It seems no one should call the bucket challenge activism or even “slacktivism.” It’s just creative social media fundraising.
With the influence of advertising already in effect, one can only imagine how much more impactful sponsored content would and can be.
Rather than being an isolated incident of poor policing or just a side-effect of giving cops ever more dangerous weapons, Michael Brown’s shooting can be traced to systemic changes in American life beginning half a century ago.
Having a more diverse faculty can “spread the wealth” in terms of academic opportunities. Currently, the majority of tenured professors at institutions of higher education are white males.
In light of the events of this summer, it is as good a time as any to underscore the serious responsibility that our generation bears in forging an eco-friendly path for the University’s future.
If a student is able to recognize their personal responsibility to say something to a new acquaintance in distress, the program’s advice may seem inapplicable.
Until there are programs in place that focus on risk and benefit analysis, there will always be another drug that pulls in young adults who could be swayed towards a dangerous behavior.
The law will likely lead to the alienation of women who wear the niqab from French society, rather than achieve its goal of integrating them into secular French society.
The only way to rid ourselves of the nightmare high-stakes kindergarten testing is to change the incentive structure at the very top.
Camera usage allows the possibility not only of protecting the accused from police brutality, but also of protecting police officers who are wrongly accused of brutalizing citizens.
If the choice is between asking large corporations to absorb a relatively small increase in wages or asking the federal government to go even further into debt by expanding social programs and attempting to support the large impoverished population, it seems the clear option is the former.
There are four main reasons for the failure of the American government to address climate change — the environmental issue most in need of immediate and aggressive action.
Pre-emptive trigger warning labels stand between texts and ourselves, encumbering our engagement with literature.
Puckett’s resignation will likely stall bipartisan progress in the state legislature
In short, Lewis’s and Montenegro’s methods have started a media blitz as well as a smear campaign against Laycock, not a dialogue.
By drawing attention to the names of specific men, these Columbia students have distracted the nation’s attention from the methods of sexual assault prevention and victim support that should matter.
Conservatism is not oppressed, and racial discrimination is far worse than white ethnic discrimination
As a student at the University, it is rare to be so closely confronted by Charlottesville’s homeless population.
As a man, Fortgang likely does not fear catcalls or violence when walking down the street alone, or being called a “slut” because of sexual promiscuity. And privileges do not only stem from race and gender but also able-bodiedness, sexuality, religion and class as well.
Now I will seek, thanks to Mr. Jefferson’s Academical Village, the beginning of a new path of graduate work and employment in Student Affairs. The man I have become desires to help younger and older students in their search for what they wish to become.
