An argument against drug testing in the welfare system

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February 8, 2017

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Illustration by Tyler Carpenter Welfare reform is a constant staple of the campaigning politician, with those on the right wanting to create further restrictions on people seeking government assistance. One of the biggest arguments in recent years is the desire to implement required drug testing for anyone wanting to receive help. Here’s why drug testing […]

Safe Zone, the First Amendment, and going to college

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January 31, 2017

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According to the Safe Zone Project, the definition of a safe zone is: “a term used to refer to LGBTQIA awareness workshops…Displaying “Safe Zone” stickers can help an organization communicate to others a commitment to creating LGBTQ-inclusive environments.” In order for it to be a safe zone, according to the Safe Zone Project, that person […]

Stand with Standing Rock

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January 25, 2017

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Photo by Julie Ostler Protesters have gathered at the Standing Rock Sioux reservation in North Dakota since August to halt construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, or DAPL. They cite concerns that the construction of the DAPL will desecrate their sacred ancestral lands as well as threaten the reservations’ water supply. These protesters, who refer […]

Hollow words from a hollow man

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January 25, 2017

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January 20, 2017, a day that will live in infamy. This is the day that Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. Rather than focus on the “alternative facts” surrounding the size of his crowd or the millions of wonderful nasty women and men who marched in protest the […]

Draining the swamp or clogging the drain?

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January 18, 2017

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With the inauguration of President-elect Trump looming, many are still uncertain of what his presidency is going to look like due to his fluid stance on many issues. To gain insight as to what a Trump administration may entail, people have begun looking at his cabinet appointments. First is Trump’s nominee for Attorney General, Senator […]

Jesse Ruins Jesse: When life’s lemons squirt you in the eye

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December 3, 2016

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Editors Note: This article may contain graphic/detailed information unsuitable for some readership. I have looked over and rewrote this article 700 times; feeling like it is either not good enough or not conveying the message I seek to express. That alone, in itself, is my message: Sometimes nothing is ever good enough. Here I am, […]

Don’t Vote for Trump

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November 8, 2016

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Staff Editorial As this circus of an election mercifully winds it’s way to a close, we as an editorial board have one thing to say to our readers: Don’t vote for Donald Trump. Though we may not agree on the best alternative candidate, we can say with one voice that we as a board denounce […]

Hallway Conversations: What is consent?

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November 8, 2016

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Name: Nicole Hemsley Major: Accounting Year: Freshmen “Consent is if someone asks you something, you give them permission to do it. Consent is important because if a guy comes up and starts doing stuff to you, or if you’re with them and you tell them don’t do that, but they do it anyway, they are […]

A call to arms: Why voting really matters

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November 4, 2016

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Since August, The Review has done a number of articles to see whom students were planning on voting for, if they were keeping up with the election and whether or not they were planning on voting. Unfortunately, most students were either unaware or uneducated with this election. So much, that most informed us that they […]