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Why young marriage is the best idea

April 25, 2018 Brittany Price Brittany Price, lifestyles, love, marriage, opinion, The Griffon News, Young marriage

Since I was a little girl, I imagined my Prince Charming and I falling in love, getting married, and living “happily ever after.” I read all the books, watched all the movies, and became a helpless romantic on the search for the man of my dreams. As a 19, almost 20-year-old young woman, I married that man I’ve searched for... Read More

You shouldn’t have to live on campus

February 17, 2016 Jessica Kopp house bill 2098, on campus living, opinion

House Bill 2098 has the potential to lift the on-campus housing requirement for freshmen – an absolute no-brainer in my opinion. While I went to school in Germany, I lived off-campus for two years. Here, I have lived in Griffon Hall and now live in Scanlon Hall. But I’m not planning on staying there for any more semesters after this.... Read More

The most incompetent office

September 29, 2015 Jessica Kopp ann rahmat, Dr. Robert Vartabedian, exchange students, international program, ISS, missouri western internationals, opinion61 Comments

As some readers may know, I am an international student. And while Western President Dr. Robert Vartabedian has successfully made efforts to increase the numbers of international students on campus, there is one aspect where the university is lacking: the International Student Services. Last fall, my first semester at Western, Amy Kotwani was the director of ISS and she did... Read More

Convocation: Contradicting, disorganized and pointless

September 16, 2015 Brent Rosenauer Brent Rosenauer, Convocation, opinion, Tom Ridge54 Comments

Convocation was a disappointment. I’m not saying this out of anti-conservative anger or a “down with the institution” mentality. I’m saying this as an open-minded college student who attended what should have been an event that questioned my ideals and inspired me to act. It did not. Contradictions Ridge criticized Obama’s recent nuclear deal with Iran, because it wasn’t “enough... Read More

Germany steps up in refugee crisis

September 16, 2015 Jessica Kopp germany, opinion, refugees, syria114 Comments

British professor Anthony Glees called Germany “a hippie state led by its emotions” in reference to chancellor Angela Merkel opening the German-Austrian border for refugees stranded in Hungary. To me, a German, this comment is nothing short of hilarious. Germans are usually stereoyped as boring, rude, humorless and, most important, rule-abiding. However, when Merkel recently invited refugees into Germany, she... Read More