Perspectives

Don’t get me wrong, mourning together is a natural human behavior. And like any other music-appreciating person, I get chills hearing Houston’s voice float through “I Will Always Love You.” But blowing up the proportion of yet another fallen star’s burnout only chips away at society’s emotional integrity. If you managed to miss the millions of Facebook statuses, Tweets, news … [Read more...] about Shallow sorrow undermines genuine loss

Washington D.C. is a very fast place to live. You’re either on your way to work, your house, or somewhere in between with a bagel in your hand and your cell phone in the other. Food tends to be a popular staple in American culture, but in a city moving so rapidly, many may ask how we have time to sit down and take the time to eat. Well, we don't. The restaurants here are just … [Read more...] about Just forking around

Some arguments have no winner. When the facts have been weighed, who is right and who is wrong is irrelevant, because someone’s feelings are going to be hurt. Especially when the topic at hand is brewed from the volatile mix of religion and politics, hurt feelings result in a lot more trouble than any of it is really worth. Such is the case of the Catholic Church vs. The … [Read more...] about Birth control coverage is pseudo-oppression

How many naked people have you seen in your classes? I bet you can count them on one hand. That’s been my experience — and I’ve got no chip on my shoulder about it. But here’s a second question: how many nude people have you seen in your classes? For Cara Strever, senior art major, that is a different question from the first, and our utter lack of the nude is troubling. To … [Read more...] about Empower our artists, nude or not

If you were expecting a giant crawl of yellow text across the front of this page underscored by some brilliant John Williams music, I’m sorry to say the technology has yet to be invented. I will, however, try to make up for it with some epic words of my own (feel free to stick your iPod in and jam to Mr. Williams as you read this). Nearly four years ago, in the wake of one of … [Read more...] about Forget promises, democracy is our only hope