For the past few weeks, I have been praising the diplomatic headway made by the United States with regards to Syria and Iran. Our leaders and ambassadors, however, may have made one huge oversight with...

Classes are hard. College is hard. Let’s cut to the chase; _life_ is hard. That shitty old adage does not do justice here. Stuck between a rock and a hard place? I am practically sealed in cement. Homework...

If you haven’t noticed, it’s flu season. For most people, it’s pretty evident that it’s the season for sickness by the constant sniffling and hacking that they hear in all of their classes. For...

For most, the “American Dream” is a familiar credo that promises status, personal fulfillment and social escape. To go further, I'd suggest it's a gilded notion that implies any given individual, regardless...

The public sentiment toward various social issues is by no means concrete. Rather, it's a steadily-evolving discourse that frequently welcomes new perspectives, and those perspectives can very well shift...

Fall is in the air, and you know what that means: There’s a pumpkin spice latte spilled on the floor of my car, and back sweat is no longer a daily occurrence. As the weather grows chillier, memories...

In [a brilliant ad posted last month](http://twitter.com/LakeridgeHealth/status/378148327746842624), Lakeridge Hospital, located in Ontario, made a little something clear: “We don’t care what’s on...

I went into this week with a lot of questions as to what the 68th United Nations General Assembly would hold. I expected Syria and Iran to be hefty topics, and I was hopeful these would bring good news....

My sister and I are only three years apart. And we’ve always had major sibling rivalry. It’s always a competition to see who can one-up the other. I was vice president of student council, but she got...

The bad news: Vladimir Putin doesn’t think we’re all that exceptional. The good news: He does believe we’re all (kind of) equal. In [an op-ed published](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/12/opinion/putin-plea-for-caution-from-russia-on-syria.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&)...

Quite a few people hate — and I mean _hate_ — Rush Limbaugh. Born in our own state of Missouri, the Cape Girardeau native makes his living being a connoisseur of impropriety, so it comes with little...

My birthday was a few days ago. The big 2-0. I’ve already received numerous phone calls, texts and a whole Timeline full of awkward Facebook posts both from people close to me and those random people...