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In the wake of the San Bernardino shooting, and the subsequent investigation that followed, Apple was asked to help with one of the shooter’s phones. The phone was locked, with the passcode unknown, so the government demanded that Apple…

By ROBERT GAKUMU GUEST WRITER One evening in 2013, my father came home and announced that the following January we would be hosting an American student from St. Lawrence University in our home. He was clutching in his hand a passport…

Photo Credit: Chicago Tribune Amid campus wide discussion on diversity, Thelmo recently unveiled an initiative to promote diversity on campus. The initiative, officially called #we<3diversity, has increased the amount of black…

Since Body Beautiful Week is doing a great job reminding us to be kind to our bodies, this article will be about a way that society is telling us not to be. Women and men alike are being manipulated, shamed, and blatantly coerced into a…

By SATCHEL TOOLE GUEST WRITER The divestment of fossil fuels is one of the most important techniques being used in the fight against the global climate crisis. What started as a movement on university campuses has expanded to cities,…

By MATT THIBAULT STAFF WRITER It’s a popular opinion that our generation is the “entitled generation.” People think that we’re soft, that we think we deserve everything, and that we cater too much to social media and technology. I’m…

Bear with me because we're going to explore one of the strangest candidates that you’ve never heard of. He’s no novice when it comes to running for office, and he has determination that will make you admire him and the work he does,…

The other day, I found myself incessantly pressing one of those Hallmark singing Valentine’s Day Hippos in a thrift store. The batteries were almost dead, so it kind of sounded like it was going to eat my face in the middle of the night.…