Courtesy | Unsplash President Ronald Reagan had it right when he said that “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” was a frightening phrase. Yet sometimes the American government succeeds in “helping,” or remedying, past mistakes. Flipping the food pyramid is one of those successes. The Department of Health and Human Services, led...
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This January, sit before the hearth
Courtesy | Unsplash Don’t take January for granted. Enjoy the fruits of winter. Dreary November excites us with the promise of the first snow, and childlike wonder rushes through us the second it falls. Once the worn and tired earth is blanketed and the busy sounds of life are muffled, we allow ourselves to be...
Reject brazen interventionism
Courtesy | Unsplash President Donald Trump ordered a mission to capture and extradite de facto Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro from a military installation outside Caracas last week. The mission was successful, but controversial and kicked off a debate over presidential war powers. The president should return to the non-interventionism of his 2016 platform. Maduro’s capture...
After Eden: Meth won’t bring you love
Courtesy | Unsplash “Looksmaxxing” is the name young men have given to their quest for physical perfection. Internet forums advise looksmaxxers to perfect their jawlines through “bone smashing” (exactly what it sounds like), take steroids or testosterone supplements, or undergo leg-lengthening surgeries. Some even use crystal meth to stay skinny. My 8th-grade friends and I...
Make the library loud again
Courtesy | Maggie O’Connor I was prepared for the campus to be destroyed by construction. But I wasn’t ready for the campus community to be collateral damage. At this point, nearly every student gathering place is under construction. The library has taken a special blow, with fewer students gathering on the top floor, “Heaven,” where...




