If you’ve ever traveled abroad to a country where your language is rarely spoken, you’ll understand when I say that it’s like being dropped to the bottom of the ocean.
If you’ve tuned into the news at all over the past several weeks you’ve already heard about the police shooting of Michael Brown, an African-American teen who many witnesses said was completely unarmed and submissive to police commands at the time.
As an open campus, one of the overarching goals of the university is student safety.
When I hear those around me try to justify or equivocate taking a knife to the clitoris of an infant, an alien sort of anger begins to claw at my temples.
In a sudden turn that surprised no one, another Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire fell through earlier this week, leading to renewed attacks by both sides.
Good universities relies on good investments. From the maintenance of the parking garages to the large lump sums of money needed to build them, it all comes down to the judicious allocation of available funds.
The U.S. is steeped in a history of diversity and conflict. We love to tell ourselves that we have a national epic of coming together to resolve our differences and become stronger for it.
The New York Times editorial board made a huge stink earlier in the year coming out in support of “follow[ing] the growing movement in the states and repeal[ing] the ban on marijuana for both medical and recreational use.”
The probability of a second dose of Clintonism into the sandstone veins of the White House seems to depend on whom you ask.
When the last issue of The Renaissance left my hands during lunch at Dutch Fork High School, I received a sobering reminder that my two year tenure as Editor-in-Chief was over.
It’s a pleasure to reconnect with our returning students and to welcome the class of 2018 to their new home.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, or unless you’re blissfully unaware of that particular strain of celebrity in which the person is only famous for being “famous,” you are aware of who Kim Kardashian is.
The beginning of a new school year means many things: seeing your friends and meeting new ones, contemplating the very real possibility of melting on your way to class and looking forward to a fresh start.
The Onion, a news satire organization, used to be more prescient before it went exclusively to web, but every now and again they can still come up with something both piercing and hilarious.
Chances are, you didn’t know Robin Williams.
The golden rule of scummy politics is this: if you’re going to do something to screw over vast swathes of the American populace, you had better make sure that they have no idea what you’re doing or how you’re doing it.
If you’ve spent time outside this summer, you know that on the average day it feels hotter than the inside of an oven, or perhaps the surface of the sun.