The number I keep coming back to isn’t 59, the number of people killed in last week’s mass shooting in Las Vegas. It isn’t more than 500, the number of people who were injured, either.
To...
I woke up on Monday morning to five news alerts sitting on my phone. “Massacre,” “shooting” and “death” appeared across the screen. I sat there at the foot of my bed,...
Our country needs to address violence – but proposed gun control is ineffective.
Most proposed gun regulations focus on requiring gun permits or making background checks more exacting. Unfortunately,...
Though books are often touted as escapes, the publishing industry is grossly homogeneous. Despite this, literary awards often highlight diverse narratives, stressing the importance of books as vehicles...
A week and a day ago, I woke up, opened a push notification on my phone and wept. As I had slept, over 500 people at the Route 91 music festival fell victim to senseless violence, the worst shooting carried...
“In fourteen-hundred-ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue .” This rhyme offers not only a handy mnemonic to enterprising young schoolchildren looking to ace their history quiz, but also...
Texas practices something called student-based funding, meaning districts get money depending on how much they raise from taxes per weighted student. After a series of complicated algorithms determine...
Today, the inhabitants of Austin celebrate the original inhabitants of the New World. Instead of honoring Columbus, a genocidal body-snatcher, Austin celebrates the people who first roamed this land. Four...
We know what to do in emergencies.
Your house got broken into: call 9-1-1. Someone started seizing in front of you: call 9-1-1. The water pouring into your house has reached waist level and your...
Fall has arrived and so has flu season. It’s that time of the year where it’s important for students, faculty and staff to wash their hands as not to spread diseases that could cause outbreaks....
Religion can be a source of strength for the black community, but it can also be detrimental when used to fix a serious mental health problem. The ratio of whites seeking help in comparison to blacks that...
It’s flu season, that time of year where everyone in your exam room seems to be sniffling or coughing. And while the University Health Services do the best they can in working to prevent the spread...
