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EDITOR’S COLUMN: Back where we started

Editor's Column, Opinions January 31, 2024January 31, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

My second presidential election as a voter is looking identical to the first, and I could not be more disappointed with both parties. The New Hampshire primaries took place last […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Find your cause

Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories January 24, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

I do not need to be a passionate expert on every topic, and it is egotistical to think I ever could. During my sophomore year at Ferris, as I drowned […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Why I boycott

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories January 17, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

No matter how easy it is to feel helpless while reading about another war, I believe it is important to remember the power of our own wallets. The world put […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Art for art’s sake

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories January 10, 2024 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

We shouldn’t leave the arts only to prodigies. I have been around art my whole life. My mom taught choir and my dad moved from painting to furniture making. If […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: The other side

Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories December 6, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

I am months away from replacing the stress of getting a degree with the stress of using the degree. At every holiday party and meeting with a former professor, I […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Season’s spendings

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories November 29, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

Black Friday and Cyber Monday just marked the beginning of the spending spree we call the holidays. People today, especially Americans, hardly need a reason to indulge in more tech, […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Chilling free speech

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories November 15, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

One of my greatest frustrations with Ferris these past four years has been the overall neutrality of our campus culture. I thought that entering college during an election year, a […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Female billionaires are not the answer

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions November 8, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

When working towards a more equal society, we do not need billionaires of all shapes, sizes, colors and gender. We need less billionaires. Bloomberg broke the news late in October that […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Type B with straight As

Columns, Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories November 1, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

To me, leadership has never been synonymous with dominance. I’ve found myself in leadership positions ever since I was a young student. Because of this, people assume I’m something like […]

EDITOR’S COLUMN: Working out impossible tasks

Editor's Column, Opinions, Top Stories October 25, 2023 Jessica Oakes 0 Comments

The thought of running, playing sports or lifting weights in front of people used to be the most embarrassing thing imaginable. Now, I can hardly go a day without spending […]

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