Opinions

The current Congressional Budget Office estimates state that the Social Security Trust Fund will become insolvent by 2034. This means that seniors collecting Social Security will not be able to receive 100 percent of their benefits starting…

Two very important things coincided this past weekend: first, the trial involving supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser Christine Blasey Ford; secondly family weekend here on campus. For some of us that led to an extremely…

Brett Kavanaugh proves that you can get away with anything, and still get everything, as long as you’re a rich white man. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford proves that you can accomplish anything, suffer everything, and still get nothing, as long…

Last week an article was published in this section titled, “Why the Hate for Games and Gamers?” It was focused on the newfound fame of Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, a massively popular streamer on Twitch, along with the rising prominence of video…

The ugly spillages of war are to be avoided at most, but certainly not all costs. I dare say that the world would be much darker today if Hitler’s hideous regime were left alone. Accordingly, it could well be argued that American…

Selam, my name is Abigail Yosef. I am an Ethiopian from D.C and a first-year here at SLU. I am also the Public Relations Manager at an organization on campus called Carefree Black Girls (CFBG). CFBG is a safe space for women of color and…

Picture this: It is Friday night at my favorite place in the world, SLU. Your friend walks up to you in Dana and asks if you are going out tonight. What images enter your mind when your friend says the words “going out?” I imagine my…

I know the look. It is the judgmental look of meat-eaters who skeptically eye my tofu burger or fake meat at the supermarket. That look does not only judge, it asks the ever-recurring salty question, “if you gave up meat, and feel better…