Opinions
Op-Eds
The state of the Republican Party
On Oct. 28, the Republican Party finally nominated Rep. Paul Ryan to be the Speaker of the House. This came…
Columns
Keep speech free
On Sept. 14, Bryan Stascavage, a student at Wesleyan University, published an op-ed in the student newspaper, the Argus. The…
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…
Ed Observers
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…
Editorial Boards
We welcome Provost Clark
Change hangs heavy in the brisk Rochester air. UR’s top administration has experienced significant changes since the beginning of the…
Op-Eds
Seeking serendipity: A hacker’s revelations in the face of frienship
I am usually the kind of guy who likes to have everything planned out, especially when I’m traveling somewhere: I…
Ed Observers
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…
Ed Observers
SA: lift your veil
In the short nine months that I have spent at UR, the operations of the Students’ Association (SA) government have…
Ed Observers
Defend Planned Parenthood
The House of Representatives recently passed a bill to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood. Predictably, this sparked outrage over…
Editorial Boards
Making an honest effort
While you’re away, your suitemate sees your half-finished homework on the table. He notices how you solved one of the…