You Heard It Here First: Funniest T.V. Show Is Crowned
By KADEN WEAVER
COLUMNIST
“How many children do you have?” asks an unassuming mom of Abbi Abrams in the waiting room at the dentist’s office. Abrams considers the question cheerlessly, leans back towards the ground, and then begins to…
State of the Union – Recap
The most remembered quote from the 2015 State of the Union; “I have no more campaigns to run. I know because I won both of them” was about the only thing I heard students talking about following the annual address. While Obama…
Hypocrisy in the NFL
This Sunday the NFL caps off its season with the Super Bowl, the most-watched TV event of the year. This season, though, might be one the NFL wishes it could redo. In terms of the game, it was a fantastic year for the league, with…
Outside The Bubble: Israeli Prime Minister Crashes USA
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) have been very public about their harsh political differences and strong feelings of contempt for each other. They disagree very openly, but Speaker Boehner recently made a political…
An Enlightening Trip Backwards
By MEGAN ZIEGLER
STAFF WRITER
Over winter break I revisited an author that introduced me to reading fiction and prepared me for the world of dramatic high school girls. In Dare Me, Megan Abbot takes you back to that terrifying high school…
Inside the Walls of Java
By STEVEN YARDLEY
COLUMNIST
Java is a conversation paver. A large majority of SLU students share the common ground of a Java show experience. Personal history with the barn is often hilarious. Everyone has their own individual…
Dear Dub: Time For Some Womanly Love!
Last Wednesday, as I sat doing work by the fire, warming myself from the bitter cold of an upstate New York winter, a girl walked by, wearing boots, no tights, and a very short skirt. “What in the world is she wearing?” I thought to myself…
American Sniper: Where’s The Humanity?
“But I wondered, how would I feel about killing someone? Now I know. It’s no big deal.” These are the words found in Chris Kyle's memoir of the Iraq War, recently adapted into the blockbuster film, American Sniper. Over the past few…