Lifestyle 9/21/2017, 3:00pm Abstract Thinking: Life in LaFollette By Abby LeClercq 11 p.m., Thursday night. Sit up in bed. Turn up the fan so you don’t sweat to death in your sleep. Watch centipedes run across the floor and into the closet. Lay down and go back to sleep.
Lifestyle 9/19/2017, 4:26pm Leave it to Levi: Ending racism should be a daily action By Levi Todd When the “Unite the Right” rally took place in Charlottesville, Virginia on Aug. 11, a national outcry flooded against neo-Nazis, white supremacists and Ku Klux Klan members.
9/18/2017, 3:00pm Musings from Moorman: It's time we abolish the Democratic Party By Jordan Moorman An issue of salience this year has been one requiring analysis from a historical perspective. I have increasingly noticed symbols historically associated with intolerance, hate, racism, etc. as part of the news. As a conservative, I believe these symbols of hate and injustice should be taken down.
Lifestyle 9/18/2017, 3:00pm Dominic's Politics: We must unite together, or as a country, we fail By Dominic Bordenaro If my readers haven’t figured it out yet, I’m a Democrat. I am proud to say that.
Lifestyle 9/18/2017, 1:23pm Finding Beneficence: Lest We Forget By Garrett Looker My car rumbled to a stop as I sat and watched an American flag flutter in the afternoon breeze. Beyond that iconic image of patriotism was a world I never thought I’d find myself again – high school.
Lifestyle 9/15/2017, 3:14pm The Woke Column: Storms are growing stronger, climate change is to blame By Amy Schwartz Since the U.S. began recording weather in 1851, two Atlantic hurricanes of such intensity have never hit our country in the same season, until now.
Lifestyle 9/15/2017, 3:00pm The Woke Column: Harvey, Irma wreak havoc, climate change to blame By Amy Schwartz Since the U.S. began recording weather in 1851, two Atlantic hurricanes of such intensity have never hit our country in the same season, until now.
Lifestyle 9/14/2017, 3:10pm Nick and Tired: Family Weekend - A Retrospective By Nick Siano After just a few days on campus, I was sure that nothing could be more infuriating than the crowds on McKinley Avenue during the first week of school.
Lifestyle 9/14/2017, 3:00pm Beneath the Reel: Powerful character development drives horrifyingly good 'IT' By Hunter Knight "IT" makes you a kid again by bringing your childhood fears back into your mind, but the movie will not make you want to say, “Damn, it feels good to be a kid again!”
Lifestyle 9/13/2017, 3:30pm Nick and Tired: On the Brink of Zero By Nick Siano Overdrawn, overspent and overanxious. Wasteful spending was never in my wheelhouse. I was a talented dog-walking entrepreneur growing up and scrambled to pull neighbors' garbage out for a spare dollar or two each week. I did everything to justify any spending a 10-year-old might do.
Lifestyle 9/13/2017, 3:29pm Beneath the Reel: 'Cheap Thrills' exposes three poisons of humanity By Hunter Knight "Cheap Thrills" (2013) exposes the moral conflict humans have when money, greed and failure seep through the cracks of our lives and affect our moral core. These three poisons are expressed throughout the film, diving into the worst of what people can be.
Lifestyle 9/13/2017, 3:29pm Adult-ish: Lost in Dublin By Audrey Bowers Studying abroad in Ireland was something that I looked forward to for months. Yet, I never imagined that I would find myself lost in a foreign country.
Lifestyle 9/8/2017, 3:00pm Demi's Diems: Way Up High, Way Up Front By Demi Lawrence Denver, Colorado. Upon first thought, the Mile High City doesn’t seem like a place where a five-day Christian church conference would be held. Yet, there I found myself for exactly that event this past June.
9/8/2017, 3:00pm Cafe con Leche: DACA is the American Dream By Stephanie Amador It was 6:30 am on Monday. Following my natural habit, I pulled my phone out and snoozed the alarm. Since I was already up, I looked on social media. I started scrolling down videos on Facebook and then I jumped on to my newsletter app.
Lifestyle 9/8/2017, 3:00pm The Woke Column: Marijuana, pinky-nail-sized evidence and school suspension By Amy Schwartz Loud, bud, tree, reefer, Devil's lettuce, weed.
Lifestyle 9/6/2017, 12:00pm Grey Matter: Don't call me Oreo By Mariah Thatch All my life, I have been plagued with being told that I am “not really black.”
lifestyle 9/5/2017, 4:31pm Never Being Boring: On London - Where I've been and where I'm going By Evan Hatfield When the plane I boarded in London landed back in Chicago on July 29, it was as bittersweet a moment as any.
lifestyle 9/5/2017, 4:30pm Finding Beneficence: Scenes from an American Gas Station By Garrett Looker Beyond the murky glass streaked with dust, about 12 feet from the door, was a dry erase board that sat leaning against the wall.
opinion 8/23/2017, 1:21pm FINDING BENEFICENCE: The first day of the rest of your life By Garrett Looker On my first day at Ball State University, I was alone. I didn’t know anyone. I had no lifeline, no rope to cling to.
entertainment 5/17/2017, 12:49pm FIRE UP THE GRYLLS: ‘Master of None’ gets too real (and that’s a good thing) By Colin Grylls ‘Master of None’ has something for everyone, and whether life imitates art or art imitates life doesn’t matter.
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