Gas prices diminish, more money available
Starting off 2015, we recognize the immediate drop in price of gasoline compared to 2014. Our national average is expected to drop by 23 percent in 2015. Being beneficial to students and our nation’s citizens, with prices being so low,…
Free community college viable option
As college students, the word “free” has a special place in all our hearts. We scour the campus for free T-shirts and are always on the look out for scholarships that could help save a few dollars, or even a…
Cancelation of ‘The Interview’ wrong call
This year was one of outcries, backlash and outright revolutions in the making, both through social media (#YesAllWomen) and on the real-life streets (Ferguson). People are speaking out, taking stands, and as long as injustice, still triumphs, campaigns and protests…
Gun purchases should require testing
In the wake of several school shootings, many college students across the country have asked for gun ownership reform. However, the majority of college students who ask for this kind of reform don’t understand that these people are not what…
Digital voting offers new possibilities, chance to make it count
If you didn’t vote, you can’t be unhappy with election results. That’s what most people say. It can be difficult to vote while at college because most people are not registered to vote in their college towns. Students are registered…
Vote young, make change for future
When I was younger, my mother would always take me to go vote with her. I would feel so grown up when she let me enter the booth with her and pull the handle. As I got older and learned…
Ebola crisis not big fear
Ebola is a disease that hit the U.S. a few weeks ago and has now reached New York City. There has been talk of how this is a serious issue and something must be done about it. While that is…
Cease school shootings today
Last Friday, a firearm found its way into an American school… again. Last Friday, shots were fired in an American school… again. Last Friday, young, promising and innocent lives were lost… again. A week later the media is fixated on…
Poor Detroit turns off water for residents
You may remember Detroit; it’s the city that was in the news in 2008 when all the American auto companies except Ford went downhill and the government had to bail them out. The entire city filed for Chapter 9 Bankruptcy…
Goodell must go
As most of us are aware, the NFL is having some distractions to the 2014 season. Roger Goodell is the NFL commissioner and lately has been under a lot of pressure after the Ray Rice case, where Rice beat his…
