Column by Allison Borthwick, Opinion Editor Stubbornness is exhausting. Defying change is, often, pointless. An existence based solely on closed-minded objection to differing viewpoints is bound to be a lonely one. There’s a fine line between respectfully proving someone wrong and arguing for the sake of arguing. Standing up for ourselves is a good thing. Getting back Read More
Column by John Muenzberg, Lecturer of philosophy It’s become a movie cliche for a character, during a heated debate, to declare that they don’t want to “just debate semantics.” The implication is that debates about the meanings of words are trivial and unnecessary. After all, it seems to be assumed, we all agree about the meanings of Read More
Column by Hallie Beard, Junior from Louisville, Ky. Midterms: everything is made up and the points don’t matter. If I were to approach a random student in the Quad and say, “The lowest points of my life have been during fall midterms,” they probably wouldn’t doubt me. I can’t be the only one who dreads early October in Read More
Column by Allison Borthwick, Opinion Editor Why is our instinct always to escape? For instance, I just attempted to escape the responsibility of writing this column by watching an hour and a half of YouTube videos. That’s so many YouTube videos, you guys. And SO little writing. It’s not that I dislike writing, either. I love it. Read More
Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising I write today in defense of the clerk. By “clerk,” I mean to refer to those people who file, answer phones, take money, keep records, give receipts, answer idiotic questions, open up and lock up and make things run as they should. “Clerk” comes from Greek and Latin words referring Read More
Column by Taylor Grace Suiter, Senior from Brentwood, Tennessee Sorry, everyone. This isn’t a listicle, but at least I got your attention. It all started in the late fall of 2012, my freshman year. I kept noticing funny videos and quippy “articles” about loving mac’n’cheese that were being shared on my Facebook timeline and they were all coming Read More
Column by Allison Borthwick, Opinion Editor We are most definitely a product of our environment. And by “environment” I mean “popular culture.” And by “popular culture” I mean “the superficial aspects of society we gravitate toward.” Popular culture is not a phase, mom. It’s a lifestyle. According to Stacy Takacs, author of “Interrogating Popular Culture: Key Questions,” Read More
Column by John Muenzberg, Lecturer of philosophy This summer Kim Davis, the county clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky, has attracted national attention for her refusal to issue marriage licenses. While she refused to issue licenses to any couple, she stated that her refusal was due to a religious objection to same-sex marriage. Yet having a religious objection Read More