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Opinion: UNH Health & Wellness Hosted Pro-Abortion Panel Discussion

Opinion: UNH Health & Wellness Hosted Pro-Abortion Panel Discussion

Althea Ansah November 10, 2021
er grabbing my phone and headphones, I rushed upstairs to my room and logged onto Zoom. University of New Hampshire (UNH) Health & Wellness was hosting a reproductive health panel including four panelists from abortion-supporting organizations, and I needed to be on time for the discussion.   
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Opinion: You are more important than your grades

Cassie Hollasch March 5, 2021
Sometimes it seems there will be no end to this pandemic. Yet, we have normalized it now and expected everyone to go on with their lives and not think too much about it. But not thinking about something doesn’t mean it’s not there. It’s there. And it might be affecting you more than you think.

College students hold the keys to cultivate civility

Evan Edmonds January 20, 2021
As this challenging year comes to a close, the United States looks back on a year of polarization and politicization of public issues between holders of opposing viewpoints. A divisive election and unprecedented global pandemic both accentuated civil discourse pitfalls that have been present among us for years. It’s easy to allow these issues to overwhelm us, but all that does is doom us to fall into repetitive patterns and get caught up in what’s wrong rather than ways to fix it.

OPINION: A Hope for Less “Interesting” Times

Cassie Hollasch November 12, 2020
Let future history classes “ooh” and “ahh” over the wildness of these times; we’ve had a decade’s worth of interesting events shoved into 2020 alone.

Ben’s Bench: A Moderate’s Take on 2020

Cassie Hollasch November 2, 2020
In this modern political world, there are only two ways to get to “know” someone: by peering at their political record, and diving into the person behind it.

OPINION: Halloweekend – Horrors and Hopes for 2020

Cassie Hollasch October 24, 2020
With Halloween approaching fast, life seems almost magical as the University of New Hampshire (UNH) manages to have low numbers of positive cases for the coronavirus (COVID-19) and the spooky holiday season is upon us. But on the Durham campus, there is a fear worse than any ghost or slasher horror film - a fear that students will treat this Halloween like any other and ignore social distancing.

OPINION: Last week in politics: COVID-19, SCOTUS, and the presidential debate

Hannah Donahue October 8, 2020
These past couple weeks in politics have been chaotic. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away after succumbing to pancreatic cancer, the first Presidential debate was a slew of hurling insults and talking over each other, and multiple people within President Donald Trump’s circle tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19).

OPINION: Ed Markey’s win brings an end to the Kennedy’s reign

Hannah Donahue September 21, 2020

As the 2020 presidential election draws closer, the country is at a standstill looking at the given options: Joe Biden, a moderate Democrat who we became familiar with while he served as...

OPINION: First-year student describes quarantine experience

OPINION: First-year student describes quarantine experience

Hannah Donahue September 10, 2020
I’ve spent the first two weeks of my freshman year in quarantine. I spent a couple months and a 1,050-mile car ride anticipating these first few days of college, thinking of who I would meet and the new memories I would make.

Ben’s Bench: Confirming the comeback

Hannah Donahue March 12, 2020
In accomplishing a comeback typically reserved for Hollywood blockbusters and Oscar winners, former Vice President and current frontrunner Joseph R. Biden, Jr., went from becoming a guest star on the “Walking Dead” to the left’s best hope in dethroning Donald Trump and barring him from a second term.

Ben’s Bench: The Democratic Debate that wasn’t

Hannah Donahue February 27, 2020

I want to start this off with an apology. In my last election editorial, I questioned the seemingly crazy decision on the part of Deval Patrick to enter the Democratic race in a rather, retrospectively...

Ben’s Bench: Let’s talk about New Hampshire

Hannah Donahue February 13, 2020
If I was forced to boil down Tuesday’s primary to its essence, it would be that New Hampshire did what Iowa did not.
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