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Technician

The necessity of GEP requirements

Daniel Root, Guest Columnist April 5, 2015

Last Wednesday’s edition of the Technician included a very alarming column about general education classes, written by Kevin Kronk. In the column, Kronk says the general education requirements should...

Freedom of speech is a responsibility, not just a right

Allison Press, Guest Columnist April 5, 2015

These words echoed from the TED Talk stage last month, where Monica Lewinsky spoke publicly for the first time in a decade. There arguably isn’t any speaker better equipped to talk about the freedom...

Ziyi Mai is a graduate student studying economics.

State law needs to protect religious freedom, too

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist April 5, 2015

The state of Indiana seemed to catch the right moment to spark a national debate on protection of religious freedom as Easter and Passover approached. On Thursday, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence signed an amendment...

Austin Bryan is sophomore studying Africana studies

Dear straight people

Austin Bryan, Managing Editor April 1, 2015

I’ve never quite gotten used to seeing you walk around so blinded by your own privileges you can’t see the pavement you’re walking on is actually me. But dear straight people, I have...

GEP requirements are an unnecessary burden to students

Kevin Kronk, Guest Columnist April 1, 2015

Every fall, new students enter the university and are set on track to complete 39 credit hours in the General Education Program, or GEP. Unfortunately, these courses are required regardless of personal...

Erin Holloway, senior studying anthropology and English

Nature heals the soul— too bad we’re stuck inside

Tyler Gobin, Staff Columnist March 30, 2015

While the United States’ national parks enjoyed record-setting attendance in 2014, the number of younger visitors has plummeted. 292.8 million people visited the national parks in 2014, but the number...

Katherine Waller is a junior studying English.

Blogging: A narcissistic phenomenon

Did you just buy a new tube of lipstick? Better yet, have you just potty-trained your 2-year-old? Did you just get married? Did you try your hand at painting that ugly table you found at Goodwill with...

Ziyi Mai is a graduate student studying economics.

Did Lee Kuan Yew embody Western values or Asian values?

Ziyi Mai, Staff Columnist March 29, 2015

By the virtue of his pragmatism in the economy and strong-arm methods in politics, Singapore’s success story has owed a lot to the founding father Lee Kuan Yew, who died on March 23. Americans might...

Estefania is a sophomore studying communication and plant biology.

The difference between being alone and lonely

Last summer, a favorite band of mine was playing in Lincoln Theatre. I had planned to attend with a friend who lives in Wilmington, but a few days before the concert he told me he wouldn’t be able...

Racial discourse in 21st-century America

Daniel Root, Guest Columnist March 29, 2015

It is easy to say that race is not a problem when, for you, it never has been. Great strides have been made in American race relations since the end of the abomination that was slavery. Yet, one need look...

CR Denning is a junior studying philosophy 

Political debates don’t have to be hostile

When the CIA “torture report” was released in December of last year, I remember reading the comments left on a post about it in the Wolfpack Students Facebook group. Some commenters crafted...

What is art? The politics of beauty

Daniel Root, Guest Columnist March 23, 2015

You see a work of art that is valued at millions of dollars, or you go to an art museum and see a “masterpiece,” but it looks like junk. Many pieces of modern art, quite frankly, look like...

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