Gentrification — what is it about this word that makes us cringe? Perhaps it is due to the increased use of it in recent years. Perhaps it is the way it has been casually thrown around in conversations...
Social media should be a place to state your opinions on anything from important issues to what the Kardashians wore yesterday. These online forums also provide a constant flow of information ranging...
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As most of us may have noticed, the congressional elections this past November resulted in a historically low voter turnout — just 36.4 percent of eligible voters participated,...
Climate change has become an even more important issue in recent months than it has in the past, with increased global warming, rising sea levels, massive species extinction and dramatically polluted...
A number of thanks are in order. Thank you to the U.S. Congress for recently amending the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to make it easier for people with disabilities to receive protection...
What’s in a name?
Depending on who and what you are talking about, there is a lot to be said of the way we name and refer to different things.
Names...
On Jan. 7, 2015, two heavily armed assassins murdered two security guards and 10 Parisian journalists during an editorial board meeting at Charlie Hebdo, a satirical publication notorious for its controversial...
A common thread in the testimonies given by the 16 women who claim to have been sexually assaulted by Bill Cosby is that many felt uncomfortable coming forward with accusations for fear that they would...
I have a recurring nightmare.
I have had it for about two years now, maybe a little longer. In it, I sit by myself in a white room. There aren’t any doors or windows or any other features besides...
Early last week, I got a confirmation e-mail that my store was opening at 6 p.m. Thanksgiving night.
Working at the mall, this e-mail was not really surprising, aside from the fact that we were...
This past August, Loyola hired former New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Ronal Serpas as a tenured professor of criminal justice. His employment at our university was met with contempt due...
People love to complain. This is a well-known fact, but Loyola students seem to love to complain more than other privileged college students. Their topic of choice? Complaining about Loyola.
According...
