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A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian

A free and responsible press serving the UMass community since 1890

Massachusetts Daily Collegian

The necessity of legalizing ecstasy and LSD

By Jonah Dratfield October 24, 2017
These drugs are unsafe because they are illegal and unregulated.

It’s time to reform RAPs at UMass

By Amelia Moran October 23, 2017
Opinion: RAPs are meant to bring first-year students together. But in their current form, many of these programs are not reaching their full potential.

Safe spaces and the politics of paranoia

By Isaac Simon October 23, 2017
Opinion: In our rush to declare “safe spaces” on campus, we often forget that these spaces are not dangerous to begin with. Ideas are not a form of violence, and the hate that is still present won’t be defeated by spaces or slogans.

Letter: Hold Clinton accountable for her mistakes

By Opinion & Editorial Board October 23, 2017
Clinton was a colossal failure as a candidate, and a recent column didn’t do her justice.

Letter: UMass hockey is great, but where are the students?

By Alfredo DiLascia October 19, 2017

To the Editor: The University of Massachusetts is a great school with many excellent academic programs. But an academic career alone does not round out a student's college experience. In fact, a...

The straw man fallacy: missing the point on Indigenous Peoples Day

The straw man fallacy: missing the point on Indigenous Peoples Day

By Will Katcher October 19, 2017
Opinion: ‘Why I didn’t celebrate ‘Apologize to Indigenous Peoples Day’ is an article centered around a logical fallacy.

Power to the Thin Mint: improve the Girls Scouts program

By Isobel McCue October 19, 2017
Opinion: The Girl Scouts of America is a flawed program, but allowing girls into the Boy Scouts is not the right solution.

I’m a millennial conservative. Will the Republican Party leave me behind?

By Brad Polumbo October 18, 2017
Opinion: The GOP is out of touch with the millennial generation, and it could cost them an election.

UMass does not meet the needs of its disabled students

By JD Miller October 18, 2017
UMass has done little to help handicap students get around, writes Jonah Miller.

Do we really need Summer NSO?

By Sophia Corsetti October 18, 2017
Summer NSO is a waste of time for incoming students and damages their perspective of UMass before they even become a full-time student.

Reconsidering Hillary Clinton

By Dan Riley October 17, 2017
When she holds public office, she impresses and excels.

Trump’s Twitter has unprecedented influence on society

By James Mazarakis October 17, 2017
The president has made a habit of governing through Twitter.
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