Author: Matthew Demirs

The initial spark to write this article came to me when I was sitting in the library. I saw several signs throughout the building that read, “Libraries are for everyone.” I’m glad that the school made the decision to either 1) tell students that libraries were previously discriminatory, or 2) make an outright over-the-top effort to be politically correct. The sign displays what seems to be two people of different ethnicities, as well as an…

Our campus and our country face some of the greatest political divides they have seen in many years. We stand at each other’s throats on every issue. Conservatives think liberals are too soft, liberals think conservatives are insensitive, and those down the middle are seen as belittlers of the issues at hand. Every article, every story, and every social media post stands to inspire controversy and to push the other side’s buttons. This newspaper in…

Liberal arts college campuses across the nation, and our campus in particular, are surrounded by a “bubble” that shields the majority of students from the real world. Are we legitimately having the debate on whether it is okay to hang up a flag in support of  the President of the United States of America? There is a systemic problem with our campus if we are debating whether or not it is okay to have a…