Have you ever sat in the entryway to the backdoor of the Memorial Union? Around the corner, along the wheelchair ramp, behind the fake plants, there’s a nice little nook with a view of the alley between...

Remember “Toy Story 3?” I do -— it came out around the time I started college. I can still remember the first time I watched Woody, Buzz and the rest of the gang clasp hands as they prepared for...

We have all been told that quitting is a deplorable act that should always be avoided. Our society has this notion that quitters are losers, and a quitter can never win. I see this as a horrendous fallacy. I...

In March 1989, Timothy Berners-Lee wrote his original proposal for an information management system that would link the then fledgling Internet together in an understandable, organized way. This system...

How many of you have heard of Interfaith Week? What does interfaith even mean? Interfaith dialogue is the cooperative interaction between people of different religions on all levels. However, what...

Looking back at my first couple of years in college, I see a pretty prominent theme: I like to blend in. I didn’t want to stand out in the crowd, but hide in the background. Attention of any kind...

Over winter break, in a moment of careful introspection, I realized I had a strange addiction. Every day I would meet an old friend for lunch, go shopping, hit the gym, the movies and countless other...

While most of us were home with our families enjoying the holidays over break, a couple of events occurred that once again made the public take a critical look at the current state of free speech. First,...

In America, we have always liked to paint all our issues as black and white. We create false dichotomies that prevent us from seeing the actions of our country and the people that represent it as nuanced. Earlier...

I love playing the piano. While probably not my most controversial opinion, it is something I’m passionate about. Interestingly enough, I took four years of piano lessons when I was younger and I...

New Year’s resolutions are stupid. There. I said it. Chain me up and take me to the unpopular opinion prison, because I stand by my statement. Around this time, resolutions have lost their power and...

The most unprofessional thing I’ve experienced at UND happened last semester on the last day of the lab section of one of my intro-level science courses. Just before handing out the final lab exam —...