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MARTIN: Should students be able to grade their teachers?

In the country of the United States, many states use different ways to see how teachers are performing in classrooms. Many states use tactics such as standardized tests and observations by administrators. For the most part, they use everything but the people that the teachers are supposed to teach, and that […]

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MARTIN: What is the best college football rivalry?

With the attack of coronavirus, many conferences have scaled back to the play of non-conference opponents for football. Conferences such as the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC), Southeastern Conference (SEC), and Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) are playing either all conference games or mostly conference games. With the schedule being set up […]

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MARTIN: Partners should live together before marriage

Many years ago, cohabiting with your significant other before marriage was thought of as unethical.  Today, many young adults now make the choice to live with their significant other pretty early into the relationship. I personally believe that every relationship should get to this stage before marriage.  The reasons why […]

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MARTIN: Money can buy happiness

For the 20 years that I have been living, I’ve heard quotes like, “You only live once” and “Money can’t buy happiness”.  The second quote “Money can’t buy happiness” has always been one that I questioned. Many questions come in my head such as, “Why can’t it buy you happiness? […]

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MARTIN: College Is not for everyone

Nowadays, many people believe post-secondary education is a need. Schools institute plans for students who plan on going to college and go through this long process. Being a college student, it makes me think of the question: Should everyone go to college? I believe that everyone should not go to […]

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MARTIN: 2020: The Worst Year of the 21st Century

The year 2020 has already been the worst year of the 21st century.  It has been a year filled with bad news from all different angles.  Whether it has been death, the pandemic, government, or racial injustice bad news has found a way into America.  January sent shock waves into […]

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MARTIN: Police brutality will not end until we vote

Jacob Blake is a 29-year-old African American man who was recently shot by police August 23. The incident occurred in Kenosha, Wisconsin as officers were attempting to arrest Blake. He was shot seven times in the back, as he opened the driver’s door to his SUV and leaned in. The […]

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Stokes: Like a bad dream, but we aren’t making it up

COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, has changed the world indefinitely.    It has affected not only my life but other lives as wells. This pandemic that we're going through has taken away sports, schools, jobs are being taken away from Americans and so many people have died from this […]

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Morancie: Positive effects of coronavirus

Without disregarding or straying away from the casualties, death and displacement that coronavirus has placed on mankind, there are some “silver lining” moments in this COVID-19 pandemic.  From the drop-in air and traffic pollution to the siting of or the frequenting of wild animals in places to the decrease in […]