Parker Happ: Some of my married friends shared that their wedding bands, instead of preventing pursuit from females, actually attracts them. These men face unwanted social pressures everyday. Let’s say a married man decides to party with the bros for...
I am most likely in the minority when it comes to disliking PowerPoint presentations. I understand that PowerPoint presentations are an easier alternative to reading or buying the book, but the key word in this column is balance.Balance refers to professors'...
Over the past four years, NIU and the surrounding DeKalb community has reported six murders, over 30 aggravated assault charges and over 120 reports of burglary, according to the office of postsecondary education. NIU also recently ranked number 10 out...
If you watched the election results, you probably heard every political analyst asking one question: what does this mean for 2012? While I will certainly be following the presidential elections, I think it is a little early to conjecture about what the...
Aaron Brooks, columnist: Some people may criticize Blue Moon for being ‘fruity,' but they are Neanderthals. Where would ice tea be without the lemon, and martinis without the olive? It is simple evolution that has paired those drinks with the respective...
Aaron Brooks has a viewpoint from Hell and my message shall smite his with the power of the Lord. Sike! I do not believe that, but I still consider myself religious. Unfortunately, condescending, guilt-inducing attitudes turn people away from religion,...
Honestly, I do not know why I chose religion as a topic. First, you are bound to offend someone, even more so than talking about veterans. Second, religion is complicated. God needed 707 pages (by some counts) to explain it, and even then most people...
Money does not buy experiential happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery," said Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who is considered the founder of behavioral economics, at a Technology Entertainment Design (TED) conference this year. Kahneman...
What's your major?" Start a conversation with someone you have never met and I guarantee the question will come up within the first few minutes. It is the college equivalent to "So...do you come here often?" The reason we ask this is because we assume...
Going once, going twice, sold: the soul of America for Saudi gold. On Sept. 12, the Obama Administration announced that a $60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia would be presented to Congress. The deal will increase tenfold the arms exports by the United...
In foreign policy, there are no easy choices - and no obvious ones either. This month, it was announced that the U.S. sold $60 billion in arms to Saudi Arabia. For the most part, this move has been met with concern. I, for one, think it was the best move...
If you are lucky enough to be finishing up the last year or even semester of your academic career, you are probably being forced to address that question that lingers incessantly in the back of every good collegiate mind: Should I go to grad school or...
