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Letter: Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby!

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Or perhaps let’s talk about rape, because well, they are different. Since it is Sexual Assault Awareness month, and colleges across the country are attempting to exude a Culture of Care, I want to weigh in on the topic.


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Letter: Pay to pee Bill

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I really need to know why Indiana legislators are so worried about who poops next to who? With everything else going on in our world, like perhaps the fact that Donald Trump may become president, I feel like who we poop beside does not need to be regulated. It is sad that I now feel very fortunate to have always been given the opportunity to use the restroom that I identify with, without any threat of facing charges for my choice.


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COLUMN: GOP have to give their people what they want

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I've written fairly extensively about the possibility of a brokered convention for the Republican Party this July. Given the fact that Trump would have to collect 55 percent of the remaining delegates in order to secure the nomination, I'm actually quite certain a brokered convention is going to happen.



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COLUMN: Reagan, rewritten

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Former President Ronald Reagan’s name has become almost synonymous with the Republican party. In September 2015, his name was mentioned 45 times in the second Republican debate.



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COLUMN: Healthcare security needs to shape up

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All around the United States, hospitals now face increasingly more attacks on their technology infrastructure. On March 31, California based Alvarado Hospital Medical Center reported a “malware disruption.” Kentucky based Methodist Hospital stated on March 22 that it was operating in an “internal state of emergency” after attackers locked all the hospital data on its network.


EDITORIAL: Free speech under fire

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The presidential debate has taken a new format – side walk chalk. Across the nation universities have been battling with a new freedom of speech debate focused on chalk messages scribbled across campuses.




EDITORIAL: Moose on the Loose

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It’s a sad day when a student can’t get their fix of Chocolate Moose. And it might be a sad semester for many of us now that the building will be temporarily closed down.  The Chocolate Moose will be closing down and rebuilt to a new four-story building, according to store owner Justin Loveless.  The Editorial Board is saddened by this news, but we hope the new restaurant will be better for giving students their ice cream.




EDITORIAL: Uneasy acquaintances

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One handshake can tell it all. The latest meeting between President Obama and President Raúl Castro began with a bungling of a greeting. The failed handshake between the two leaders showed the uneasiness that still exists between the two nations and the shaky ground that this new relationship will be resting on.


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COLUMN: New York governor provides positive

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It is well known that parents have some of the hardest jobs in the world. The United States government compounds that by giving them the hardest time after they have a new child with one of the shortest paid leave periods in the world. Gov.


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COLUMN: Addressing the state of American politics

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On Monday, April 4th, College Republicans at Indiana University held an event, where they watched a speech given by Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, on the state of American politics. At the meeting, students watched the speech, and then discussed the state of American politics, and the Republican Party.