The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) recently granted a permit allowing Nestlé Waters North America to increase the amount of groundwater it pumps from a well in Osceola Township. […]
Posts by Marley Tucker
Predators at every turn
I’ll be frank: I am sick and tired of people pressuring and exploiting college-age adults just because they can. As soon as we graduate and get the alumni sweatshirts to […]
What now?
The past is constantly looking over my shoulder as I flirt with the future. As someone who had a 10-year plan when she was 12 years old, you can imagine […]
Captain Planet can’t save us
When I talk about water conservation and vulnerable demographics targeted by corporations with some people, they laugh and condescendingly call me a hippie. I’ll smile and laugh it off uncomfortably but my passion for environmental […]
The size of the matter
Society constantly changes its expectations of what beauty and health look like. Today, we value clothing sizes and not the people wearing them. This puts pressure on people’s bodies and […]
Fighting for their lives
I was sitting in Starbucks at the UC when I heard the news of a mass shooting. Lying in wait, news poured out of my headphones to tell me that […]
Crazy little thing called love
I’ve always liked the idea of love. Even when I was a little girl, seeing people in love is something I’ve always cherished. Because of that, Valentine’s Day is like […]
You’re out!
The Cleveland Indians announced this week that they will phase out their “Chief Wahoo” logo from their uniforms beginning in 2019. Despite this, they will not surrender the trademark and […]
Emotional first aid
We’re on the cusp of beginning a new month and I can see people’s New Year’s resolutions disintegrating on the winds across campus. However, there is one promise that you […]
Money woes
You come home from class only to freeze in horror. There in the dark abyss of your mailbox—bills, bills and more bills. We have a heavy burden that accompanies our […]