“State of Emergency” should inspire more urgency


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With the surplus of news segments, radio advertisements, and flashing reminders on the side of the freeway, everyone in California knows that the state is in the midst of a drought. Even with this knowledge, many Californians are blatantly ignoring the severity of the situation and continuing in their daily water habits without adjusting to […]

Water parks should not be an incentive for recruitment


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Most 20-something’s love water parks. Most 20-something’s also are in college. So, it makes intuitive sense to satiate the needs of 20-something’s thirst for water parks by adding them to college campuses, right? Right – according to many Southeastern universities. In 2016, Louisiana State University is expected to have a new lazy river, which will […]

Lawmakers Must Heed Death Penalty Ruling


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Today, California voter support for the death penalty is at its lowest point in more than four decades, according to the L.A. Times. Since the beginning of this year, three of the country’s ten executions have been botched. In January, Ohio inmate Dennis McGuire suffered a 25-minute suffocation. In April, Oklahoma inmate Clayton died after […]

Producing voters who truly care trumps having more registered


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National Voter Registration Day took place this past Tuesday, six weeks before Election Day on Nov. 4. In other words, folks around the nation celebrated the equivalent of a college professor having a “don’t forget to turn in your paper in six weeks” day. The national day was established in 2012 by the League of […]

Watson’s UN feminist speech relays inspirational message


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This past Saturday, actress Emma Watson gave an impassioned United Nations speech introducing the HeForShe campaign, a promotion through UN Women that invites men to join women in the conversation about gender equality. Watson’s speech could not have come at a more opportune time. After major hacks exposing celebrity private photos, domestic violence cases marring […]

Daniele Watts needn’t apologize for standing up to racial profiling


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The ever-heavy topic of racism’s presence in our judicial system is impossible to ignore. Though there might be more laws in place to protect minorities from structural and hypothetical discrimination, it’s all too easy for racism to present itself in practice. Last week, Django Unchained actress Daniele Watts was arrested in Studio City after a […]