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Who’s Next?: Choose candidate based on view of the future

December 7, 2015 Zach Godwin 0

Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard the news. The presidential election is in full swing, even though it is almost a year away. With almost weekly debates and an overwhelming number of candidates, […]

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Tough Pill to Swallow: Editor weighs in on the over-medication of youth

May 20, 2015 Zach Godwin 0

Every parent-teacher conference my mother attended for my brother while he was in elementary school consisted of complaints about forgetting his pencil or drawing pictures in class. And every parent-teacher conference ended with the question, […]

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Religious Freedom Restoration Act discriminatory

May 4, 2015 Zach Godwin 0

What would Jesus do?” The oft-repeated Christian mantra has been on my mind as I think about the implications it brings with it. Used often to prompt people into doing good deeds for others, “What […]

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Staff Opinion: High cost of college shutting out middle class students

May 1, 2015 Zach Godwin 0

The student gave a sigh of relief. His senior year was drawing to a close, and unlike many families across the United States, his family was eligible to reap the benefits of the Tennessee Promise […]

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The New Civil Rights Frontier; 2015: The year of the trans person

February 13, 2015 Zach Godwin 0

In pop culture, lovable gay icons have entered my living room through my television screen, characters like Cam and Mitchell — the charismatic gay couple on “Modern Family.” Ellen Degeneres is a popular talk show […]

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Staff Opinion; Smokeless tobacco use overlooked in the classroom

February 13, 2015 Zach Godwin 0

“This is a tobacco-free campus,” signs around school proclaim. As students walk by, they either don’t notice or they grin and silently snicker. They are well aware that the faculty and administration have cracked down […]

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Dress code does more than ’keep it classy’

December 3, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

My least favorite phrase in the world is, “Boys will be boys.” In the last few weeks, I have heard it entirely too much and, to make  matters worse,  I’ve heard it used in a […]

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Staff Opinion: ‘Shaming’ a harmful twist on name-calling, bullying

December 1, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

Slut. Whore. Fat. Snob. The words reeled through the high school girl’s mind as she cried herself to sleep for yet another night in a row. Every day she heard them whispered as she passed […]

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Editor-in-chief reflects on Free Spirit conference

December 1, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

I have met the future president of the United States. In fact, I have ridden on a bus with, eaten meals with and spent a week sleeping in the same hotel as the future president […]

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Design editor’s Spanish translations transform village

March 20, 2014 Zach Godwin 0

Sierra! We need you, come over here!” a couple of my friends called erratically. I rose once again from my post among the children surrounding me and responded to the cry for help as I […]

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