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Student Viewpoints over Political Topics or Events

"Anybody who comes to speak to you and you disagree with, you should have an argument with them, but you shouldn’t silence them by saying you can’t come because I’m too sensitive to hear what you have to say.” - (President Barack Obama, September 2015) American students today face a lamentable reality, the reality that the first amendment right to free...
Who is Beto O’Rourke? For many, he is just a name on a sign. The sign isn’t even red, white, and blue so it isn’t immediately apparent that he’s a politician. But he is, and very soon, he could be one of Texas’s senators in Washington, D.C. But who is he really? Well, his campaign website describes him first as a...
Hell has happily tortured damned souls for the last several thousand years below the Earth's surface. But Director of Operations, Satan, has found a new campus that increases misery in ways the demons had never dreamed of.  "As excited as I am to move to California, I have mixed emotions," Satan said in a recent interview, "I'm afraid because Gavin...
"All I'm going to say is, let's pray for God's intercession on this election." While this quote echoes the thoughts of the majority of voters in America, it also holds a certain amount of relevance to it. This election is one of the most important elections in our lifetimes. We are not just voting for the next President of the...
Upended palm trees, wrecked houses, and record-high flooding were all the hallmarks of a weather phenomenon that the Floridian peninsula was all too familiar with - Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian made landfall on Southwest Florida shores two weeks ago, leaving behind a trail of destruction and desolation in its wake. At least 137 people in the U.S. and Cuba...
Three months after his initial nomination by President Trump, we seem to have reached the climax of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing. Both sides of the political aisle are dissecting every sentence that comes out of Kavanaugh's mouth. The media is intensely examining the misconduct allegations waged against him. With turbulent political discourse surrounding the hearings, many Americans seem...
Integral to every democracy is objective truth. Lies and obfuscation corrupt the political process and allow the unworthy to assume positions of power. With such importance in factual truth, why is it not present in this political race? Unfortunately for facts, they are not wanted. The truth is often inconvenient for political candidates; it weakens their narratives and destroys their...
Walking through the magnificent hallways of a 225-year-old building. Every footstep, every word uttered, every sound made echoes through the corridors. In this place, 327.5 million people’s lives are debated upon every day and every decision is decided by 535 people.  This is the United States Capitol building, home of Congress. Every two years, all 435 House Representatives, ⅓...

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