Let’s talk about sex! What is it really like to have lunch with an...
The weekly, anonymous “Let’s talk about sex” series will look into a different topic about sex and sexuality in an effort to raise awareness, bring education and be a...
K-12 education bill impact
HELEN SMITH
Opinion Writer
smithhe@plu.edu
The governor of Washington, Jay Inslee, used his 2016 leap day to sign a new K-12 education bill into law. The new bill is meant to answer the...
Progressive or petrifying?
RACHEL DIXON
Opinion Writer
dixonrp@plu.edu
The debate over transgender people’s rights to use the bathrooms of the gender that they identify with is an old one. Yet on February 15, 2016, there was...
Doesn’t Get Better than This
CARLY STAUFFER
Opinion Writer
stauffce@plu.edu
I recently read an opinion editorial by Leif Wenar in the New York Times entitled “Is Humanity Getting Better?” The article took me on a stroll through the...
Need for change:
ANNIKEN GROENENG
Guest Writer
gronenaa@plu.edu
Ag-gag laws first saw the light in the 1990s when state legislators made it a crime to take pictures or shoot videos in farms and slaughterhouses without the...
FBI vs. Apple showdown
HELEN SMITH
Opinion Writer
smithhe@plu.edu
The big news in the tech industry this week has to do with Apple once again. However, it’s not the iPhone 7 that’s making waves, unfortunately. The FBI...
Hillary the Hypocrite
CARLY STAUFFER
Opinion Writer
stauffce@plu.edu
While Bernie Sanders is threatening to take the lead against Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Clinton still has a chance to become the 45th President of the United...
Cold stance on Coldplay
RACHEL DIXON
Opinion Writer
dixonrp@plu.edu
On January 29 of this year, the British band Coldplay released its controversial video for its pop hit “Hymn for the Weekend.”
In the weeks since its release, the...
Out with the old in with the new
HELEN SMITH
Opinion Writer
smithhe@plu.edu
This academic year, a bold new phenomenon is sweeping college campuses. Many colleges, including the prestigious George Washington University (GWU), are now going “Test Optional.” This means that...