It didn’t take Jim Fox long to be welcomed to his new home. Fox, who was hired as Appalachian State’s 16th men’s head basketball coach April 8, threw out the first pitch of the university’s...

Political discourse, often including opinion writing, naturally has polarizing attributes that can place senders and receivers on opposing ends of an ideological spectrum. Admittedly, the difficulty...

The conversation over sexual assault and its handling by universities has become a national topic, and that has come up in the University of North Carolina system as well several times in the last few...

Cartoon by Bridget Mundy, Editorial Cartoonist

Cartoon by Andrew Cox, Editorial Cartoonist

The University of Connecticut has won the NCAA championship, and you don’t have a perfect bracket. But don’t feel bad, because no one does. Warren Buffett bet one billion dollars from his own...

North Carolina has become part of a new and disturbing nationwide trend - increased heroin usage and overdose. In 2012, 147 people died of heroin usage, a dramatic increase from the average of approximately...

As the competitive nature of business and education continue to evolve at a global level, the installation of the new Common Core State Standards serves as the driving force behind keeping the U.S. competitive. CCSS...

Cartoon by Andrew Cox, Editorial Cartoonist

Cartoon by Bridget Mundy, Editorial Cartoonist

The Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of the case of McCutcheon v. FEC on Wednesday and issued that the ban on the number of candidates and party committees to which an individual can contribute...

Many Republican lawmakers are feeling vindicated in their efforts to pass more restrictive voting measures now that reports of thousands of cases of potential voter fraud have emerged. Following a cross-check...