Knowledge is power. Human history has repeatedly shown the denial of the pursuit of knowledge for the common person, usually in order to keep the general…
Posts published by “Anie Shahnazarian”
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shahna1@umbc.edu
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan created a firestorm of controversy when he recently announced an executive order that ensures all Maryland public schools open after Labor Day…
An assignment given at North County High School has been criticized for inciting racial tensions. An English teacher assigned this task that had students mimic Irish writer Jonathan Swift’s…
Middlebury University, stationed in Vermont, has recently banned energy drinks from being sold on campus. This is due to the conclusions of erratic studies that…
Sexual consent, and its various definitions, has become an increasingly complicated and controversial topic. As seen in the cases against Bill Cosby, rape coupled with…
Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia recently made the remark that it “wouldn’t surprise” him if the Supreme Court strikes down capital punishment soon. Over 1,000…
Price gouging is a sometimes criminal offense in which a seller drastically raises the value of necessary goods to an unfair cost in which people have…
For the past year, UMBC has been subjected to extensive construction in order to update the entrance to the school and modernize existing intersections. The…
Why mandatory work programs for students aren’t beneficial Some believe that every student should be required to retain some sort of job while attending school.…
Should little extra costs be free? With the increasingly high price tag of a college education, should the little costs be made complementary for all…