Oh The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Suess was one of the first books I ever read on my own. When I graduated from high school, I received about 10 copies from friends and family. Now that I’ve got even more brains in my head and feet in my shoes, I’m...
ne of the first columns I wrote was that health care is a human right. As we await the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), let me familiarize you with the proceedings so far and reiterate my support of our right to health care....
While I was walking down Annie Glidden Road a couple days ago, I counted 13 people jaywalking. There were cars coming, yet pedestrians were completely disregarding the fact that giant heaps of metal, rubber and glass were hurtling toward them at 35 mph....
When a screaming man who appears to be under the influence of methamphetamine walks into your home on a Sunday afternoon, you reassess the “need” vs “want” ratio in your life. For example, I used to “want” a dog. Now, thanks to meth mouth...
Growing up with OCD, I was one of those kids who didn’t have to raise their hand every time they needed to go to the nurse. As a lifelong member of the Dermatillomania (skin-picking) and Trichotillomania (hair-pulling) clubs, among others, let’s just...
I’m the type of friend that thinks shouting, “You forgot your rash cream!” when dropping you off for work is hilarious. Needless to say, I’ve found it takes a very patient and dedicated person to keep up with me. These people, I call suckers...er,...
I don’t really remember life without a computer. By any estimate, I have been online since 1993. Seriously, I learned to type before I learned how to ride a bike. Similarly, a generation is fast coming of age that won’t be able to remember a time...
The word tenure commonly refers to a senior academic’s contractual right not to have his or her position terminated without just cause. The key term here is “just cause.” What qualifies exactly as just cause? Declining student performance from semester...
Graduation. It looms it’s big scary head on the near horizon for many of us on the homestretch at NIU. The big question on many of our minds is this: now what? I’m certain many of us have heard unfortunate stories about leaving college with a mountain...
The most important piece of news since Bin Laden’s scuba adventure was passed over in two days. On March 14, Greg Smith’s op-ed, “Why I am Leaving Goldman Sachs,” was published in the New York Times. Because you may have been basking on the beach...
I think Will Smith said it best with, “Parents just don’t understand.” In a more accurate way, though, white parents just don’t understand. Stemming from a cultural ideology that places white children at the forefront of innocence, the almost...
