Columns – Page 4

Powerful Rap Can Teach Us Lessons

Carter Martin, Staff Reporter • January 11, 2018

Imagine a teenager just like you listening to rap but not just rap that deals with negative parts of society -- instead, rap that has meaning to you. In today’s society rap has meaning to different...

Multi-Billion Dollar Gun Fight Hurting All

Bucky Stalker, Staff Reporter • July 7, 2017

A controversial, multi-billion dollar war has taken the nation by storm, creating a division and tension between the two leading political parties in the United States. Many in the Republican Party...

Why Does the NCAA Refuse to Share with the Real Money Makers?

Sam Rueff, Staff Reporter • March 24, 2017

Say you see your hero athlete, run up to him or her to get an autograph and then find out they can’t sign anything because of rules. This is a problem going on and increasingly getting worse...

Reflections from the Mat

Anthony Farias, Staff Reporter • February 22, 2017

Set yourself in a wrestling stance. Knees bent, chest over your thighs, and your eyes staring into your opponent’s. Boom boom, boom boom, boom boom…your heart races, pumping adrenaline. One goal in...

Falling for Clickbait a Slippery Slope

Robert Davis, Editor in Chief • February 6, 2017

Clickbait plagues online journalism and the internet as a whole. Clickbait is the writing of titillating titles meant to incite emotion or curiosity so people click on articles that are often of little...

Nintendo’s Disregarding Fans an Unwise Move

Alex Garbus, Staff Reporter • February 3, 2017

In the video game industry, fans show their dedication by creating projects, ranging from a simple sketch of a favorite scene to an entire game set in a favorite universe. It should seem natural that the...

Sharing MetLife Stadium Needs to Change

Shaan Kalra, Staff Reporter • January 18, 2017

Despite being finished for the year, two National Football League franchises have unfinished business. The New York Giants and the New York Jets have been sharing a stadium since 1984, but that needs...

Are the Knicks the Next Beasts in The East?

Sergio Sanchez, Staff Reporter • January 13, 2017

From three NBA finals, to competitive Knicks during the 1980s, to the Knicks that only won 17 games last season, and to competing to be one of the top teams in the East. The New York Knicks back in the...

Gaining a Different Perspective on the World

Mitchell Ose, Staff Reporter • January 9, 2017

Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.” Flying gives us a chance to look at...

Now is the Time for Patience and Compromise

Trevor Liebert, Staff Reporter • January 6, 2017

In two weeks the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United States will take place. In the two months since Nov. 8, the nation has remained polarized. It started with people rioting,...

What If Everyone Could be Exempt?

Michael Webb, Staff Reporter • December 16, 2016

No study guides, no stress, zero anxiety, and out of school a week early. All these scenarios could be possible for everyone if all class levels had the opportunity to be exempt from end-of-semester exams. For...

Is It Doomsday for DC?

Donnie Rand, Staff Reporter • December 15, 2016

The DC Extended Universe is a film franchise composed of three films thus far: "Man of Steel" (2013), "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" (2016) and "Suicide Squad" (2016). Though the franchise is still...

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