By Genesis Castillo After leaving St. Edward’s University, a small, private liberal arts college in Austin, I was skeptical about moving back to Dallas and transferring to a community college. Not sure of my decision to move back home, I visited several Dallas community colleges. Tuition at St. Edward’s...

By Gereneicia Foster As I stayed up for the turning of the moon last week, I must admit that I didn’t know what to expect. Honestly, I have never heard of a blood moon before April 14, and the term sent a chill down my spine. I kept seeing pictures of a huge crimson moon on every news outlet and social...

By Morgan Corley Massive Open Online Courses are a good thing. While there are people who believe they are a waste of time and resources, widely available education will always be a positive thing. MOOCs are one of the newest trends among universities. Universities will post entire classes worth...

By Caitlin Piper I distinctly remember my best friend’s 7th birthday party. She had invited 10 other kids from our first-grade class for an afternoon filled with colorful balloons, sugary treats and a veritable truckload of torn wrapping paper. More than anything else, my friend wanted a bike — a bright...

By David Ramirez College students, especially new ones, are learning something you can’t learn in a classroom: time management. When full-time students juggle classes and a job, it can be quite difficult. As a student with a 4.0 GPA, I wanted to challenge myself beyond this semester. I’m...

By Genesis Castillo Diagnosed with ADD/ADHD at age 13, I refused to believe in the idea that my forgetfulness, lack of focus and impulsiveness were symptoms of a learning disability. All my life I had thought of myself as intelligent and bright, but as I reached my adolescent years, I struggled...

By Billy Dennis From Michael Moore to Glenn Beck, people on both sides of the political spectrum have hailed National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden as a whistleblower and a hero. But make no mistake about it, Snowden is a traitor and a coward, and as such, deserves to be tried as a spy. Let’s...

By Caitlin Piper On Jan. 5, a redditor known only as AngryCommGuy posted a photo of a frowning teenage girl holding up a sign and an iPod, claiming it had been taken by her mother. Among other things, the sign relayed that the girl was a cyberbully and that she had to sell her beloved iPod and donate...

By Keturah Jones One night, I was awoken by a loud voice on my television, prompting me to order a baggie of water that would make all of my financial troubles disappear. I thought I was dreaming. If I drank this water, would my student loan fees magically disappear? It is sad that religion has resorted...

By Billy Dennis One of the most damaging side effects of social media is the proliferation of misinformation. Spreading like a virus, it has begun to infect our society as a whole. One recent phenomenon caught my eye: misquoting our founding fathers. I’m sure both factions of our political ideologies...

By Justin Tate My children must bury me. This was all I could think about as I watched my beautiful children on the playground one sunny afternoon in Denver. I refuse to be a part of a future where I must bury my son or any of my three daughters. I saw my grandmother, age 77, bury two of her own — one taken...

Rebecca Trotter-Moore Daniel  and Jennifer liked each other. Attending the same university, they found themselves together one night and had consensual sex. About five days later, Jennifer accused Daniel of sexual assault. The initial outcry —  Jennifer’s account of the assault — was made...

Caitlin Piper FCKH8, an American T-shirt company well known for its pro-LGBT stance, has launched a campaign in which it will send 10,000 pro-gay coloring books to families in Russia in exchange for 100,000 tumblr reblogs. Titled “Misha & His Moms Go to the Olympics,” the bilingual English-Russian...

Trenton Blackshear Our great-grandfathers’ legacies were built on the backs of the wars of their fathers. Born to soldiers, their fathers instilled in them the lessons of the age, yet the only lesson that they actually had to teach them was fear. Thus, our great-grandfathers, who were practically...

María Yolisma García In a whirlwind of political unrest and the separation of families, the chance for a better nation lies in the hands of those who seek it. For 10 years the United States has not found a justifiable way of fixing broken immigration laws. For 10 years families have continuously...

By Caitlin Piper, Opinion Editor In late 1991, my uncle was accused of rape. His ex-wife claimed he had come to her house in the middle of the night, knocked on her door and sexually assaulted her when she came to answer. She also claimed he had threatened their 4-year-old daughter with violence after...

By Emma Hahn Everywhere I go, I see advertisements for clothes, movies, TV shows, stores and food. I see huge billboards by the highway shouting for me to buy something I don’t have. The whole world revolves around me and what I want. What can I buy that will make me happy? The world wants me to believe...

By Genereicia Foster Not every stay-at-home mom is a lazy, trash talking, gold-digging woman. We don’t all live in big houses and have nannies at our beck and call. Shows like “Basketball Wives” and “The Real Housewives” have warped people’s perceptions about stay-at-home mothers. Honestly,...

By Kevin Cushingberry Jr. Growing up in a single-parent household helped define my childhood. My parents divorced five days before my fifth birthday, so I only have a few memories of living with my father. It’s always been me and my mother against the world, not because I was the man of the house...

By Trenton Blackshear What makes someone a good person? Are people born good? Is doing the right thing an innate instinct? I believe the answer lies not in what a person does, but in why they are doing it. Since life is more than shades of black and white, I don’t believe doing “bad” things...

By Billy Dennis Sporting her iconic pink sneakers, single mom Wendy Davis made national headlines in an 11-hour filibuster aiming to prevent the dismantling of woman’s healthcare in Texas. Now, the state senator from Fort Worth is running for governor of Texas. Davis’ story is one of hard work...

By Gereneicia Foster “She’s pretty to be a dark-skinned girl,” a friend said to me one day as we watched a woman enter a store. I looked at the woman and agreed with my friend wholeheartedly. As I reflect back on it now, I don’t understand why I agreed. The young lady’s skin color was just...