Most people who have attended public schools in the United States have taken a mandatory history class, or even several of them. We are made to learn about a certain history that is decided by people...
Originally, when welfare programs were put in place here in the US it was to be used a short-term assistance until an individual or family can get back on their feet. On paper, that sounds idyllic; most...
Like a marathon runner hitting the proverbial brick wall, October is the month where college students either carry on or slam their faces against the brick. Each of us is likely sitting in multiple exams...
Throughout our thousands of years of history, mankind has made a lot of advances. We have crashed through every barrier nature has set in our faces. From surviving Ice Ages, to building walls and pyramids,...
Whenever some large and controversial topic begins making its way through the lawmaking process, my inbox is routinely flooded by a lot of emails from various groups wanting me to “contact my Congressman”...
Yup. I blew it. I made a student cry in class last week. This happened this past week in my Third Year Seminar this semester focuses on the Beat Generation writers. It has taught the teacher a lesson.
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The Internet has become an inescapable fact of life. We use it for just about everything: entertainment, socializing, information gathering and research. Our generation practically grew up with the Internet,...
The idea that democracy will die out in our lifetime is needlessly pessimistic, and cynical just for the sake of being cynical. We are on the cusp of a new age, one where we can only see civil and democratic...
Ignorance is bliss – this adage is perhaps the epitome of the American system. We live in a society where we are content to be pushed around and because we are taught not to question, we don’t consider...
So if you’ve been reading about the government shutdown in the news recently,you’ll know the general consensus on our congress at the moment is that they are just below cockroaches in the latest...
My view of college changed recently.
I was sitting in a lecture hall moments before class was to begin. The professor entered, arranged her things, jotted some notes on the board and took her place...
Last week my friend and colleague Caleb Hendrich wrote a column about why evolution is a scientific theory, and isn’t a religion. While I couldn’t agree with him more, the Collegian.com comment section...
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Market making in crypto runs on infrastructure, not just capital. A firm quoting both sides of the book around the clock needs low-latency connectivity,...
