MC students participate in AMI
During the first week of January, I, and eight other Maryville College students, participated in the Alliance Management Institute, or…
Perspectives
The Perils of Social Media
Almost every college student is active on some form of social media today. Whether that is Facebook, Instagram or Twitter,…
The Liberating Arts: Unlock the future with the keys of the past
In 1974, when I was a freshman at Yale, a classmate in my Calculus class said something that epitomized an…
The Liberating Arts: In Praise of Liberal Elites
In 1822, in his Inaugural Address on the occasion of the opening of the Southern and Western Theological Seminary—what would…
Let’s talk religion and sexuality: Bisexuality vs. pansexuality
Bisexuality and pansexuality are quite often assumed to be the same thing. However, this is not true. Just because someone…
Hate crimes on the rise
The Federal Bureau of Investigations has released its statistics on hate crimes from 2015 and shows a 6.8 percent rise…
Impoverished Politics: How neoliberalism ruined America
America has been and probably always will be a plutocracy. But in the last few decades, that truth, and the…
Petitioners seek to alter election outcome
It has been over three weeks since Republican candidate Donald Trump won with an unexpected victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton…
Trump’s cabinet picks cause controversy
As the controversies surrounding the 2016 presidential election continue, president-elect Donald Trump has started the process of selecting his cabinet.…