The University needs to expand its computer science program and better encourage its students, particularly women, to earn computer science degrees
Freezing Pell Grants will diminish education prospects, and therefore employment prospects, for low-income students
The University should have stricter wage requirements of its contractors
The College of Charleston Board of Trustees should not have selected Glenn McConnell as their president
Diversity is more than one’s racial identity or background; what makes an individual unique comes less from his or her belonging to a collective and more from his or her own experiences, beliefs and endeavors.
Colleges should modify policies and practices to create an environment more friendly towards transgender students
A system in which girls are used to achieve a certain “ratio” is objectifying, by definition. In fact, it speaks to how slanted the system is and emphasizes the power that fraternities yield because of regulations placed on sororities.
Today the Honor Committee turns to the student body to help resolve the Honor System’s deepest problems
Alternative Spring Break programs foster fulfilling and rewarding community service experiences
For belief to truly be all it takes, conversations about body image, weight loss and weight gain cannot be stigmatized, quieted or resisted given the temptations and challenges of the college environment.
The College Board’s recent SAT policy changes do not do enough to help low-income students
Derby Days don’t degrade women, they foster bonding for sorority sisters
The University should continue and increase their recent efforts to recruit low-income students
College athletes should not be paid, given the financial support they already receive
The ideal model for higher education is government-subsidized public four-year colleges
University resident advisors should be trained to educate their residents about safe sex practices
Policies which restrict class recordings likely will encourage more open dialogue
Publishing endorsements in the Opinion section does not jeopardized the paper’s objectivity
Student-athletes should not be paid, but the NCAA needs to provide them with adequate rights
Television, in the twenty-first century, has dismantled and reinvented common cultural perceptions of the American dream.
