Category: Opinions

I used to like “The Office.” That is, until I found myself in a cubicle of my own and related a little too well with Jim Halpert when he says, “If this were my career, I’d have to throw myself in front of a train.” Last summer I spent three months interning for a nonprofit....

Fiction is dying. In USA Today’s most recent list of the best-selling books in America, seven of the top 10 titles are fiction, yet four of those seven are romance novels and three of the four make up the sadistically themed “Fifty Shades” series. Most of the books on this list seem like the private...

I do not support Greek Unity Week. I am a member of a sorority and I have respect for each house. I do not have a deep-seated hatred for the other houses on campus. Instead, I think attempting to force organized unity is misguided and destined for failure. Greek Unity Week, created by the Panhellenic...

In the “Odyssey,” Homer describes what appears to be one of the first known pot circles in Western history. His ship lands on the island of the lotus-eaters. A number of his men join its inhabitants to partake in their honey-sweet lotus. But a change comes over them. They don’t want to leave. They prefer...

Only five incumbent presidents in the last 100 years have lost re-election, and Gov. Romney couldn’t garner the momentum to make President Obama the sixth. Still, I was surprised that the Republican base didn’t turn out for our nominee. Romney will endure much criticism in the coming weeks, and I think it’s important to reiterate...