It is remarkable the uproar that occurs when two worlds collide, which is precisely what happens when political agendas enter the arenas – or should I say courts and stadiums – of professional athletics. Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, announced recently that the national anthem would no longer be played before their games because
Read moreHey y’all, and welcome to my little corner of the paper. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the future and what it holds both as we begin a new year and as I begin my last semester of my undergraduate career. I want to say the future looks bright, and it does, but as a humanities student, I’m also
Read moreWith Marquisha Mathis being promoted to News Reporter, I am now responsible for writing The Collegian’s Opinions section. In addition to writing an editorial in each issue, I will be soliciting Opinions pieces from students. These pieces can be on topics big or small, as long as they are well informed. The Collegian takes pride in amplifying student voices, but
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What a semester it has been here at Mississippi College! From the time we started classes on Aug. 17, we have been working nonstop. The papers, projects, presentations, tests, and quizzes have taken a big toll on us. We are still working with few hours of sleep, trying to get this work done. We’re constantly studying, and there’s not enough
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Merry Thanksgiving! My present this year is a very expensive piece of paper put in a very expensive frame. What will I be doing with my present? Good question. Besides looking at jobs on Indeed.com and profusely emailing Taylor Ormon in Career Services, I will hang it on a wall somewhere in my room at home. This year, myself and
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As I realized last week that the term papers I usually submit in the middle of December are now due in the middle of November, I opened my calendar to scrawl out a plan for the semester’s premature end. Once I finished charting my course, the result resembling more of a conspiracy theorist’s chalkboard than an organized strategy for success,
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One might say it’s all been building up to this. This is the last editorial you will read from me before the Election of 2020. I make no pretense toward profundity; I want only to give my perspective. I am no oracle, but I believe the sun will rise and the world will continue to spin on Nov. 4 regardless
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The presidential and vice presidential debates took place beginning on Sept. 30, 2020, with President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden demonstrating their policy views and campaign goals. Their vice presidents debated, too, with Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala Harris sounding off their views as well. I was really excited for the presidential debate and eager to
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Mississippi College is a great university that offers some very unique classes for students to take over the course of four years. However, it’s important that students really take classes that will shape their future and give them the knowledge they will need when they graduate. In the course catalog at MC, it was previously required that a student take
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We’ve made it to the point of the semester where people are frantically studying and scurrying to class. There’s no time for socialization. The commons are packed with people bent over books or at least trying to while their friends distract them. That’s right–it’s midterms. This can be a stressful time for all students, and the nursing school is no
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