Staff Commentary
Small changes for birth control
The Obama administration has betrayed its Democratic base once again. The Justice Department plans to appeal a ruling made by the federal court that will allow morning-after pills available to women of all ages without a prescription. This drug has been deemed safe by the Food and Drug Administration for all females able to to [...]
Pants are long overdue for female superheroes
If you had a city to save from a rampaging super-villain, would you have time to put all of your clothes on in the morning? Yes, you probably would. It turns out there’s really no excuse for why Wonder Woman and her fellow heroines are out fighting crime in their underwear. So why, then, are [...]
Violence breaks in town with more lemonade stands than cop cars
It used to be the town where nothing happened. Where the only type of crime was the occasional speeding ticket. The kind where picket fences line every road, where there are more lemonade stands than police cars, and where the only place to go on a Friday or Saturday night was the diner or old [...]
Even a little bit of success requires hard work
This is the last op-ed I will ever write for The Equinox. Pretty crazy to put that down in text. Graduating kind of feels like you’re dying. I don’t want to get that dramatic, but the thoughts I’ve been having—“I don’t have that much time left,” “I want to make the most of it,” “I [...]
Notoriety an issue in news media
It seems unquestionable that the people of this nation are fundamentally enthralled with notoriety and the carnage in which it’s derived. Whether it’s the Boston Marathon bombing incident, the Sandy Hook shooting or the Virginia Tech shooting, the people of this country will become, without doubt, obsessively attached to the news coverage of these events, [...]
A lack of responsibility and respect
I am having a hard time understanding anything anymore. It seems as though college has its own strange customs that are void of the rest of society’s expectations. Or, scarily enough, maybe this isn’t true. Maybe real world people, the average joes, are just as inconsiderate as the typical rowdy, belligerent college student. There is [...]
Campus Convenience’s little secret that no one knows
As a college senior and a journalist I thought I knew close to everything there is to know about the unknown details of Keene State College. I know the names of all the buildings and where to find them. I know what the winter “soy sauce” is made of. I know all the go green [...]
From Smith to KSC: transgender students are finding acceptance
Recently, the prestigious, women-only institution, Smith College in Northampton, Mass. rejected an individual who did not select “female” on the binary bubbles listed on the application. Seems simple enough right? Smith College was founded on the premise of educating elite, intelligent and driven women in efforts to balance the gender gap. Women are often discriminated [...]
Changing trends in religion and spirituality in generations
My childhood was not one with a lot of religious or spiritual influence. My grandfather is an ordained minister, but neither of my parents are all that religious. My siblings and I attended Sunday school until we were old enough to decide we didn’t like it anymore. That was the extent of my religious experience [...]
Finding a new perspective
There are many perspectives in which the world may be viewed. In my opinion, the most universal perspective stems from empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. For example, a mosquito biting you is just a little guy trying to get food the only way he knows how. The [...]
Finding a new perspective
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