There is no doubt in my mind that anyone reading this has heard the word “slut” being thrown around casually. Most of us who identify as women have been called a slut at least once in our lives and...

I thought it was a joke at first. After all, most of the Internet is dominated by misinformation and poppycock, but I still had to wonder. Were people really up in arms over the identity of this year’s...

The filibuster is a parliamentary tactic used to delay legislation by utilizing the unlimited debate time in the Senate. In plain people's speak, it's how you talk a bill to death. The filibuster has...

Again and again I hear the same complaint from my male friends: “Women need to come with instruction manuals!” From self-help books to cliché romance movies, there seems to be much confusion over...

Medicine is making incredible strides. The most recent marvel is human genetic engineering — altering the genotype of an individual to affect phenotype. This has incredible potential: The more genetic...

At 7.113 billion people, the Earth reached its capacity for human population and then just kept growing. Not only is this number larger than it has ever been in history, it shows no signs of stopping. While...

There’s been talk in the news lately about genetic engineering and its effect on unborn babies. Scientists are predicting that people will soon be able to decide which sex they want their unborn child...

In the last year, the US has experienced three mass shootings. The shooting in Aurora orchestrated by James Holmes that killed 12 and injured 70 happened over a year ago. The anniversary of the Sandy...

In The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, a farcical fantasy novel written by Douglas Adams, the answer to the “Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything” is 42. This is obviously nonsense,...

When you go to a foreign country to study, you are studying abroad. That seems like a pretty straightforward idea, doesn't it? Apparently not to the "Education Abroad" office, which has made a pretty...