Opinions

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…

After an article published in the last issue of the Stentor surrounding the Trump flag placed in one student’s dorm window, the discussion regarding this display of free speech has heated up. The article has been spread widely through social media, and the site Hypelinenews.com picked it up as well. Students have been discussing whether or not they believe the flag has any place on campus, as well as the marginalization it has caused to…

It’s in your shampoo, ice cream, and laundry detergent. And it’s killing our planet. I’m talking about palm oil, a vegetable oil that comes from the oil palm tree. The oil palm tree grows in tropical rainforests where rich biodiversity has flourished for millennia. But with the heightening production level of palm oil, these ecosystems are being rapidly destroyed, taking the health of our planet with them. Palm oil is primarily grown in Indonesia and…