Dear millennials: Don’t vote! An alternative view on civic responsibility

By: Nick Bergeman ~Staff Writer~ Dear students, I, for one, welcome our middle- aged overlords. Thankfully, most of us will not vote in the upcoming election. Statistics get thrown around about how young people do not vote. Usually, estimates indicate that about 50 percent will vote in presidential elections and less than 25 percent in mid-term elections. I say we can go even lower. I hope we do. Those of you who are still voting, obviously, have not been listening to what older generations have been telling us for years: Our viewpoint is irrelevant. Nothing we think, hope or believe … Continue reading Dear millennials: Don’t vote! An alternative view on civic responsibility

The misread pontiff America misuses Pope Francis’s rhetoric

By: Patrick O’Neil Unless it has slipped your watchful eye, you know that Pope Francis will be taking his first visit to the U.S. on Sept. 22. On the trip, his holiness will be visiting three of the arguably most American cities in the Union — New York City, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. — and will be speaking in front of both houses of congress and the United Nations. Pope Francis has been one of the most outspoken popes in history and has become involved with international politics at an unprecedented level. With this being said, it raises the question … Continue reading The misread pontiff America misuses Pope Francis’s rhetoric