Visiting professor speaks about Iraq under dictatorship


Lisa Blaydes, an associate professor of political science at Stanford University, gave a talk about the types of resistance and compliance that took place in Iraq during the regime of Saddam Hussein at the Von Kleinsmid Center on Monday afternoon. The lecture, which was part of a political speaker series, was hosted by the political […]

NFL is too weak on domestic violence


October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the NFL is flooded with a lot of pink, from cleats to towels to gloves to the cheerleaders’ pom poms. Even the breast cancer ribbon is painted on the field underneath the NFL logo. As the daughter of a breast cancer survivor, these are all things that I […]

Eminem’s third album proves his genius


During my senior year of high school, I found a box of CDs that my dad kept in the basement. Some were good, some were bad, and some were so bad I felt embarrassed for him. A few of them caught my eye, however, and I appropriated them for my own personal collection to listen […]