Saturday Night Live fired their newly added cast member, Shane Gillis, for mimicking Chinese accents and calling Asian American entrepreneur Andrew Yang a racial slur Sept. 16. Read more

Please stop vaping. Just stop.  Read more

Bright smiles can be seen shining from sea to shining sea. Some states, though, have a few more smiles to see. And Missouri is apparently not one of them. Read more

Many people turn their mental disorders into their biggest personality trait. It’s in their social media bios, and it’s what they constantly talk about. Everything relates back to their depression, their anxiety. Read more

Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the phrase “winners never quit” are the biggest lies we as people were ever be forced to believe. It’s been pushed into our brains our entire lives as a way to motivate us to finish through on what we started. Read more

With election season around the corner, Americans continue to reinforce their lines in the sand with respect to where they stand politically. As more lines are drawn, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the Republican and Democratic Parties continue to stand as giants over their third part… Read more

The projector hums to life, backpacks are collectively unzipped and notebooks and laptops are taken out. Word documents are open and pencils are ready. Read more

Speed Networking. The name implies two things – it will be fast and you will network. But what does that actually mean? Why should you care? Read more

Survivors wade through chest-level water in search of salvageable supplies and anything left from their devastated homes in hopes of recovery from the natural disaster that struck. Read more

I have the pleasure of serving as the Interfraternity Council Vice President of Membership/Development for 2019. Read more

Attendance policies are almost archaic in today’s college lifestyle. The idea that an adult needs to set up a schedule for another fully-functioning adult is, dare I say, moronic.  Read more

If you are born on American soil, you are an American citizen.  Read more

College football season in Maryville, Missouri, comes with a certain degree of expectation. That’s just the reality of the sport here, one that is often unrealistic, bordering on ridiculous. Read more

College is expensive. I think we can agree the amount of debt we are putting on our plates is ridiculous.  Read more

The hearts of the nation collectively sink and the Twitter fingers fire up after the breaking news of another mass shooting hits. Social media becomes a maelstrom of thoughts and prayers, and hate and malice for a few days. Then it slows down until the next tragedy occurs. Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — There was a clear gap, at the end of the 2019 MIAA Football Media day, between the teams in the league just hoping to be in the running for the conference title and the teams aching to win a national championship. Read more

Students in the LGBTQ community have been turning to crowdfunding websites like GoFundMe to fund their education, and they need our support. Read more

I am pro-life. When I tell people I believe all have the right to life, they assume my belief  ends once the child is born. This is not the case. I believe everyone has a right to life, including our criminals. Read more

In a world where murder, terrorism and acts of violence are commonplace on the local news, it is sometimes necessary to use capital punishment. Read more

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The Missouri House of Representatives has passed House Bill 258 which allows concealed carry of firearms on campus for faculty. Sponsor of the bill Rep. Jered Taylor (R-Mo.) is adding an amendment to it which would allow students the same rights, stating it’s for their safety. Read more

As students, we learn about the issues leading to the Civil War and the effects of the Nazis during the 1930s and 1940s. Yet, it is rare to learn about Native Americans outside of the context of the Pilgrims or as groups that caused conflict in the American West. Read more

Northwest is known for being green in more than one way, clearly dedicating itself to sustainability and going green environmentally. Read more

Civic engagement is critical, and as Bearcats, we’re severely lacking it. Not civic engagement on a local, state or even national level, but as a campus. Read more

Chances are if someone has ever worked in fast food, retail or a similar customer service based industry, they have heard someone say something along the lines of, “When are you going to get a real job?” Read more

Although online shopping has become more popular, shopping by physically going to stores is more beneficial on both personal and economic levels. Read more

President Donald Trump said April 2 the U.S. southern border would be closed to prevent immigration if he fails to make a deal with Congress over the issue. Read more

Although Rate My Professor sounds like a useful tool, it can be misleading because students usually just air their frustrations, rather than using the site for its rightful purpose. Read more

The war against vaccines is not a battle anybody should need to address. It’s 2019, and having measles outbreaks plastered across multiple headlines is unbelievable with the amount of technology we have. Read more

When California was rampaged by wildfires earlier this school year, we sent aid. When Florida got hit by a hurricane two years ago, we rallied around them. Now,  Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri are asking for help. Read more

Spring break is by far one of the biggest highlights of the second semester. Students spend hundreds of dollars each year to travel to destinations such as Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, or Panama City, Florida. Read more

Johnny Depp claims to have submitted 87 pieces of evidence against his ex-wife Amber Heard, stating he is the victim of abuse. Sadly, no one seems to care. Read more

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An old federal law is proving to be difficult and is negating the rights the second amendment provides by wrongfully targeting people who choose to use medical marijuana despite if its legal within the state. Read more

In the U.S., Japan is often thought of as a country known for three things: peculiar culture, anime and cutting edge technology. Read more

It’s 2019, and women’s clothing still has fake pockets. Nothing is worse than buying a new pair of jeans only to come home and see the pockets either aren’t real or are so small that anything larger than a penny would fall out. Read more

The University’s academic calendar is released two years in advance, so there is no excuse for local landlords to still have May to May leases when the finals week extends past May 1. Read more

Few people think of cartoons and simultaneously think of crimes as serious as sexual harassment and assault. Read more

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The government represents the people, but limiting public access to information minimizes the people’s voice. The public has the right to an open government because all citizens are affected by the decisions government officials make. Read more

I don’t think I’ve ever seen my mom more shocked than when I told her, the summer before my sophomore year at Northwest, I did not know what STDs or STIs were. Read more

Most of us grew up knowing February is Black History Month. In elementary school, we studied Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dream” speech, and discussed the invention of peanut butter by George Washington Carver. School teachers also went out of their way to include multiple activities to… Read more

A simple quote from one of the wisest fictional characters ever to grace the pages of literature in the last 20 years could not be more poignant for Northwest this week. Read more

Trends within fashion are always changing as many things are going in and out of fashion every day; especially now with fashion brands promoting its styles online. Read more

Last month, the notorious 35-day government shutdown ended. The reason the shutdown took place is because President Donald Trump refused to sign off on a congressional budget because senators and representatives refused to allocate funds to his border wall. Read more

Babies grow up to become a myriad of things. They can grow to be doctors, lawyers, teachers, parents, comedians—the possibilities are endless. That is, if the baby is given that opportunity to grow. Sadly, many children are deprived the opportunity to even experience life outside the womb. Read more

With 38 percent of the U.S. population able to donate blood and less than 10 percent actually donating, the blood shortage has thankfully not affected Maryville. Even with this stroke of luck, community members and students who can donate blood should still do it. Read more

Body image should mean feeling beautiful within our own skin; however, most teenagers feel insecure about their appearance on a daily basis. Read more

The new minimum wage change increases the Missouri minimum wage from $7.85 to $8.60. This change, however, is not mandated for public universities. Read more