Opinion Archives - Page 10 of 179

A blood donation ban for “men who have sex with men” is not backed up by science and wrong

Bobby Lee • November 5, 2021

Society has let the bygone stereotypes of the 1980s and the AIDS epidemic reflect current medical standards. The blood donation ban on gay males is a haunting example of what needs to be changed

Students cheered while Sister Cindy slut-shamed them

Eden Harris • November 1, 2021

Cindy Smock, or Sister Cindy, and her husband Jed Smock, or Brother Jed, made harmful and demeaning claims during a preaching show in Speakers Circle Oct. 15

Women should have the right to dress how they want on Halloween

Julia Williams • October 31, 2021

For years, society has criticized women for how they dress on Halloween. This ‘norm’ needs to stop

The unattainable life of a Main Character

Mara Dumitru • October 31, 2021

It’s okay not to be the next Elle Woods.

“Finding yourself” in college and personal style is a myth

Camila Fowler • October 27, 2021

It is time to acknowledge this college cliché how perception, personal style and growth as an individual directly goes against this saying

The new MU mask policy lacks proper campus safety

Tia Laury • October 23, 2021

MU’s mask mandate transitioned from cautious to seemingly invincible against the coronavirus

The American Dream: Hopelessly outdated

Tanner Smith • October 21, 2021

The American Dream allows for false hope that exploits the lower class

Party culture is trashing our local environment

Mara Dumitru • October 21, 2021

Red solo cups are starting to become a part of our botanical garden

Making a habit out of time management can supercharge your college career

Dmitry Martirosov • October 20, 2021

Here is what an upbringing by a military dad taught me about the applications of time management in college

COLUMN: Performative politics of GOP prolong pandemic

Eliot Fuller • October 18, 2021

In the face of vaccine hesitancy, Republicans scramble to side with their base in blatant displays of hypocrisy

Living a “normal life” is more difficult than it seems for newly retired childhood athletes

Abigail Ramirez • October 15, 2021

Whether it is obvious or subtle, newly retired childhood athletes can struggle to assimilate into normal life after years of putting their team before themselves

PSA: Women do not need men to mansplain misogyny (or any other subject for that matter)

Abigail Ramirez • October 13, 2021

After being mansplained to by men on my dorm floor for the first five weeks of college, I had enough. It is time arrogant men in our generation treat women as intellectual equals.