Category: Viewpoints

I wanted to title this viewpoint “The Odyssey Online, and other downfalls of modern society,” but that doesn’t have a verb so, according to AP syle, I can’t use it as a headline. Instead, let me use it as a fun introduction to this rant. Buckle up, kids. Over the course of the past few…

“You know, there are other people running for President other than Clinton and Trump,” is a statement I myself have said one too many times in this “democratic election.” This is usually followed by someone saying “Oh, they will never win,” or asking, “Why would you throw your vote away?” My least favorite one is,…

1. Why is the #blacklivesmatter movement important? Emerald: Though it is debatable what specific event sparked the establishment of #blacklivesmatter as a distinct social movement, this movement is essential because it works to end not only state-sanctioned violence against innocent, unarmed black people, but it also works to bring awareness to the ways in which…

Back in February, when Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia suddenly passed away, one of the first promises to come out of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s mouth was not the promise to help the country’s highest court to stay complete, not the promise to critically evaluate any Justice President Obama should nominate, but…

It’s a new school year and Wooster has welcomed us back with open arms. Almost everything is the same here at our beloved college. Everything except the fries at Mom’s. Now you may be wondering, amidst all the chaos that is the year 2016, why focus on the fries? I challenge you, skeptical reader, to…

With each and every election, politicians and political commentators compare the policies of their political opponents to those of past politicians. Unfortunately, this year, we are seeing many comparisons made to that of infamous dictator and mass murderer Adolf Hitler. History classes around the world have discussed how a democratic system fell prey to a…