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Cancel culture solves nothing

Cancel culture solves nothing

Cancel culture — where celebrities and public figures are “canceled” for things they have done or said — has been a hot topic in the 21st century. Once headlines start coming out that a celebrity has said or done something worthy of cancellation, the public follows close behind. Hashtags pop up, and

NIH cuts destabilize institutional research that underpins modern medicine

NIH cuts destabilize institutional research that underpins modern medicine

When I asked my mom and dad this week how many different chemotherapy drugs my oldest brother has been on in his 20 years of life, they had a hard time answering the question. Dad said he thought maybe seven with a couple of repeated treatments on certain ones, but

Fewer roads to college: The rural Midwest’s educational disadvantage

Fewer roads to college: The rural Midwest’s educational disadvantage

We are often told that smaller classes foster a more personalized education, but what happens when “small” is not an intentional pedagogical choice but the only option — year after year, with the same eleven faces in the classroom? At my public high school in Armour, S.D., which enrolled roughly

When college feels overwhelming, The Lumineers help me breathe

When college feels overwhelming, The Lumineers help me breathe

When I think about college so far, it feels like a mix of excitement and stress. Some days are filled with classes, practices and exams, and other days I’m just trying to figure out how to juggle everything. Through it all, music has been one of the few things

Angles: Should America still be rooted in faith?

When the United States was established in 1776, the founders wrote mentions of “God” and “a Creator” into the Declaration of Independence. However, the Constitution, the core legal document that was written within about a decade makes no such mention of religion. Another century later, the Pledge of Allegiance — which

Charlie Kirk: Faithful, fearless father

Charlie Kirk: Faithful, fearless father

Throughout the years, I have become less vocal about my political beliefs. Though I have no problem with disagreeing with others, I’ve found that this often seems to cause uncivil behavior, and so I tend to avoid speaking out. However, with the recent and unfortunate passing of American conservative

Accepting nuclear power

It will never cease to fascinate me how much public perception and media coverage affect our daily lives, especially when it comes to risk. There are the obvious things: headlines about recent events, social media feeds flooded because something had happened. However, some intersections of perception and risk are subtle.