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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Column

Women of all ages and backgrounds deserve to have their stories shared

Telling the stories of women means telling stories about a variety of women In anticipation of season three of “The Crown,” which was released on...

Activism in the NFL

Jay-Z is no sell-out This August, Jay-Z’s entertainment company, Roc Nation, entered into a multi-year deal with the NFL to “enhance the NFL’s live game...

Coca-Cola’s confusing crusade for environmental cred

A case study in the confounding contradictions of corporate environmental stewardship A few weeks ago, in one of my environmental policy classes, we had a...

Young Adults literature gets a lot of undue criticism

YA novels are unique and important for the way they allow readers to connect to stories  For better or worse, I credit the development of...

Fantasy football has revolutionized the NFL and you should play it

Revenue from the fantasy football industry has propelled the league to change the way we consume its product Fantasy football makes every NFL game worth...

EPA’s proposed “transparent science” rule is sick joke

It’s funny because more Americans will get sick and die as a result. Get it? President Donald Trump spends his time distracting America by screaming...

Has creativity lost its spark?

A no-nonsense and uncreative poem might just be the most creative thing you’ll hear about today I never found myself captivated by poetry until my...

The NFL’s diversity flaws

The NFL’s ongoing issues with racial inequality are a stark reflection of our society The racial divide in the NFL is wider than ever. Given...

Humor: How to actually sign off your email

When “sincerely” just isn’t sincere enough Undoubtedly, the most valuable bit of knowledge you’ll ever learn at college is mastering the art of proper email...

Alaska is the last frontier, therefore we must destroy it!

Wait, what? Slow down, Mr. Trump Like many Breaking Bad fans, I found the new film sequel, “El Camino,” to be unnecessary but satisfying. It...

Even with the best intentions, censoring books is dangerous

Censorship of ideas will always have unintended consequences Banned Books Week is an annual campaign in which libraries, schools, bookstores and other institutions rally...

Weed is the answer to the NFL’s most glaring problem

The league owes it to its players to pursue any possibility of reducing impacts of a game this violent   Player health and concussions are the...

Trump’s perverse reverse of chlorpyrifos ban proves his corruption (again)

Why “drain the swamp” when profits from toxic pesticides are on the line? In the fifth season of Mad Men, Don Draper zealously pitches to...

Automated storytelling will never match the human authenticity of our favorite novels

A robot probably won’t create the next Great American Novel, but attempts to move AI in that direction are nevertheless alarming   I came across a...

Winning by losing: tanking has entered the NFL

In order to win in today’s NFL you must lose first. The Miami Dolphins have not won a playoff game in almost 19 years. They’ve...