By Katherine Burgess Managing Editor Over the summer, supporters of gay marriage led boycotts while advocates of traditional marriage launched an “Appreciation Day” amid the flood of controversy surrounding the fast food chain Chick-fil-A. Both […]
To what extent do our surroundings influence the people we grow up to be?
This is a question I have been asking myself a lot lately. Jackson, like many cities in the United States, is very much divided across racial and socioeconomic lines.
How many times have we as Union students been told to stay away from the east side of the city and keep out of the South? How often do we take that advice and stick exclusively to the North — within the bubble of our brick buildings and nice neighboring grocery stores and restaurants? […]
If you rip a sheet of lined paper out of a spiral-bound notebook, you will notice a broad middle section of the paper separated by two vertical red lines from the margins on either side. If you were to take all the people in the world and put them onto this sheet of paper, some would fall into this middle section but many more would be squeezed into the margins, tightly packed and clinging precariously to the jagged edges of the page. […]
By Alex Brown, Editor-in-Chief
Well seniors, it looks bleak. The job market we will be entering in a matter of weeks shows no signs of improving, as unemployment sits at 8.4 percent nationally and 9.5 percent here in Jackson. If those numbers seem daunting, consider this statistic from a recent AP story: In 2011, 53.6 percent of bachelor’s degree holders under the age of 25 were jobless or underemployed.
Unfortunately, it seems we picked the wrong time to enter the workforce. For many of us, the prospect of graduation also comes with the shackles of student loans that will soon have to be paid back. With these colliding realities approaching, the desperation is almost tangible. […]
Every election year the rhetoric seems to get worse — an unrelenting series of shouting matches, accusations and name-calling. Even the most politically engaged tire of the mudslinging, claiming it sullies the reputation of all who dare enter the race.
As the dissonant cacophony drones on, the punch-drunk candidates aim lower, exchanging cheap shots in commercials, debates and robocalls. It seems winning the presidency requires a lot more than an idealistic vision or a charismatic personality. […]
How soon is too soon to laugh at the mass murder and oppression of a people? Will it ever have been enough time?
Sacha Baron Cohen’s “The Dictator” hits theaters this May, a comedic portrayal of an Arab dictator on tour in America. Premiering just a year after the grueling Arab Spring, the film begs the question: Where do we draw the line between sacred and satirical? […]
By Katherine Pullen, Staff Writer Some days I feel like I am walking a tightrope across a minefield. Thousands of pressure-activated mines lie below, waiting for my slightest stumble. I fight the pressure to be […]
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