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.
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.
Recently, I received an invitation in the mail to a wedding reception from a friend.
The McNair Center for Aerospace Innovation and Research is a new center that will be located across from the College of Engineering at Catawba and Assembly streets.
As billions of dollars went toward Brazil’s hosting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, millions of tourists and soccer fans made their way to Brazil to be a part of the games.
The transition from high school to college, or from another campus to this one, can be a difficult one that calls up many more questions than it does answers.
I’d like to comment on Caleb Dixon’s article, “Founding documents still relevant” of July 16 — 22.
A ride home isn’t always a simple thing to procure. This friend may be busy, this one could have her car in the shop and not everyone is able to pay cab or bus fare — or find a bus route that actually goes where you need it to go.
In the last issue there was an article that called a required class on this nation’s founding documents, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Federalist Papers, a “waste of students’ time and resources.” I took offense to this.
The phrase, “All good things must come to an end,” is a familiar one, meant to comfort us when something in our lives changes that we wished would just stay the same.
We live in an age where media is a far-reaching spiderweb, present not only in print publications, but online as well, which extends to our phones, computers and tablets. Once something is published online, all it takes is a Google search and no more than an hour or two of time to unearth past offenses that could cause harm to your reputation and your future.