Opinion

People in 2015 were seen as “pushy” or “overly-sensitive” for openly defending equality. What should be seen as progress and a push toward inclusiveness of all peoples was mocked. With equality comes inclusiveness, and that goes for every group of people, regardless of any demographic. Universities can sometimes threaten inclusiveness, especially when it comes to gender. […]

Donald Trump is not a conservative; he is a populist iconoclast. Unfortunately, he and his enthralled supporters, quite possibly at no deliberate intention of their own, are doing irreparable damage to the very Party under which they have claimed to operate. Please understand, I am not a secular progressive, nor am I a liberal — […]

Free Trade Agreements (FTA) increase economic openness between nations by doing things such as removing tariffs. FTAs have received a lot of attention on both sides of the 2016 elections. Candidates from both sides have hammered them because of the harm they’ve done to middle-class jobs or wages. It would be foolish to say FTAs are […]

The United States has 14 Free Trade Agreements in effect with 20 countries. The goal behind Trade Agreements is to reduce import quotas and tariffs in order to increase trade between the countries named in the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). On paper, FTAs sound appealing. Tariffs are reduced, meaning that trade with other countries is […]

Every society is faced with the dilemma of determining when youth become adults. American society, which is relatively new, is undecided about when youth become adults, and when we should start to trust them with decisions. At the age of 15 in most states, individuals are allowed to drive a car alone — statistically the most […]

One thing I’ve noticed about the world is for women to accept each other as feminists, every woman must be an extremist, or else they aren’t part of the women’s movement at all. As a woman, I embody the values of feminists. I’m just not a “die-hard” feminist. I support equal pay for both men and women, […]

As the American political race is in full swing, other major political campaigns are happening across the pond. In the United Kingdom, politicians and commoners alike are voicing their opinions about a referendum the public will vote on in June. This referendum would end the UK’s membership in the European Union, making it completely independent from […]

One of the largest problems facing this country today is political polarization. Political polarization is when the political right and left become so ideologically far from each other that they can no longer compromise and work together. This causes stagnant legislatures and hatred toward the other side. People blame their political opposition for any problems they […]

High school students around the U.S. have the option of dual enrollment, or taking courses or programs that can earn them both high school and college credits. Though there may be some people who don’t support the idea of dual enrollment, the reality is that dual enrollment is a great tool that high school students should take […]

To the USD Community: The South Dakota state legislature has considered legislation in the past few months that further marginalizes our lesbian, gay, bisexual and especially the transgender community. The Student Services division in cooperation with the President’s Council on Diversity & Inclusiveness would like to reach out to these important members of our USD […]