opinions

In 2014, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Judge Lance Mason punched his wife, Aisha Fraser Mason, 20 times, then slammed her head on his car’s dashboard five times in front of their children. Mason broke his wife’s orbital bone and scarred their…

Transgender Awareness Week has come and gone, but SLU is no different, as little was done to acknowledge the event. As a transgender first-year student, it is often discouraging to feel invisible and unincluded within the conversation of…

I want to get something out of the way. This is not just a rant on the lack of diversity present amongst the Thelmothesian Society presidential candidates, but it could have been. It’s not just a rant on the lack of female candidates…

The stigma surrounding marijuana usage, when closely examined, is illuminates glaring inconsistencies. This is not to say that marijuana usage is healthy, or that I endorse its usage, but under an objective examination its demonization in…

On Oct. 6, the Senate confirmed that Brett Kavanaugh, a politician accused of sexual assault, would be appointed as a Supreme Court Justice. St. Lawrence University alum, Susan Collins ’75, cast her vote in favor of Kavanaugh, to which…

Marie Antoinette’s infamous snark was probably never uttered, but it lingers nevertheless as one of the most fantastic instances of false empathy ever fabricated. To her starving subjects, bread and revolution were the cravings of the hour,…

Hey there, St. Lawrence. It is that season. No (well, technically yes), not the holiday season. I am talking about everyone’s favorite season, class registration. ‘Tis the season for you to wake up at the break of dawn, eyes crusted…

College is a time that we often think of as being formative for personhood and subsequently also our personal opinion; a piece of the puzzle that makes up public opinion. But how much can we really still influence people’s personal opinions…