reading A civic duty forgotten: the importance of voting
Column: Hottest fashion trends to try for the summer
Summer is quickly approaching and everyone wants to know the latest and hottest summer fashion trends. Summer is a time to be stress-free and full of friends, sunshine and the cutest clothes. Fashion trends don’t always change from year to year, but new fashion trends do get added to the mix and some are removed… Continue reading Column: Hottest fashion trends to try for the summer