Earth Day Every Day
[caption id="attachment_12337" align="alignright" width="300"] Planet earth in outer space Dreamstime/TNS[/caption] Earth Day is a great reminder to toss our empty water bottles into the blue...
Real Representation Matters
[caption id="attachment_12335" align="alignright" width="300"] Love, Simon . Twentieth Century Fox/ TNS[/caption] When I was little, I had divorced parents, a pretty small family, and I...
Rookie Finals Week Mistakes (from a Rookie)
[caption id="attachment_12333" align="alignright" width="300"] Students study for final exams at Hinsdale Public Library on Saturday, May 27, 2017. --- Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/TNS[/caption] Ah, spring time....
The Threat of Sinclair Broadcast Group
[caption id="attachment_12269" align="alignright" width="300"] The offices of Sinclair Broadcasting Group. Kenneth K. Lam/Baltimore Sun/TNS[/caption] The age-old adage of journalism, whether it be print or broadcast,...
Forward Into Socialism
[caption id="attachment_12267" align="alignright" width="300"] Bernie Sanders ran or president in the 2016 primary elections on a platform of democratic socialism. --- Dennis Van Tine/Abaca Press/TNS[/caption]...
Stripping Down Dress Codes
[caption id="attachment_12265" align="alignright" width="300"] The photo studio that took her senior portraits told Maine South High School student Grace Goble, 17, that this sweater wasn’t...
SXU Shouldn’t Limit the Number of Classes Students Can Take at Other Universities
[caption id="attachment_12198" align="alignright" width="300"] Dan Marsula illustration relating to paying for college. --- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS[/caption] Education is expensive. Water is wet. Universities, in particular Saint...
Sex Education is a Human Right
[caption id="attachment_12196" align="alignright" width="300"] Condoms are given out for free at many clinics and are a primary contraceptive used during sex. --- Dreamstime/TNS[/caption] I don’t...
“Hippie Dippy” Sustainability
[caption id="attachment_12194" align="alignright" width="300"] In addition to recycling, there are other ways to live an eco-friendly lifestyle. ---Dreamstime/TNS[/caption] The only way to be sustainable is...
How to Stay Safe on Campus
[caption id="attachment_12192" align="alignright" width="300"] Fauzia Lala works with students during a self-defense seminar at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound --- Courtney Pedroza/Seattle Times/TNS[/caption] For...