Aside from overlooking alternate motivations for joining ROTC, this portrayal fails in its outright misrepresentation of the U.S. military and of the economic viability of universal tuition.
As both the price of meal plans and Aramark’s profits increase, the University must question whether Aramark should have a continued contractual existence on Grounds.
We must always remember that the central focus and modus operandi of this establishment is to promote education and that athletics serve only to complement this mission.
While the University does provide some resources for students suffering from issues with their mental health, greater accommodations can be made to better serve students in need of this aid.
Numerous inherent flaws and loopholes still exist with the Commonwealth’s strategy to address the recent upsurge in teen consumption of e-cigarettes.
The value of International Women’s Day is in the momentary spotlight it places on women’s issues and women’s voices.
The growing sense of complacency with the status quo have indicated that inaction at this point is far more likely than action itself.
In addition to the divisiveness that it generates, populism provides only bumper sticker solutions to the incredibly complex and challenging problems that the country faces today.
With the fight for fifteen achieved, we need to consider what steps should be taken next in order to cultivate a more equitable community.
While I am not downplaying the real-world impact many of the policies enacted by these groups have on the University, the whole system in which they operate is flawed.
If the ALC wishes to achieve a consensus among constituents and do the job it intends to do, it must engage in significant reform.
Without making attempts to change its future, the Jefferson Society does little but encourage through complicitness a continued problem springing from a troubled past.
We need to work towards ending the increases in youth usage of these products.
Students, faculty, staff and members of the community must stop letting the prestigious culture blind them from giving back and upholding the basic values the University aims to represent.
Universal programs like College for All and Medicare for All can undercut the incentives that joining the military currently entails.
While providing free menstrual hygiene products at a local, state or federal level is not necessarily feasible, removing state sales tax on tampons, pads and other menstrual hygiene products is.
Altogether, Biden’s personal struggles and tragedies have imbued him with a certain sense of compassion and empathy that is rare amongst today’s politicians.
With the University already requiring several educational modules, mental health education ranks in equal or not greater urgency for the student population.
When University-wide elections roll around in late February, it comes as no surprise less than 20 percent of students cast a ballot.
The tobacco prohibition is an example of the flawed way the United States grants the rights and privileges of adulthood.
