Category: Opinions

I am a cold man…. I am a wintry man. I am a hypothermic man. My boots are caked in salt residue, but I won’t tell anyone. The salt can eat through the leather, and I won’t even care!  Why should I? I never owed the boots anything. I don’t owe anything to anyone, especially...

Ferguson has grown quieter since last summer, when the tensions surrounding Michael Brown’s death led first to peaceful protests, then erupted in riots. The events are well known: On Aug. 9, Officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Brown. The next day, the crowd at a candlelight vigil became violent, sparking a period of unrest that...

Don’t tip. That’s the message we have all been receiving this past week, slowly. The Jitters jar has had an addendum added to its cheerful “Tips.” A melancholy little “Not.” It’s a longstanding but only recently vital or enforced Bon Appétit policy, we are told. There are tax intricacies too deep for us to fathom....

The Student Federation serves a fairly small, though not pointless, role on campus. We are allocated a portion of your student fees and given the responsibility to give them back effectively: We exist for this reason — I say this as Treasurer. Compared to other student government bodies, we do hardly anything at all. I...

It was a delight to see such a large turnout for the recent debate on marriage. The whole event, including the coverage in the Collegian, was a model of civil discourse. We write to clarify four points about the conjugal view of marriage. First, as a comprehensive union of lover and beloved, marriage distinctively unites...