The growing concerns about the coronavirus have many people worried about their health and safety. In order to close the book on this looming threat, we may have to close our borders temporarily. In this piece, I provide a dissenting opinion from our previous reporting on the topic, based on information that has come to… Continue reading Are new border closures in order for this border-line crisis?
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Sparknotes: an obstacle to serious learning
With the start of a new semester, many students are returning to some reading-intensive classes. Perhaps you are a history or English major and you are up to your eyeballs in biographies and novels to read, or maybe you’re in another field but have found yourself taking a few 200-level English courses to satisfy some… Continue reading Sparknotes: an obstacle to serious learning
Home of the free, land of the border wall
Last week president Trump signed a bill which reopened the government temporarily without any funding for the border wall, the issue that started the shutdown back in December. The government shutdown, which lasted for 35 days, was the longest in U.S. history during which hundreds of thousands of federal employees, roughly 40 percent of the… Continue reading Home of the free, land of the border wall
NFL Fieldhouse (2019): Week 13
Week 13 kicked off with a bang as the NFL’s hottest team, the New Orleans Saints, traveling to the heart of Dallas to duel the NFC-leading Cowboys on Thursday Night Football. Former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman had some opinions to voice about his former team and former Kansas City Chiefs running back Kareem Hunt… Continue reading NFL Fieldhouse (2019): Week 13
Is Facebook Seeking to Stifle Alternative Media Sources?
On Thursday, Oct. 11, with just a month to go before the midterm elections, Facebook announced that they had purged around 800 pages and accounts tied to alternative media sources due to their “inauthentic behavior,” mostly related to spam and click-bait, which Facebook said was against their user guidelines. While the initial storm has died… Continue reading Is Facebook Seeking to Stifle Alternative Media Sources?
Participation awards cause complacency
To a child, a participation award is nearly as good as winning it all. Little league sports teams don’t like to discourage the losers by not giving them some type of reward. In a lot of cases, the award for merely participating in an activity looks about as nice as the award for winning. Adults… Continue reading Participation awards cause complacency
Referendum date set, students to consider concealed carry
Students at UTM are being asked to consider whether or not they would like to have concealed carry for guns on campus. Two pieces of legislation to determine the opinion of the university will be voted on Dec. 7 during SGA senate. SGA proposed legislation which was widely debated at their biweekly senate meeting on… Continue reading Referendum date set, students to consider concealed carry