The author of this piece suggests that we should ‘learn to laugh at Trumps rhetoric’ as a solution to all the ‘faux outrage’ that is levied against the President of the United States. Even if it is granted that…
In the November 20th edition of the Spectrum, Contributing Writer Ezra Gray appears to have left out two important facts from their article “Signs Create Controversy: It’s Okay to be White,” where signs displaying only “It’s Okay to be…
I love comics, heroes and the colorful movies and shows they inspire. I once wondered how much anxiety a person would have living in a place like Gotham or Metropolis, where clowns, corrupt politicians and corporate bad guys seem…
Despite a series of articles on the subject, diversity is critically lacking on the editorial board of the Spectrum. The Spectrum has people from all walks of life on its editorial board bringing apparent diversity to the board, but…
So far over this past year, the campus has given Donald Trump a lot of criticism. A lot of people heckle him for his tweets, comments during speeches, violence during Trump’s campaign and rallies, his “fake news” accusations, etc….
Having attended the presentation given by Jake MacAulay on October 18th I am convinced that the controversy that has arisen on campus is due primarily to significant misinterpretation of the speaker’s message and actual words. In an October 19…
I had been to Jake Macaulay’s talk. He gave a talk on the relationship between Christianity, Religious Freedom, and what is said about it in the U.S. Constitution. I had recently picked up a copy of the Constitution so…
Across the U.S., from Boston University to U.C. Davis, college campuses are providing condoms in vending machines for their students. In fact, most of these schools allow students to get condoms from several different places on campus. From the…
I’m Madison Schill and I’m a senior in Women and Gender Studies at NDSU. I am writing in response to another letter to the editor entitled, “In Defense of Racists” which discusses the editor-in-chief’s decision not to publish a…
Dear Editor-in-Chief, In Monday, October 16th’s edition of the NDSU Spectrum, you say that a letter, sent to the Spectrum, by the KKK is not protected by the first amendment. While it is certainly The Spectrum’s prerogative to decide…