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Trump will bring the change America needs

This column is a part of a head-to-head series on the presidential election. To see support of other presidential candidates, see the opinion section of theDMonline.com It is hard to believe, but the president election is only days away. Though this year has been full of insults, it is important to remember...

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Does the way you sleep affect the way you study?

What is the best way to be productive? This is a question to which there are many answers; for instance, you might make a planner, hone your time management...

I refuse to vote for the lesser evil next week

We are less than a week away from election day (or as I like to call it, doomsday), and the craziness of this election remains surreal to me. It seems...

If you choose to let it, music can bring you peace

In my column last week, I focused on what it means to be nourished. Instead of robotically going through the motions of my days, I am seeking out the...

Voters: Do not forget the other races on the ballot

With just more than a week to go until the presidential election, the United States is in full-fledged election mode. If you live in a state like North...

Letter to the Editor: Haley Myatt and Taylor Delaney

Dear editor, In our sociology class, we learned that nearly 35 percent of all full-time workers in the state of Mississippi make less than $30,000 a year,...

Letter to the Editor: Abby Bruce

We are kicking people out of the workforce too early. This might be odd to think about, as most of us are only beginning to enter the workforce, but even as young adults, we should be concerned. According to 2015 US Census Bureau data, the average age of retirement in the United States is 63. As the average life expectancy in 2015 is 81.2 years for females and 76.4 years...

Artificial Intelligence: Beneficial tool or threatening idea?

You may have seen the movies like Terminator and iRobot. They all depict our nightmare scenario that, one day, robots and artificial intelligence will take over the world. You might think, “Have we not already seen things like artificial intelligence and robotics crash and burn?”  And the answer is yes, spectacularly, in some cases.  In just March of this year,...

Letter to the Editor: Sarah McLellan

Dear Editor, On behalf of the Lafayette County Literacy Council, we want to send our deepest gratitude toward the participants of ‘Book it to the Pavilion’...

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Separating truth from myth: A Q&A with RASA president Sydney Green

What is sexual assault on college campuses? When we think of a sexual assault scenario, we imagine an attacker jumping out of the bushes and violently...

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