Opinion Archive

  • by Ken Rodriguez   Collectivistic cultures such as China and Japan have been found to have lower rates of depression in comparison to individualistic cultures such as the United States and Australia. The findings emerged despite populations with collectivistic cultures having a stronger genetic vulnerability to depression, according to a...0May 1, 2013

    Modern psychiatry: The Western world’s stranglehold on modern medicine

    by Ken Rodriguez   Collectivistic cultures such as China and Japan have been found to have lower rates of depression in comparison to individualistic cultures such as the United States and Australia. The findings emerged despite populations with collectivistic cultures having a stronger genetic vulnerability to depression, according to a…

  • Where you sit at a sporting event is a lot more important than I thought it was. It will tie together your experience by either making you feel like you’re a part of the game, or you don’t pay much attention because you’re too far away to even know what...0May 1, 2013

    Up close or far away?

    Where you sit at a sporting event is a lot more important than I thought it was. It will tie together your experience by either making you feel like you’re a part of the game, or you don’t pay much attention because you’re too far away to even know what…

  • The Runaways helped pave the way for women to enter and flourish in the rock and roll community which has influences on heavy metal. Two of the band members were especially important to the growth of women in rock and roll. The Runaways turned the rock scene upside down. Although,...0May 1, 2013

    Rock and roll ain’t noise pollution

    The Runaways helped pave the way for women to enter and flourish in the rock and roll community which has influences on heavy metal. Two of the band members were especially important to the growth of women in rock and roll. The Runaways turned the rock scene upside down. Although,…

  • Dance Company shows are one of, if not the largest performance events on campus. With their intense amounts of energy, crazy lighting, and a million emotions expressed through movement, there’s really nothing not to like about it. It’s an event everyone looks forward to, and an event to celebrate a...0May 1, 2013

    I swear I’m not being a killjoy, but seriously. Chill out.

    Dance Company shows are one of, if not the largest performance events on campus. With their intense amounts of energy, crazy lighting, and a million emotions expressed through movement, there’s really nothing not to like about it. It’s an event everyone looks forward to, and an event to celebrate a…

  • With my collegiate career finally reaching its culmination, I find myself, like so many other soon-to-be graduates, trying to quantify my college experience. The city I began my college career in, Boston, has changed plenty since the wet-behind-the-ears me (not to be confused with the suddenly worldly version). The Red...0May 1, 2013

    What a long and strange trip it’s been

    With my collegiate career finally reaching its culmination, I find myself, like so many other soon-to-be graduates, trying to quantify my college experience. The city I began my college career in, Boston, has changed plenty since the wet-behind-the-ears me (not to be confused with the suddenly worldly version). The Red…

  • 0May 1, 2013

    Campus Comment: Spring Break

  • 0May 1, 2013

    Campus Comment: Boston Bombing

  • by Ken Rodriguez   Rumor has it that the college has had an issue with students stealing toilet paper from the various bathrooms rounds campus. The thieves have even gone as far to destroy the toilet paper cases in stalls to get their precious wiping tissues, costing the college money....0April 28, 2013

    Invest in toilet paper!

    by Ken Rodriguez   Rumor has it that the college has had an issue with students stealing toilet paper from the various bathrooms rounds campus. The thieves have even gone as far to destroy the toilet paper cases in stalls to get their precious wiping tissues, costing the college money….

  • Over the summer, I went on an intense pop-punk binge. It was a good time at first; I appreciated the tightknit, local community, high energy, and sense of camaraderie at shows. I enjoyed the upbeat and bouncy tunes that perfectly suited late night drives across the state, and how the...0April 25, 2013

    What constitutes a fan, anyway?

    Over the summer, I went on an intense pop-punk binge. It was a good time at first; I appreciated the tightknit, local community, high energy, and sense of camaraderie at shows. I enjoyed the upbeat and bouncy tunes that perfectly suited late night drives across the state, and how the…

  • David Lee of the Denver Warriors tore his right hip flexor on Saturday during game one against Golden State in the playoffs. This injury will put him out for the rest of playoffs and possibly alter the chances for the warriors to win. The Warriors are currently 3rd in the...0April 25, 2013

    Injuries ruin everything

    David Lee of the Denver Warriors tore his right hip flexor on Saturday during game one against Golden State in the playoffs. This injury will put him out for the rest of playoffs and possibly alter the chances for the warriors to win. The Warriors are currently 3rd in the…

  • On Friday, during the heated hunt for the marathon bomber Dzhorkar Tsarnaev, Arkansas State Rep. Nate Bell (R) felt as though he should bring the argument of gun control to the table. “I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15...0April 24, 2013

    Arkansas representative’s gun comments insult Boston

    On Friday, during the heated hunt for the marathon bomber Dzhorkar Tsarnaev, Arkansas State Rep. Nate Bell (R) felt as though he should bring the argument of gun control to the table. “I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15…

  • Our revels now are ended, and I still feel as if the entire past two months were a dream. I was Miranda in Yorick’s most recent production of The Tempest, my favorite Shakespeare show. Playing her was both an incredible joy and a challenge. For one, Miranda can easily be...0April 17, 2013

    A reflection on just “how beauteous mankind is”

    Our revels now are ended, and I still feel as if the entire past two months were a dream. I was Miranda in Yorick’s most recent production of The Tempest, my favorite Shakespeare show. Playing her was both an incredible joy and a challenge. For one, Miranda can easily be…

  • On Monday two explosions went off near the finish line during the Boston Marathon. The explosions went off about 4 hours after the start of the race and killed three people and wounded more than 170, according to the New York Times. On the New York Times website there is...0April 17, 2013

    Boston Marathon Tragedy

    On Monday two explosions went off near the finish line during the Boston Marathon. The explosions went off about 4 hours after the start of the race and killed three people and wounded more than 170, according to the New York Times. On the New York Times website there is…

  • 0April 17, 2013

    What are your thoughts on the Undergraduate Research Conference?

  • Despite complaints of urgent and long-enduring bathroom trips, there’s definitely one thing ARAMARK has very right, even if no one seems to know about it: Equivalency meals. Most students have no idea what this meal is, but everyone has the right to know ARAMARK’s best secret. The equivalency meal option...0April 17, 2013

    The hidden secrets of ARAMARK

    Despite complaints of urgent and long-enduring bathroom trips, there’s definitely one thing ARAMARK has very right, even if no one seems to know about it: Equivalency meals. Most students have no idea what this meal is, but everyone has the right to know ARAMARK’s best secret. The equivalency meal option…

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