Colleges must promote discomfort, not crush it

Sam Stroud Staff Writer College campuses used to be bastions of free expression and thinking, but over the years, far leftism has corrupted many universities to their core. Places once full of intellectual diversity have become bubbles and echo chambers where only one side is promoted and the other discouraged.  It is against this backdrop that we see colleges catering to people who see anything threatening their bubble. Over the summer, the University of Mississippi acquired a landshark as its new mascot. Why did the university abandon the Rebel, its…

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Students organize debate on campus

Madina Seytmuradova Staff writer Controversial topics and intense competition stirred the debaters and audience members at the “Shockwaves in Bibb Graves” debate between members of the Philosophy Society and the Economics Club on Monday. Each team had the chance to pick two of the five topics suggested by their opponents ahead of the event. The judges then picked a fifth topic that was announced during the event. The topics of debate included whether companies should advertise to children, the border wall, artificial intelligence (AI) research, welfare and whether plastic bags…

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