Category: Editorials

Why Homecoming?

The week of Homecoming at UTM has rolled around again. With the theme of “There’s no place like Homecoming,” UTM is offering a variety of events for students and alumni to enjoy and celebrate a campus tradition. Homecoming week was scheduled to kick off Sunday, Oct. 3, with a fireworks show at Pacer Pond, but… Continue reading Why Homecoming?

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Get out and vote

2020 has been a crazy year, even without an election. But here we are, with Nov. 3 staring us in the face and a choice. It’s no secret that voting among college students, often some of the most politically and ideologically engaged, still lags behind that of older Americans. This election, however, there are two… Continue reading Get out and vote

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COVID-19 may be here for the foreseeable future, but it won’t be here forever. Even the Black Death, after wiping out over 300 million people, receded before finally being reduced to a rarity. We only ever hear about the Bubonic Plague anymore when some random hiker in Colorado catches it from a beaver, or some… Continue reading Editorial

You’re about to get the keyboard collegiate experience

UTM officials announced on Wed., Mar. 11 that all in-person classes are officially cancelled effective Thursday, Mar. 12 until Apr. 6, 2020. That means that for the next three weeks, we’re all going to be online students. We’re still not sure what that means, but it probably entails lots of video lectures and Canvas exams.… Continue reading You’re about to get the keyboard collegiate experience

Why you should catch next year’s Civil Rights Conference

It’s February once more here at UTM and that means precisely two things. One: it is unreasonably cold and wet, and two: the Annual Civil Rights Conference is back in town. This year marked UTM’s 20th annual conference and featured as its keynote speaker Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, a civil rights activist who participated in over… Continue reading Why you should catch next year’s Civil Rights Conference

Debacle in Iowa reinforces the superiority of paper ballots

Two days after the Iowa caucuses, we’re still not quite sure what happened, at least on the Democratic side. After a glitch occurred in the app used to tabulate the votes, the results of Monday’s caucus vote were delayed while Democratic Party officials corroborated the results. As of the writing of this article, Wednesday evening,… Continue reading Debacle in Iowa reinforces the superiority of paper ballots

Gun-rights protests in Virginia a model for peaceful activism

Americans throughout history have stood up for their rights. At times, the cause of freedom seemed to require armed revolt, as in the case of the American Revolution or in the various armed, popular uprisings in the history of the republic. Yet, we at The Pacer believe we speak for the majority in maintaining that… Continue reading Gun-rights protests in Virginia a model for peaceful activism

Escalation with Iran a roadblock to Middle East peace

We ended last semester in a time of relative inactivity on the world stage, but we return for the spring semester under the looming threat of a third World War. At least that is what you might think if you get your news and political takes from Facebook and Instagram.  Social media, and even some… Continue reading Escalation with Iran a roadblock to Middle East peace

Another semester gone: Congratulate yourselves, Skyhawks

It never fails that each semester seems to pass by quicker and quicker. This week is the last week of classes. For some of us, the last time we will sit in a classroom and take notes from our favorite professors or (in the case of some) awkwardly shift in our seats because we didn’t… Continue reading Another semester gone: Congratulate yourselves, Skyhawks