Lately, the media has been up in arms about former Olympic gold medalist Bruce Jenner apparently preparing to come out as a woman. How the media has gone about this reveal, however, has become a concern...

The murder of three Muslim students at Chapel Hill has forced us to once again face our cultural ideas about terrorism and Muslims. Understandable questions arose following the murders. Why has the...

Now that President Barack Obama has finally submitted an authorization of military force against the Islamic State, we can begin the familiar process of debating the merits of yet another war in the Middle...

In America today, the idea of any religion beside Islam pursuing violent action has subsided and often gone ignored, with most of the blame of extremism landing on the shoulders of innocent Muslims. Many...

Since the early 90s, there has been a growing imbalance of power between the NBA’s Eastern and Western Conferences in favor of the latter. It is a trend so apparent that even NBA league commissioner...

Black History Month began in 1926 when Carter Woodson announced the second week of February – which celebrates the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln – to be “Negro History Week.” Woodson’s...

With the movie release of “Fifty Shades of Grey” on Feb. 13, thousands will line up to watch one of the most mainstream erotic narratives of our time. Originally a novel trilogy by E.L. James, the...

Now that the insanity that is the “vaccination debate” has resurfaced, it is necessary once more to speak out about the rampant misinformation. With the resurgence of measles, the controversy over...

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport published a report on gender and race makeup in 150 newspapers and websites in 2012. The report found that 90.4 percent of sports editors were males and...

Editor’s note: This is a second in two-part series on the impact of race and student activism. Last semester this campus saw a much more prominent level of student activism than I have seen in my...