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Connor Clegg, the student body president of Texas State in San Marcos, was found guilty of all six articles of impeachment.…

April 19, 2018

YouTube Joins Facebook and Snapchat in Yet Another Social Media Scandal

Erin Marie Winans, James Madison University

Another day, another scandal.…

April 19, 2018

Get Some Quarters Ready, ‘Resistance Is Female’ Is Making Phone Booths Relevant Again

Megan Batt, SUNY Cortland

How a group of Feminist artists are fighting the Trump administration with phone booth graffiti.…

April 19, 2018

Proposals to Change Tuition and DACA Laws Could Threaten Education

Gabriella Evans, Northern Arizona University

If DACA students’ citizenship changes, they could be considered international or undocumented students, a change in nomenclature with significant ramifications.…

April 19, 2018

Philadelphia Federal Reserve President Concerned Over College Financing

Financial expert Patrick Harker thinks the ways college is financed could hurt low- and middle-income students from succeeding.…

April 19, 2018

Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash Leaves Canadians Emotionally Devastated

Elizabeth Ivanecky, McMaster University

Canadians mourn the loss of 16 people who died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, with the Saskatchewanian families affected receiving overwhelming support.…

April 17, 2018

Borough of Manhattan Community College Becomes Solar Panel Standout

Nothing reflects a bright future quite like 947 solar panels.…

April 17, 2018

University of Chicago Student Brandishing Stake Pole Shot by Campus Police

The non-lethal shooting has raised questions about what campus police should and should not be able to do.…

April 17, 2018

Kentucky and Oklahoma Teachers Fight for Funding

Kayla Morosco, Chatham University

After decades of silently dealing with low wage and under-equipped working environment, teachers in Kentucky and Oklahoma have decided to raise their voice.…

April 13, 2018

How Bigotry Kills Black Trans Women and What You Can Do to Prevent It

Plamedie Ifasso, Texas Woman’s University

Opponents are using ignorance to justify killing black women. Luckily there are ways to stop these attacks from happening.…

April 13, 2018

Michigan State Freshman Claims She Was Gang Raped by Basketball Players

The alleged incident, in conjunction with Larry Nassar’s felonies, paint the picture of a university intent on covering up the crimes of its athletics community.…

April 13, 2018

The Trump Administration Wants to Drug Test Food Stamp Recipients

If you want to eat, first you have to pee.…

April 13, 2018

Virtual Reality Might Be the Future of Journalism

Natalya Pomeroy, University of Houston

Room-scale VR allows participants to have an open-minded experience of journalism.…

April 12, 2018

Are Students Really Food Insecure? USA Today Doesn’t Think So

In a controversial op-ed, columnist James Bovard refuted reports about food insecurity on college campuses, instead calling students ‘overweight and lazy.’…

April 12, 2018

What Does the FBI Raid of Trump’s Lawyer Mean for the Trump Administration?

It's not good.…

April 11, 2018

Here’s a Recap of Day 1 of Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony

The Facebook CEO used the response ‘I'll have someone on my team get back to you’ so many times that Twitter users created a drinking game out of it.…

April 11, 2018

The Systemic Effects of Racial Profiling on People of Color

Ellyot Chen, Pasadena City College

Being stopped by a police officer is definitely not a great way to end the day, especially if it’s just for broken taillights.…

April 10, 2018

As Midterm Elections Approach, Should Democrats Bank on an Impeached Trump?

The party is grappling over whether to encourage calls for impeachment or ignore them, as both devalue the democratic process.…

April 10, 2018

Teacher Walkouts Spread from West Virginia to Oklahoma, Kentucky and Arizona

Educators across the country are calling for an end to the ‘war on public education,’ claiming their pay and funding have shrunk to impossibly low levels.…

April 10, 2018

Artful Dodger, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, to Testify on Capitol Hill

Nola Hynes Brody, University of Houston-Victoria

After years of dodging requests to appear before Congress, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will finally answer their questions this week.…

April 9, 2018

Here’s Everything We Know About the YouTube Shooting

Gabriella Evans, Northern Arizona University

Several uncommon elements of the April 3 shooting at YouTube headquarters have thrown analysts for a loop.…

April 9, 2018

It’s Time To Stop Slut Shaming Stormy Daniels

Cleo-Symone Scott, Virginia Commonwealth University

Stormy Daniels, the adult film star embroiled in a sex scandal with President Trump, should not be dismissed due to her profession.…

April 7, 2018

Vero’s Uphill Battle Against Traditional Social Media

Nola Hynes Brody, University of Houston-Victoria

After Snapchat's horrible update, Instagram's new algorithm and Facebook's privacy scandals, should you start using Vero instead?…

April 6, 2018

Asian-Americans Sue Harvard for Admissions-Based Discrimination