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Healthy dining options are slim for students living on campus.

VAKULSKAS: Students deserve healthier food options

Abby Vakulskas, Columnist November 1, 2016

I returned to campus from fall break feeling a little sluggish and heavy. Due to a kitchen remodel, my parents and I had to eat out for every meal. While this was 100 percent not something I complained...

A board divided: Majority of Editorial Board favors Clinton

A board divided: Majority of Editorial Board favors Clinton

Amy Elliot-Meisel November 1, 2016

A common defense for voting for Hillary Clinton is, “well, she’s better than Trump,” and she is. In terms of experience, maturity, advocacy and moral human decency, Clinton wins every time. This...

CUMMINGS: A letter to the GOP

CUMMINGS: A letter to the GOP

Michael Cummings, Assistant Opinions Editor November 1, 2016

As the nation heads to the polls next week, GOP members must have butterflies, and I can’t imagine they are the good ones we used to get before high school basketball games. Your party has always...

HUGHES: Swipe right on your soul mate

HUGHES: Swipe right on your soul mate

October 25, 2016

I wish I could remember exactly why I signed up for Tinder in the first place. Thinking back, I'm sure it had something to do with a "Sex and the City" and junk food binge. Regardless, I spent a few weeks...

Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon pose as Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton in SNLs debate sketches.

BAKER: Political comedy’s uniting power: Bringing us together one SNL skit at a time

Elizabeth Baker, Opinions Editor October 25, 2016

The biggest October audience for “Saturday Night Live” since 2008 tuned in to this weekend’s episode. Host Tom Hanks, acting as Chris Wallace of Fox News, moderated the final presidential debate...

VAKULSKAS: From Ed Sullivan Show to Snapchat, our changing celebrity obsession

VAKULSKAS: From ‘Ed Sullivan Show’ to Snapchat, our changing celebrity obsession

Abby Vakulskas, Columnist October 25, 2016

Feb. 9, 1964, the Beatles debuted live on "The Ed Sullivan Show." It's estimated that about 73 million Americans tuned in to watch the quartet — three-fourths of the adult audience in the United States....

Ryan waited for what seemed like an eternity when not the first, but second cop of his road trip pulled him over and approached his window.

MCCARTHY: Twelve-hour road trip with good cop, bad cop

Ryan McCarthy, Columnist October 25, 2016

I knew I had been caught barely 40 minutes out of Milwaukee. My friend Steve and I had just crossed over the Illinois border at a steady 80 mph on our road trip to Syracuse when the blue and red lights...

HUGHES: Journalistic objectivity dwindling this election season

HUGHES: Journalistic objectivity dwindling this election season

Morgan Hughes, Columnist October 11, 2016

 Scroll through Donald Trump’s Twitter page and you will find the personification of the hostile media effect. In 140 characters or less, The Donald can tell you everything you need to know about the...

VAKULSKAS: Dont forget to care about local elections, too

VAKULSKAS: Don’t forget to care about local elections, too

Abby Vakulskas, Columnist October 11, 2016

The entire country is in turmoil about the upcoming elections. People are imagining the worst things that could happen if one candidate or another gets elected, and some are already packing their bags...

Using statistics and rankings to compare the sexual health of college campuses is not only inaccurate, it silences individual students needs and feelings.

Editorial: Campus sexual health more complex than statistics, rankings

October 11, 2016

Last week the Marquette Wire reported that a study published this summer by a data science startup, The State of Education, ranking Marquette as the nation’s least sexually healthy college campus, left...

Donald Trump addresses his supporters at a rally in Waukesha last year.

MCCARTHY: Mr. Trump, most men grew out of ‘locker room talk’ in high school

Ryan McCarthy, Columnist October 11, 2016

I’ll admit that I laughed the first time I heard the recording of Donald Trump saying, “Grab them by the p---y.” Throughout this electoral season, Trump has provided ample entertainment with his...

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Podcast: Columnists Hughes, McCarthy discuss Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate

Morgan Hughes, Ryan McCarthy and Michael Cummings October 7, 2016

Assistant Opinions Editor Mike Cummings moderates discussion on Tuesday night's vice presidential debate between Governor Mike Pence and Senator Tim Kaine. Columnists Ryan McCarthy and Morgan Hughes analyze...

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