Author Archives: Dylan Brister
If you have been anywhere near a television, cell phone, or computer that past few days, chances are you have heard or seen a man named Ken Bone. The mild-mannered Shiloh, Illinois resident was thrust onto the national scene last Sunday night when he was selected to ask a question in the second presidential debate to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. While Bones’s...
For the nearly two years I have lived here in Oxford, I have heard of sexual assault cases happening on university property, two of which have occurred within the last month. Not to mention the possibly countless assaults that occur and go unreported, specifically the ones that occur on game days. This is unsettling, to say the least, but what is even more unnerving is...
Raise your hand if you have been personally victimized by the plus/minus grading scale. Alright, put your hand down. You probably look weird trying to hold a newspaper with one hand. But, jokes aside, this is a real issue. Chances are, you are probably already familiar with the plus/minus grading scale, so there is no need to go into detail there, but some students...
If there is one word that conjures up images of stuffy white grandfathers counting their money and yelling at children, it’s “conservative.” The term plays a prevalent role today to both sides of the spectrum. Right-wingers clutch it like they clutch their guns; left-wingers spit it out like venom. And yet, the term has been thrown around so carelessly that it has...
