Category: Opinion

Alma Jorgenson – Opinion Editor I can’t even count the number of times that my parents told me that they wanted me to have a good college experience. Every time that phrase was mentioned I was ready to pull my hair out. They gave me that advice with no tangible way to measure it, no outline…

David Eide – Opinion Columnist There is a major refugee crisis going on in Europe and it’s not the one you might be thinking of. While the Mediterranean Sea is still the most heavily traveled route for migrants fleeing embattled countries like Iraq and Afghanistan in the past year a new path has opened that has led…

Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist Snowflakes fall, Christmas trees twinkle, and everyone is smiling and happy. Right? Wrong. It’s not the most wonderful time of the year, it’s the most stressful. Exams are looming, projects are piling up, and when you step outside your ears feel like they were dipped in liquid nitrogen. Students have problems,…

Hailey Brune – Opinion Columnist Don’t get me wrong. I am in no way an expert on the STEAMery, or sandwiches, or food for that matter. I haven’t tried everything on the menu either. For that to be possible I’d have to stop getting the same three things, and I am a creature of habit.…

Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist Gusties have been doing some awful, awful things. Or so it would seem, since they are being denied basic rights given even to prisoners of war. They are doing awful things like leaving their garbage in the bathroom and stealing exit signs – truly despicable. Clearly the hoodlums causing this mischief…

David Eide – Opinion Columnist I’ll just come right and out and say it, Chicago is one of my all-time favorite cities. In fact, I’d go as far as to say that it’s my favorite city overall. I was recently in Chicago for a Model United Nations conference, and it only reinforced my love for the…

Clare Greeman – Avid Succession Watcher This isn’t about dark academia, so don’t get excited. Off the back of my DWMs article (*see last issue- Clare) I will now show you the many wonders of the campus novel, despite the fact that I’m sure all of us read too many “campus novels” to begin with. I…

Hailley Brune – Opinion Columnist I’d never given ice cream manufactures much thought. Over the summer I was with my sister and she went to buy some Ben and Jerry’s ice cream. At first I judged her, verbally of course, for buying such expensive ice cream. She argued back saying how it tastes better, they have…

Marcjanna Taylor – Opinion Columnist DerAmerikanische Musiker Jim Croce ist ein Genie mit der Guitar spiele. Er hat viele gute Lieder geschrieben. Zum Beispiel, Er hat den song Time in a bottle, Bad Leroy Brown, Operator und I Have a Name Geschrieben. Er ist ein Folk und Soft Rock Musiker. Ich fokussiere mich auf sein berühmtes…

Jonas Doerr – Opinion Columnist My first thought was aliens. What else could explain the concrete shapes scattered around our campus? Thigh-high cylinders outside of Plex. Taller cylinders and blocky sideways arch outside the campus center. Even more cylinders outside of the chapel. It seemed to me like it had to be a beacon to…