OPINIONS

Jen Joseph jejoseph@ursinus.edu This week, YouTube viewers will see the name Shane Dawson on the trending tab several times as the Youtube star’s nine-part series with makeup guru and designer Jeffree Star continues. To those bold enough not to care about the YouTube beauty and drama communities, the series is...

Kevin Leon keleon@ursinus.edu Earlier this month, NBC News published an article on the ongoing attempt by Harvard students to get their university to divest its endowment from private prisons. The video explains that though Harvard isn’t directly investing in private prisons, there is trading going on with companies that are...

Jen Joseph jejoseph@ursinus.edu Reality TV has never had exceptional diversity or nuanced perspectives. One of the biggest reality TV franchises, ABC’s “The Bachelor,” has a monotonous history of white cis straight men and women all vying for attention in a game-ified version of love. There is no doubt that this...

Daniel Walker dawalker@ursinus.edu We, the assembled student body of Ursinus College, are scarcely but one month into the new semester. For some of us, it has moved very quickly; for others, I can imagine it has dragged on with terrible slowness; and for others still, they might not even remember...

Shelsea Deravil shderavil@ursinus.edu Living in the Czech Republic has been some-what difficult for me so far. Of course, being in a new place comes with some expected feelings of not understanding one’s surroundings. My difficulties have involved some additional issues with housing, an eye injury, and finding an internship. Annoyed...

Daniel Walker dawalker@ursinus.edu Potential Democratic challengers to the presidency have sprung forth from all corners of the country. Some have disappeared just as quickly as they materialized, while others have managed to hang in there. Beto O’Rourke switched his branding strategy from Democrat Who Skateboards to Democrat Who Says Cuss...

Elana Goldman elgoldman@ursinus.edu This weekend, Ursinus students can take advantage of three pre-planned bus trips through the Student Activities office. The school often offers such programs on weekends, which vary in location, timing, and cost from week to week.  These trips are multiple-hour affairs, meaning students have to be willing...

Daniel Walker dawalker@ursinus.edu For as long as the planet Earth has had a past and a present, its inhabitants have fretted and fussed over its future - or, more specifically, the possibility that it might not have one. The media hyper-saturation and never-ending stream of content that is part and...

Kevin Leon keleon@ursinus.edu  In early August, Burger King added a new take on the Whopper to their menu. Advertised as 100% Whopper, but with 0% beef, the new Impossible Whopper made headlines as a major nation-wide release of an Impossible Foods product. I tried one the day it came out...