Washington state voting system needs a revamp
This year was my first time voting in a presidential election. I researched everything on my ballot and spent hours debating internally as well as externally, trying to make the most informed...
View ArticleAn education overlooked: Expounding on the benefits of technical degrees
The recession of 2009 should’ve been a wake-up call. It demonstrated the importance of an education in holding a stable career. Scores of manufacturing jobs were lost, and while unemployment rates rose...
View ArticlePoint/counterpoint: In the Biden plan we trust
With U.S. student financial aid falling, state support for public universities faltering, and federal legislators failing to do anything about it, the next 10 years could become a terrible time for...
View ArticleRide on: Debilitating cuts must be avoided
King County Metro’s projected cuts will cripple our city’s transportation system. You know that, I know that, we all know that — but do our city representatives know that? Or perhaps a better question...
View ArticleAn election without the freebies: Changing ASUW in a legitimizing direction
There are those who say that nothing in life is free. To them, I say, “SWAG.”read more
View ArticleAvoid the academic burnout: Make plans to take a vacation, for your health’s...
We all know the feeling: rising muscular tension, chronic headaches, complete dependence upon caffeine, etc. It has been a damned long academic year. The end is just within sight, but your eyeballs...
View ArticleStand up for what you believe in: Not the place or time
People make their way through Red Square for any number of reasons. They are heading to class, finding a bite to eat, or perhaps ducking into a library to study. One thing they are not looking for,...
View ArticleOur state's infrastructure woes
If you want something done, best do it yourselfread more
View ArticleThe 'Great Recession' is over
Employment is out there, you just have to pursue itread more
View ArticleWe can do better than Nestlé
Globalization and global responsibility should go hand-in-handread more
View ArticlePoint/Counterpoint: Tenure is vital to academic freedom
Tenure in the education system has and always will be attacked, a scapegoat for the true contributors to instructor ineptitude: personal incompetence and institutional failure. Responsible for freedom...
View ArticleCity council missed chance: Seattle should've spoken out against Russia's...
Most often it is not what we do that we regret the most, but what we fail to do. Collectively, Seattle has failed to stand for something long championed within city limits: equal rights, regardless of...
View ArticleSound off
Opinion writers sound off about where they get their news, Mcdonald's, charities, and store they wouldn't shop at.read more
View ArticleA discussion with city council candidate Kshama Sawant
Opinion editor Josh Waugh sits down for an interview with Kshama Sawant, city council candidate of the Socialist Alternative.read more
View ArticleA discussion with city council candidate Richard Conlin
Opinion editor Josh Waugh sits down for an interview with Richard Conlin, city council candidate and incumbent.read more
View ArticlePoint/Counterpoint: Knowing when to fold
Boeing has been moving farther and farther away from its home state of Washington ever since construction workers first broke ground in South Carolina to begin construction of the high-tech aerospace...
View ArticleSound off
Opinion writers sound off about their most influential class, the holidays, Black Friday, and gender-neutral bathrooms.read more
View ArticlePoint/counterpoint: A real living wage has real benefits
The driving force behind the $15 minimum wage movement is the impossibility of living in the city on nine dollars and some change. While such a minimum wage may function for the rest of the state, an...
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