Opinion

Opinion

Be not Afraid

People put up dreamcatchers to escape nightmares, close their eyes during scary movies and label topics as taboo to avoid talking about things...

Opinion

Unpredictable Orbits

Comet Cabs’ timing inconsistent, need overall improvements Comet Cabs are supposed to be handy transit options on campus, but more often than not...

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Meals that Make Cents

Why mandatory meal plans are detrimental to freshmen College is costly. Student loans are as synonymous with the college experience as midnight cramming...

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Falling out with ‘Fallout’

How Bethesda’s memberships scam gamers Bethesda released a scary addition just in time for Halloween: a “Fallout 76” subscription service. This “premium membership”...

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Breaking Up the Fight

In a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, President Trump virtually single-handedly committed to pulling out 1,000 troops from Syria and...

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The Student’s Candidate

As university students, we have a multitude of concerns; the cost of college, healthcare, housing afforda-bility and fair employment, both before and after...

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Lost in the ‘Blizzard’

Recently, video game company Blizzard revoked the prize winnings of a Hearthstone Grandmasters player for supporting the Hong Kong protest movement. This might...

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Absolution by Misdirection

On Oct. 2, fired police officer and convicted murderer Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison for taking an innocent man’s...

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Two Sides of the Same Coin

Never did I think I would watch Donald Trump be the warm-up act at a Texas political rally. As one ethnonationalist commits human...

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The ‘Core’ of the Issue

Why Comets to the Core needs reform If you’re a freshman or junior, at the start of the semester you probably noticed an...

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