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Toshgate: On comedy and rape culture

by Eric Best
Published July 31, 2012

This past week the internet has witnessed the fiasco of comedian Daniel Tosh's rape joke at the expense of a female heckler during a performance at a comedy club. Though the club owner has called in...

Transgender in the prison system

by Eric Best
Published June 27, 2012

CeCe McDonald’s incarceration questions prison gender binary.

Getting the most out of next year

by Eric Best
Published April 30, 2012

Here are a few ways to take advantage of your remaining college years.

The importance of work experience

by Eric Best
Published April 23, 2012

Education isn’t cutting it anymore in the job market.

Casualties of a war on women

by Eric Best
Published April 19, 2012

Both parties are fighting over female voters, often using extreme rhetoric.

Voter ID amendment unnecessary

by Eric Best
Published April 9, 2012

A constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID to vote won’t make the election process more accurate.

Child labor in American agriculture

by Eric Best
Published April 3, 2012

Nearly half a million children farm workers harvest almost 25 percent of our crops.

Structural injustice still exists

by Eric Best
Published March 29, 2012

Martin killing proves society is not free of structural racial prejudice.

Little to lose from a union

by Eric Best
Published March 22, 2012

Graduate students run no risk of worse working conditions if they favor the UAW union.

University wellness health program unfair, unhelpful

by Eric Best
Published March 5, 2012

A new health incentive program for University staff fails to treat everyone fairly.

High expectations, little hope

by Eric Best
Published February 27, 2012

Our expectations of students don’t match the resources we provide.

It’s the economy, stupid

by Eric Best
Published February 21, 2012

Rather than the economy, candidates are talking abortion, contraception and marriage.

Gun bill on shaky ground

by Eric Best
Published February 14, 2012

A new bill in Minnesota has the wrong attitude on protection.

Marketing atheism to the Twin Cities

by Eric Best
Published January 31, 2012

Religious advertising is becoming more and more prevalent.

Anoka may change LGBT policy

by Eric Best
Published January 24, 2012

The Anoka-Hennepin district is reflecting on how it treats sexual orientation.

Are Christians under attack?

by Eric Best
Published January 17, 2012

Republicans point fingers at the White House for anti-Christian sentiment.

The Adderall double standard

by Eric Best
Published December 13, 2011

Adderall is no less fair than other differences between students.

Occupy Wall Street is doomed to fail

by Eric Best
Published December 8, 2011

Americans must become more open-minded in listening to the student voices.

Anoka’s cyber bullying problem

by Eric Best
Published December 1, 2011

Recent teen suicides reveal the discrimination middle and high school students identifying as LGBT suffer.

Congress fails public school lunch test

by Eric Best
Published November 23, 2011

Approaching the most food-centered holiday, how can we call pizza a vegetable?

Small town of Worthington a model for how Minnesota can handle immigration

by Eric Best
Published September 20, 2011

Take a look at the opinion section of the Pioneer Press and youâÄôll come across an article on Worthington, Minn. There in Worthington, perhaps a few hoursâÄô drive away from campus,...