Category: Opinion

BYSTANDERS HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SPEAK UP

BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER In some manner, we’ve all been a bystander. Whether we are driving past a car crash or walking past a homeless person in need of cash, the acts of the typical bystander vary far and…

BIDEN’S CLIMATE PLAN IS COWARDLY, NOT COURAGEOUS

BY ARJIT ROSHAN STAFF WRITER The climate initiatives in Biden’s American Jobs Plan are certainly very big, but we shouldn’t be fooled into thinking they’re very bold. Yes, there’s plenty of fine stuff. The electric vehicles market seemed to be…

PATIENCE IS STILL A VIRTUE, EVEN IN COVID TIMES

BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER On a bright Thursday morning, I walked into CVS Pharmacy ready to get my first dose of the Moderna vaccine. It was a day that I had been anticipating ever since the vaccine efficacy numbers…

TOTALLY GOD — AND TOTALLY MAN

BY DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR Today is Easter, the day that Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ. The orthodox Christian understanding of Christ, since at least the Council of Chalcedon in A.D. 451, is that He is totally God and…

BE MINIMAL, LIVE MAXIMAL

BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER We are always hungry for more. Inflatable tube men lure our eyes to cars we can’t afford while radio jingles burn into our brains product deals we don’t need. American life is constantly being calibrated…

THE ECONOMY IS STUFF, STUPID

BY ARJIT ROSHAN STAFF WRITER A couple of weeks back I was having a (delicious) dinner at my girlfriend’s house, and while talking to her dad about my previous column on the minimum wage, the national debt came up. While…

COVID KILLED THE VIDEO STAR (LAB)

BY RICHARD HRONIK STAFF WRITER Picture this. You sign up for a media production class expecting to be able to use high-tech equipment for your projects. A few weeks in, you find out that unless you spend thousands of dollars…

TRAUMA ISN’T ONLY ABOUT VETERANS

BY LUKE HARRIS STAFF WRITER War scars people. Ever since the American Civil War, the “Soldier’s Heart” has been an issue that instigated studies on the long-term effects of trauma. We’ve seen discussions of trauma in veterans more in recent…

MASON PLANS FOR IN-PERSON COMMENCEMENT

BY DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR On Friday, March 19, President Washington announced in an all-campus email that Mason would be having a more normal commencement in accordance with Virginia loosening COVID-19 restrictions for school graduation ceremonies. Jim Ryan, president of…