A choice should be given

By: Sara Boone Opinion Being pro-choice means exactly that – I want women to have the choice. I don’t hope that every pregnant woman I see gets an abortion just for the heck of it. However, I believe there are some circumstances that warrant an abortion. The first is in the case of rape. I have never experienced sexual abuse myself, so I cannot even … Continue reading A choice should be given

A baby’s pain

By: Marisa Palpallatoc Opinion One of the biggest controversies flooding the media today is the divisive debate over New York’s recent legalization of late-term abortions. The law authorizes the termination of a pregnancy, the purposeful ending of a fetus’s life in the womb, after the  24-week gestation cutoff that Roe v. Wade set for the country in 1973. While many pro-choice advocates celebrated this as … Continue reading A baby’s pain

Shaving away toxic masculinity

By: Kenyan Carter | Web Editor Opinion The well-known razor company Gillette stirred up substantial controversy with its new ad titled “We Believe: The Best Men Can Be” taking on bullying, sexism and violence through the lens of toxic masculinity. The ad was very polarizing, receiving 753,000 likes and 1.3 million dislikes on YouTube. According to a Fox News report, the ad’s criticism comes from … Continue reading Shaving away toxic masculinity