by Alex Arnold Partisanism is arguably the most dangerous thing that could ever happen to a government system. In order for there to be (truly) fair elections, a candidate must be able to make a case for themselves and their policies without any sort of bias hindering them. This is obviously an impossible dream that will never be fully realized by human government, but hear me out. Although it goes without saying that no human being will ever be completely free from any form of bias, this shouldn’t be relevant…
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Lets be real about BeReal
by Emily Mosier It could come at any time. While I’m brushing my teeth in the morning. While I’m writing an article after lunch. Or even while I’m jamming to music in the Cookout drive-thru at 1 a.m. But when the BeReal notification does go off, I don’t have to be ready for it. BeReal is a social media that people love to hate, but I have to disagree. I downloaded it in September, and it has become one of my favorite platforms. At a different time every day, I…
Read MoreWe shouldn’t be paying for scantrons
by Alex T. Arnold I’ve been in multiple classes where scantrons were utilized whenever there was a paper test. The positives of scantrons are that they allow professors to grade and return tests quickly. The problem, however, is that students are required to go out and buy them before the day of the test. I am well aware that it sounds stupid to complain about this when the scantrons only cost fifty cents and are available at the school bookstore, but hear me out. The entire higher education system already…
Read MoreThe police should get more funding
by Belle Johnson I recently had a conversation with an acquaintance about how police respond to certain situations. One of my colleagues stated that we needed to defund the police due to many tragic events over the past few years. While I agree that those events should have never happened in the first place, I disagree with the notion of defunding the police. I propose a few reasons why defunding the police would be a bad idea. The first affect defunding would have on police stations would be the budget. This,…
Read MoreBrain-dead women should not be surrogate mothers
by Emmaleigh Clegg Recently, the idea of using brain-dead women as surrogate mothers has made national headlines. The basis of the argument, by a Norwegian professor named Anna Smajdor and first published in the journal Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, is that scientifically, a brain-dead woman is able to carry out a pregnancy to full term, which could be used to the advantage of doctors. It would be treated similarly to organ donation in that a woman would consent to be used as a surrogate mother before she becomes brain-dead. The fact…
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