July Points Out How Minimum Wage Hurts Workers by Josh Guckert In a video from July entitled “Young People, The Silly Minimum Wage Debate, & Basic Economics,” rapper Eric July unloads on the minimum wage. July states that one is not paid for their “personal life,” but rather for the “value in the position.” He goes…
Roethlisberger Has Done Anything But Escape Scrutiny for Past by Josh Guckert On Wednesday, Salon writer and University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Professor Marissa Landrigan penned an article entitled “Michael Vick isn’t the problem: Steelers fans need to talk about rape culture,” in which she compares the reaction many Steelers fans had toward the signing of Michael Vick, who had previously…
By: Laura Meyers I’m the president of College Republicans at my school, and last night I tabled at my university club fair. We were wearing matching pro-Reagan t-shirts, and super frat red and blue sunglasses which said “College Republicans: The Best Party on Campus.” We hosted a poll that was made by glueing funny faces of the top Republican…
Thanks to police and drone industry lobbyists North Dakota cops can now arm their drones with “less than lethal” weapons like tasers, rubber bullets, and tear gas. Although the original sponsors of the bill tried to ban all weaponry on police drones, Bruce Burkett of the North Dakota Peace Officer’s Association helped amend the bill…
Paul is Still a Favorite to Win the Republican Nomination by Josh Guckert As the 2016 Presidential campaign continues into its unofficial “introductory” phase, many are overly anxious to write off the chances of Senator Rand Paul. However, with only one debate having been completed and not a single vote yet cast, perhaps some are…
by Lauren Southern Last month, Ashley Madison was in the spotlight as a hacker group threatened to release the information of its members. This is a horrifying prospect for users, considering the website is used as a hub for hookups between adulterous married individuals. It’s no surprise a website that proudly displays the slogan “Life…
Telling Women How to Present Themselves is Not Feminism, You’re a Hypocrite By Sarah Gompper On August 14th A.L. Bailey published an opinion piece for AL.com that went after a viral University of Alabama Alpha Phi sorority recruitment video, calling it “worse for women than Donald Trump.” In response to significant public outlash, the sorority…
By: Ryan Carrillo Rachel Dolezal might not be so alone anymore in the trans-racial category. Prominent Black Lives Matter activist and columnist at Daily Kos, Shaun King, has apparently been outed as a white guy pretending to be bi-racial. According to The Daily Beast: Prominent Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King said for years that…
By: Laura Meyers In a behind-the-scenes discussion with activists from the Boston and Worchester, Massachusetts “Black Lives Matter” chapters, Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton told them they shouldn’t focus on “changing hearts,” but rather changing policies. “Look, I don’t believe you change hearts. I believe you change laws, you change allocation of resources, you change the way…
Bomb Threat At Gamergate Panel Will Only Advance The Dialogue By: Ryan Carrillo A bomb threat this past Saturday at a Society of Professional Journalists event in Miami discussing GamerGate closed down the talk with about thirty minutes remaining. The event began at 10:00 am and was inundated with bomb threats since the beginning, but the SPJ organizers…