By Brandi Stevens Imagine arriving to campus ten minutes before your class begins. Seems like plenty of time to get to class, right? You drive around to look for a parking spot and before you know it, 20 minutes goes by! At this point, you still haven’t found a spot,Continue Reading
By Patricia Singletary There is a particular injustice going on in America that has bothered me for a very long time, and I think it’s far past time to have a serious discussion about it. North Carolina’s license plate motto is completely ridiculous! This motto, “First in Flight”, is onContinue Reading
By Sydney Selman One considerable barrier that is currently handicapping the United States’ social progression is the way in which it’s citizens regard those with mental illnesses. Attitudes that view symptoms of psychopathology as aggressive and distressing are prevalent in most societies, including our own. The mindsets of people whoContinue Reading
By Elery Ostertag The world as we know it is rife with political and religious demagogues, espousing their particular ideology as the only truth. With a presidential election on the horizon and the threat of ISIS looming in the Middle East, these demagogues in the United States and abroad haveContinue Reading
By Sydney Selman High schoolers are subjected to pressure from schools and colleges setting ridiculously high standards and working students to death. I am a first year at Tallahassee Community College. This is my third semester at TCC and academically, things have been going great. Despite juggling six classes andContinue Reading
By Angelique Fullwood The month of February is the time of year in the United States when folks acknowledge Black History. While Black Americans started observing Negro History Week back in 1926, it wasn’t until 1976 that it expanded into a national holiday under President Gerald Ford, he told AmericansContinue Reading
By Sydney Selman Schools are not doing enough to support their transgender students. Well, that’s the way it seems at least. Getting an education can be very stressful. I can imagine this stress is only amplified when fighting for basic rights and decency as a transgender student. It’s even worseContinue Reading
By Nikita Sibley As a Republican nothing scares me more than the rapid rise of Donald Trump. For months and months the Donald Trump campaign has led in almost every GOP poll, and I fear what this means for the future of America. Trump’s ability to tap into the farContinue Reading