The significant expansion of background checks, increased mental health reporting and strengthening of law enforcement capabilities are all promising steps towards a safer United States.
The Oregon activists' past actions have been controversial, but their arrest and the death of their spokesman provides supporters with the opportunity to elevate the group’s hostility into a constructive movement for change.
Suraiya’s apparent nonchalance at her own body hair is a state of mind most women spend years trying to achieve. Being able to see another woman comfortable with a body similar to the one they see in the mirror every single day is a luxury brown women have barely ever been afforded.
The governor should take care not to pat himself on the back for this singular effort, which does not address the main causes of homelessness and only forces the most underprivileged and neglected into bad conditions.
David George, Contributing Writer
• January 27, 2016
It is imperative that all schools within the institution open their doors to everyone who aspires to receive an education regardless of conviction history.
Instead of imposing sub-zero interest rates to improve the economy, the Fed should stick to stimulative measures like the purchase of bonds through quantitative easing.
If everyone used the co-ed bathroom system, there would be less pressure on transgender people to conform to an identity that does not fit them or potential for them to be shamed for being themselves.
Student privacy an earnest discussion about sexuality are both important -- university administrations must take care not to sacrifice too much of one for the sake of the other.
Abraham Gross, Deputy Opinion Editor
• January 25, 2016
If the Iowa Caucus should be focused on at all, it is not for its insight into which candidate will win the nomination but instead for revealing the systems which determine who does and does not have a vote in the race for the highest office in the nation.
Hopefully the administration’s openness in the matter of snow and school closings means the student body can expect similar transparency on other questions.
