Columns

Small men, big guns

By Andrew Guenther · Tuesday, Aug. 19,2014 7:27 p.m.

The situation in Ferguson, Missouri has reached boiling point in near record time.

Engaged and exposed

Tuesday, Aug. 19,2014 9:27 a.m.

It hit me like a 15-carat princess cut diamond ring. This past summer, I opened my Facebook newsfeed to pictures and videos of my college-aged friends getting engaged, or at least proposed to.

A queer moment

By Andrew Guenther · Tuesday, Aug. 19,2014 8:04 a.m.

I will never forget the moment same-sex marriage was briefly legalized in Indiana. I was sitting at my desk at my internship in Washington, D.C., reading a bill about international trade, when my phone buzzed.It was a text from my partner, Daniel, telling me to check Twitter.

Mental healthcare in America

By Riley Zipper · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 11:05 p.m.

From David Foster Wallace to Robin Williams, we seem to be losing our artists at an alarming rate.But moreover, it's an indicator of the emphasis our country places on diagnosing and treating patients with mental health issues resulting from severe psychoses or chemical imbalances.

The backlash on Brown

By Michael Su · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 9:34 p.m.

Michael Su, Conservative in Residence on the IDS Editorial BoardThis issue hits home, quite literally for me, as the tragic incident of Michael Howard certainly does not speak well of my hometown.

Imaginary women

By Emma Wenninger · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 7:07 p.m.

Let’s get one thing very clear, Dove soap. Every woman is a real woman.As we move through our day, it seems that whatever add campaign currently shouting at us on television or from a billboard, that has anything to do with women, offers you one of two options.A glossy model or a “real” woman.To be perfectly frank, I’m sick of all of it.

Perfect harmony

By Stephen Kroll · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 1:13 p.m.

If you say you like all music except rap and country, you’re a music poser.There’s a lot of music floating around today.

A community touched

By Michael Su · Monday, Aug. 18,2014 1:05 p.m.

The downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 is tragic and represents a dramatic paradigm shift for American and European policymakers.

Don't let debt ruin the future

By Emma Wenninger · Wednesday, July 30,2014 11:38 a.m.

One student, during the course of their college career, can take out hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans, and work for decades paying them off.

They don't teach you everything at Ivy League schools

By Stephen Kroll · Tuesday, July 29,2014 9:29 p.m.

Criminal TV

By Joshua Allen · Tuesday, July 29,2014 8:57 p.m.

Charles Mozdir was found, of all things, by a tip from a television show.

Smoke gets in your eyes

By Stephen Kroll · Sunday, July 27,2014 1:27 p.m.

Pot enthusiasts rejoice, you're winning. If only that mattered.

The ultimate sport

By Sydney Raftery · Sunday, July 27,2014 12:07 p.m.

Ultimate is played all around the world at local, national and international levels. But it still isn’t taken seriously as a real sport.

Next season: exploiting tragedy

By Emma Wenninger · Wednesday, July 23,2014 11:28 a.m.

Television and movies can do a lot of incredible things. However, when a recent tragedy is used to make a point, I have to question the validity of the decision.