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Letter to the editor: Stop watching TV

December 8, 2016

A simple request: stop watching TV news. This is the simplified argument of Neil Postman, the quasi-famous cultural critic of the 1980s. Postman looked at television and saw a medium of great potential....

Protests valid response to brutality: Destruction, riots in Baltimore necessary expression of pain

May 2, 2015

Freddie Gray was arrested on April 12, 2015 in Baltimore, Md. after he and another man were pursued after making “eye contact” with police and then fleeing, according to The Baltimore Sun. There were...

Opinion: Racism unacceptable in Greek Life

March 19, 2015

The University of Oklahoma is under scrutiny after a video surfaced online, putting some of their students to shame. The video, which features members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, shows a group...

Gender gap big problem in sports

February 12, 2015

Whether or not Los Angeles Clippers player Chris Paul was insulting the gender of female referee Lauren Holtkamp on Feb. 5 is debatable. What is not debatable is the blatant sexism occurring in American...

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