Opinions

Inexplicable stupidity: Athletes battle it out for the ultimate crown

by Colin Zalewski If you’ve been following this column for any length of time, you’ve noticed a recur­ring theme: athletes ...

The peanut gallery

By Jerod Jarvis Hullo, Whitworth. It’s a fine day. One of the finest I’ve seen. Why is this day so ...

Spending time to learn from other viewpoints

by Haley Atkinson Over Easter I was able to spend the weekend with my grandparents. This interaction is not common­place ...

Obama’s botched response to the Libya crisis

by Max Nelsen For weeks, I’ve hesitated to write about Libya. Events were unfolding at such a rapid rate that ...

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor,We are concerned about the lack of attention being paid to algae fuel as a potentially lucrative, sustainable, and ...

Nicaraguan landfills a home for many

by Derek Martin/Guest Writer The smell, the rotting aroma that makes it hurt to breathe. It’s palpable even before we ...

Abortion should not be merely an intellectual issue

Letter to the Editor by Mark Baker/Assistant Registrar When you think about this topic, what kind of a response do ...

Undocumented, not unAmerican

by Luis Flores/Guest Writer My name is Luis Flores. I sit next to you in class. I am undocumented. That ...

No matter the caliber of play, I still go broke buying hotdogs

By Colin Zalewski Some cities breed failure. Have you ever no­ticed how there are a number of teams who are terrible ...

Diversity no longer has meaning

By Iris Wu The use of the word diversity on campus is disingenuous. People may think that the lack of ...

The unattributed benefits of diversity

by Andrew Gjefle Rhetoric is an interesting thing. It can be used to effect any number of reactions, in­fluencing the ...

Let’s choose our shade of green carefully

by Max Nelson We hear a lot about sustainability at Whit­worth. We have the Sustainability Challenge, a sustainability committee, a ...