Jacob DeCarli ’22, Associate News Editor
February 7, 2019
Filed under Opinion
As Donald Trump’s presidency begins its third year, the next presidential election is quickly approaching the American public. Since Trump was declared president in November 2016, Democrats and non-Trump supporters looked forward...
Leda Fisher ’19, Guest Writer
February 7, 2019
Filed under Opinion
When you ask a question at a lecture, is it secretly just your opinion ending with the phrase “do you agree?” If so, your name is something like Jake, or Chad, or Alex, and you were taught that your voice is the most important...
Bryce Dunio ’22, Opinion Columnist
February 7, 2019
Filed under Opinion
In a few weeks, Pittsburgh’s city council will vote on a series of controversial gun control bills. The bills would, among several other reforms, make it illegal to own ‘assault weapons’ within the city limits. The bill...
Mike Kozinski ’21, Guest Writer
February 7, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Of the potential Democratic candidates running for president in 2020, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is the most unusual. His insurgency campaign that had no image handlers almost defeated the Clinton political machine, and he...
Marcus Witherspoon ’20, Associate Opinion Editor
February 7, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Picture this: you just passed through the stressful airport security where they were just b****ing about not getting paid (rightfully so) and some guy was inches away from catching a lawsuit for sexually assaulting you. You get...
Shane Shuma ’22, Opinion Columnist
February 7, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Freedom of speech is the single most important thing in a democracy. The definition of a democracy is a political system in which the people govern themselves, mostly through elected representatives. The one value that must be...
Sarah Manderbach ’22, Guest Writer
January 31, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Winter break is one of those things that pretty much every college student is excited for and can’t wait until it comes. Everyone has amazing plans to catch up with friends back at home and to reconnect with family or even pets....
Shane Shuma ’22, Opinion Columnist
January 31, 2019
Filed under Opinion
“I’ve met so many iterations of the #magakid in my life; his smug insolence; his confidence that there will never be any real consequences for his behavior that he KNOWS is indefensible; his contempt for the culture, identity...
Mike Kozinski ’21, Guest Writer
January 31, 2019
Filed under Opinion
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has changed the Democratic Party forever. Almost no one could have predicted in 2015 that an octogenarian with no professional image handlers would not only pose a threat to the Democratic Party...
Will Critchfield '21, Guest Writer
December 10, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Hannibal Ad Portas. Translated from Latin this term means “Hannibal at the gates,” and was used by Cicero in his first Philippic when he believed Rome was in imminent danger. When this term was used thousands of years ago, it ...
