Opinions

Recently some critics of the term “feminism” have been suggesting that the name be changed to either “egalitarianism” or “humanism”. Supporters of the switch argue that it would create a more inclusive movement, however I am not quite sold.…

     This semester, I have struggled with out-the-door-lines and close-to-legal-capacity crowds that make me feel more like a cow crowded into a pen to be fattened rather than the happy Dana-sitter I was before SLUs decision to raise the…

When the shootings in Ottawa occurred last week I did not fail to notice the students constantly checking CNN updates on their phones, the cancellation of weekend plans to Canada, and the overall anxiety in regards to the weekday…

     With a due respect to Columbus Day, the most anticipated holiday in the college school year is upon us: Halloween! But Halloween for college kids is not a single day but rather a weekend extravaganza! There is always a buzz around…

I am not a dog. I am not a slug. Not a tiger or a mouse. I am not a tree. I am not what we would call an animal or a plant. I am a human-being. Being a human has plenty of perks: we can open cans with our cool thumbs, we cook things not…

Dear President Fox, Last spring, St. Lawrence University contracted with North Country Grown Co’op (NCGC) to purchase locally grown produce. Those crops were planted, tended, and harvested.  We are now being told that our crops will not…

Police dressed in riot gear descended on the crowd deploying tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets. Does this scene sound familiar? There are many similarities between the protests in Ferguson and the riot that took place…

For the last two months, a rising hub of economic activity has been verbally battling with the Chinese government over democratic voting rights in the semi-sovereign territory. The most interesting thing about the protest to me is…