Obesity has rapidly evolved from a subsidiary concern to a national health epidemic. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, about 33.8% of U.S. adults and 17% of children are…
Category: Opinions
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The College Diaries
The second semester of your junior year of college sparks a lot of thoughts and questions about your future. As advised by seemingly every person at this university, I have been toying…
The Crusader of Sanity
Chris Kyle’s book American Sniper raised eyebrows when it first came out in 2012. It’s only fitting that the film adaptation would do exactly the same. The Clint Eastwood-directed, Bradley Cooper-starring, Jason…
The Xavierite sounds off on the Tension in Ferguson
“There are two sides to every story, but in the case of the Michael Brown shooting, we only get to hear one side–the side that lived. I believe that, as a white…
The Crusader of Sanity
I’m not going to write an article about how sad it is that Black Friday actually starts late on Thursday and ruins Thanksgiving for workers and how sad it is that consumers…
The College Diaries
I have been waiting to write an article on this topic for a long time partly due to lack of understanding and mostly due to my disgust that something like this even…
The Cougar Pulse
With finals week quickly approaching, and for many of us already taking finals this week, I found it fitting to address the stress that typically accompanies the end of the semester. With…
Diversity Informs, Educates and Inspires
“I think the campus does a great job highlighting and hosting mulitcultural events. We have an incredibly diverse campus and each one of the events hosted certainly shows a new aspect of…
The Crusader of Sanity
Pope Francis has been quite a busy guy within the last few weeks. It was announced earlier this week that Francis would be coming to the United States – Philadelphia, to be…
The College Diaries
As you become an adult, you slowly start to realize how much of an impact your parents have on the person you ultimately become. I would say that in the last two…
