Columnist Katie McKenna recounts the lessons in manners gained from her parents and encourages others to do the same.
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Mind your manners
Tags: Katie McKenna, manners, parents
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Perception through the ages
Collegian contributor Eric Magazu comments on the new video installation in the University Museum of Contemporary Art and how it relates to the way we see the world.
Tags: aulanko nature reserve, Fine Arts Center, UMCA
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 2 Comments »
Media guilty of crimes in Trayvon Martin case
Collegian columnist Emily Merlino thinks the media coverage of Trayvon Martin’s shooting needs to remove the bias.
Tags: George Zimmerman, media, Trayvon Martin
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 5 Comments »
Sweatshops lesser of two evils
Collegian columnist Matthew R. Lowe argues the products of neoliberalism are not as bad as the alternatives.
Tags: neoliberalism, nike, sweatshops
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 10 Comments »
Change of plans
Why students agree that UHS could benefit from a new facility.
Tags: budget cuts, Pharmacy, UHS
Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 2 Comments »
UHS does not need a pharmacy
Collegian columnist Harrison Searles argues that students can access an off campus pharmacy and avoid elevated fees.
Tags: budget cuts, Pharmacy, UHS
Posted in Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 5 Comments »
Reproductive rights on campus
Columnist Billy Rainsford discusses the debate over contraception in the United States and relates it to the debate over cuts to University Health Services.
Tags: Contraception, Obamacare, Student Health Insurance Plan, UHS
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 3 Comments »
Ever progressing when it comes to psychology
Columnist Eric Magazu lays out the history of mental health care in the United States and Massachusetts and relates it to our more developed treatments today.
Tags: mental health, Northampton state hospital, one flew over the cuckoo's nest, psychology, psychopharmacological meds
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 1 Comment »
A Tangible Legacy
Columnist Roy Ribitzky argues that a new student union will foster a better sense of community for future students and leave behind something to be proud of for current ones.
Tags: Ben Johnson, Roy Ribitzky, student union, UMass
Posted in Columns, Opinion/Editorial, Point-Counterpoint | 6 Comments »
Fantasy world problems
Columnist Hannah Sparks says the epic problems in fantasy novels are attractive to us because they differ from our real life, ‘first world’ problems.
Tags: fantasy novels, first world problems, hannah sparks
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