Ed Observers

The red meat question

Are we on the verge of a worldwide spike in vegetarianism? Earlier this week, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s International…

Hold off on your post-mortem

Decades from now, a student might glance at her course syllabus and see our generation, the early 2000s, listed as…

The personality cult of Bernie Sanders

It’s 2015, and Eugene V. Debs is either jumping for joy in the afterlife or spinning in his grave. If…

SA: lift your veil

In the short nine months that I have spent at UR, the operations of the Students’ Association (SA) government have…

Defend Planned Parenthood

The House of Representatives recently passed a bill to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Predictably, this sparked outrage over…

Toeing the punchline

There’s a fine line between comedy and offensiveness. Ask anyone about a certain offensive comment, and there’ll be a mix…

Tim Tebow: the QB you deserve

After the first weekend of the NFL season, half of the teams will be entering the second week of the…
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The opposite of apathy

For this article, I have chosen to talk about a less common topic: apathy. I always find it funny when,…

Between the lines: a changing Turkey

It’s difficult to explain why I first chose to go to Turkey. Originally, I jumped into studying abroad (a requirement…

The places you’ll go

In the words of Dr. Seuss’s “Oh, The Places You’ll Go:” “Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great…