Opinion

Sugar House in Review: Valentine’s Day cheap-kid extravaganza challenge

I’ve been with my husband for nearly four years, and we are already bored of Valentine’s Day. I knew chocolates and expensive dinners weren’t going to cut it this year, and I wanted to service those i...Read More

College sports drop the ball

College sports are a danger to students of higher education in almost every way. Collegiate athletic programs are draining secondary institutions of important funding and promote a variety of unhealth...Read More

Sugar House in review: HWAC group exercise

Winter Break has left me excessively squishy from holiday meals swathed in gravy and chocolate. My hibernation-like activities resulted in my stamina to fall to a dismal state. And just like thousands...Read More

Are You Listening?: Why is everything so god-damn heterosexual? And why do heterosexuals not question it?

Heterosexuals are uniquely positioned in society. Yet, heterosexuals are never really required to think about being heterosexual in the ways queer folk are required to position our experiences and liv...Read More

Are you listening?: Where are the allies?

Society taught me not to voice my opinion, not to create controversy. As a female, I was taught my place is not to speak up or to be loud. I have been quiet. I have kept my opinions to myself. Neverth...Read More

Are You Listening?: Brown eyes

“Nunca te rindes” explained my mother as I first stepped onto American soil, leaving behind a piece of me in my home country.“Nunca te rindes” explained my mother when I realized that my hair did not ...Read More

Are You Listening?: How to relate, for white kids

You know when there’s a tragedy, and how everyone talks about it for a few days? We greet each other with “how tragic”s. In a way, we feel the pain of people dealing with an earthquake or a bombing or...Read More

Are You Listening?: Diversity vs. diversity: Is there a difference?

When considering the term “Diversity”, I believe it is important to recognize the difference between ‘diversity’ with a little ‘d’ versus that of ‘Diversity’ with a big ‘D’. Academic diversity, though...Read More

Are You Listening?: What about us?

Every year, thousands of freshmen across the United States begin their college education. The majority of us know how exhilarating distance from authority and the freedom of independence is. But for s...Read More

In defense of The Donald

Donald Trump has offended so many people in the U.K. that, this month, the parliament debated measures to ban him from entering its country. In the U.S., on the other hand, Trump has offended so many ...Read More