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The app that bursts the Butler Bubble for you
Illustration by Audrey Meyer MADI McGUIRE | OPINION COLUMNIST The hardest part about bursting the Butler Bubble is finding out where to go, when to go there, and how to get there. This process can be easily mapped out on the Do Stuff app. This app gives users the ultimate experience in many large cities....
10 reasons we love High School Musical
Illustration by Audrey Meyer JENNA VORIS | OPINION COLUMNIST Last week, the cast of High School Musical reunited for the 10th anniversary of the film. It got me thinking: why, 10 years later, is a cheesy musical such a cultural phenomenon? Why do we love High School Musical? I have compiled a few reasons. 1....
Fall in for bae season
EPIPHANY JOHNICAN | STAFF COLUMNIST / Cartoon by Audrey Meyer The fall season is approaching us, and with it comes many amazing things. Sweaters. Hoodies. Apple picking. Hot chocolate. Football games. Trick-or-treating. Pumpkin carving. And bae… yes b.a.e. (Before Anyone Else). Because when the weather changes, so does the atmosphere. Temporary love is in the...
Summer days driftin’ away
PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST With summer fast approaching, I thought I would feel a sense of relief or freedom. I thought I would be free from having to wake up early to go to class every day. I thought I would be free from having to study for exams every week, free from...
Like a rolling stone
PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST Last November “Rolling Stone” magazine published an article entitled “A Rape on Campus.” The article described a vicious gang rape that took place on the University of Virginia’s campus as part of an initiation rite during a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity party. The account was extremely detailed, right down to...
RFRA: Hypocrisy at its finest
ALEXIS PRICE | OPINION COLUMNIST I suppose I can just cut right to the chase: What is the deal with Indiana’s new Religious Freedom Bill? Frankly, I do not see why there is any controversy. There are currently 19 other states with similar bills in place, and Indiana’s law is much less discriminatory, according to...
Social media: Is it taking over YOUR life?
PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST Seventy-four percent of adults online use social networking sites, according to Pew Research Center. This percentage surprised me; I thought the statistic would be much larger. It seems as though we live in a day and age that is completely dominated by the Internet and its various forms of social...
Spring break struggles
PAIGE LISTON | OPINION COLUMNIST After waiting for what seems like forever, this weekend signals the highly anticipated beginning of spring break. Ah, spring break, that beautiful, if brief, period during a college student’s life when one can unwind and relax, preferably somewhere beautiful and on a beach. Spring break is often viewed as a...
#sorrynotsorry
HAYLEY ROSS | OPINION COLUMNIST “Say you’re sorry.” That is one of the first things our parents teach us when we are little. And our pre-school teachers, dance instructors, soccer coaches, babysitters and basically every other adult in our young lives remind us regularly. Sorry is the word that will make everything better. We were...