Category archives for: Opinion

Our View: Candidates should be open about the Machine

Yesterday, The Crimson White released the names of the candidates being backed by the Machine for Student Government Association executive positions. Among these candidates were members of Alpha Tau Omega, a historically white, non-Machine affiliated fraternity, and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, a historically black fraternity. To The Crimson White’s knowledge, this is the [...]

Drug testing violates rights

The values of personal responsibility and accountability for one’s actions should be encouraged in nearly every facet of life. A new University judicial policy targeted at a surprising group of students has questioned if organizations should be the ones to enforce that accountability. Following a strange new trend, fraternities on campus are now being aggressively [...]

The good Old Row experience

Here’s a quick (it’s not quick at all), awesome story: The South rose. Lincoln freed the slaves. Epic ownage on the American frontier. The South loses. Whites and blacks live in perfect harmony, bathed in the sweet, slippery slope of equal rights. Cool. So, I had a few overlapping, factual errors and egregious generalizations (I’m [...]

In response to: ‘State of the Black Union addresses racial dynamics’

Time for me to get on a soap box: in Tuesday’s issue of The Crimson White, there was an article about the State of the Black Union sponsored by the Black Student Union, and the discussion of racial tension and issues of our campus. This article irritated me, not because I’m some cross-burning skin-head, but [...]

Being skinny is not the same as being healthy

The countdown to spring break has begun! With thirty-one days and counting, a number of students are taking measures to reach their “beach body” physique. Diet and exercise are important; however, they should not be crammed into your daily routine the month before spring break. This kind of regimen could potentially lead to eating disorders and [...]

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