The Weekly World: Toronto’s “misogynists and white-supremacists”
Sometimes it is difficult to see where our biases blind us, but occasionally, some group will brazenly step into the spotlight and enlighten us all with a dazzling display of […]
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We aren’t over our language problems
Over the generations that this country has seen, the views and perspectives of women in higher education have changed drastically. There have been many progressive steps taken over the past […]
Vital Nature: Bacteriophages
Bacteriophages have been utilized by humanity within agricultural, medical and dietary fields of experimentation and implementation for decades. After recent strikes of rebellion by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, they are reemerging in […]
The Weekly World: New CDC study won’t change minds on vaccines
Purity, sanctity and self-righteousness are normally the attributes of the moral compass we associate with the reactionary right—religious zealots and gun toting, flag-waving ideologues who battle against science and reason. […]
The “Monsanto Protection Act”
It’s spring; plants are giving wing to their seeds, love birds are in the air, people are tilling their gardens and sowing their crops. You might be sneezing more than […]
Cures for old problems?
Modern medicine has been making leaps and pursuing feats that may wind up monumental. From a newborn being dosed to successfully “cure” him of HIV within 30 hours of birth, […]
War with N. Korea?
There are two Koreas, and they are as different as water and fire. Once a unified country, it was torn down the middle by the political and ideological warfare of […]
International student tuition rise
International students are subjected to yet another tuition increase. Amelia Dickson of “The Seattle Times” wrote that international students’ tuition would amplify by 20 percent if state Senate advances a […]
Hugo Chávez, demonized champion
To the majority of the Venezuelan population, late president Hugo Chávez was a hero. Despite Venezuela being one of the richest countries in Latin America, the contrast between rich and […]
The Weekly World: Rand Paul’s Filibuster
Most students here have probably heard bits and pieces about Kentucky Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster of John Brennan’s CIA nomination, or the #StandwithRand meme circulating Facebook and Twitter. Ordinarily, ceaseless […]
Vital Nature: Superbugs
The issue of drug resistance is as old as antibiotics themselves, as it occurs when drugs kill susceptible infections, leaving resilient strains behind. The survivors reproduce and re-infest, and pose […]
Learning to live, thrive and perform surgery in an indifferent world
Sometimes shifting perspectives is difficult. Admitting you’ve not only done something wrong, but are systematically continuing to do things wrong is hardest of all. It can be incredibly empowering though. […]
The political correctness screw makes another turn
Pop tarts are dangerous—or at least they seemed that way to faculty at Park Elementary School in Baltimore and ended up as such for 7-year-old Josh Welch. He was suspended […]
Letter to the editor: Benedict XVI
This letter is not to excuse what has happened in the Roman Catholic Church. I do not in any way condone the abuse that happened nor the decades of church […]
The Weekly World: How bad is the sequester?
On March 1, the day the dreaded sequester budget cuts took effect, President Barack Obama prophesized that the cuts will “hurt our economy, they’ll cost us jobs, and to set […]
Vital Nature: Pollution, otters and whales
Since the “save the whales” movement popularized and trending onwards from around the ‘70s, a large chunk of environmental attention has been paid to both marine and fresh water creatures. […]
Depression in college needs more attention
Winter quarter has always felt like the longest quarter I’ve ever taken. Even in high school, it just felt like an endless cycle of going to school and going to […]
Getting the “college experience” at BC
When I ask older generations about what made their college experiences so great, the nearly unanimous consensus is always something about the community and intellectual immersion they went through during […]
Mathematics and critical thinking
The more classes I take in the social sciences or the humanities, the more I hear the term “critical thinking” being thrown around. A lot of educators seem to harp […]
Remember, the medium is the message
The student rally at Olympia last week was great. We all met with legislators and their assistants and appeared to make generally positive impressions. They seemed to agree with us […]