Noyes Says UGBC Should Improve Outreach to Conservative Students
“We need to start using conservative students as the basis for some of our activism, not all of it, but enough to assure such students that we do in fact represent them as the Undergraduate Government of Boston College,” said James Noyes, CSOM ’19.
Department of Education Must Pursue Reform
“If the Department of Education is to survive, it needs to make fundamental changes.”
Conservative or Liberal? You Can’t be Both
“That this coupling could exist harmoniously in theory is unlikely and in practice impossible. Indeed, the dissonance and mismatch of these incongruent ideals are jarring and cacophonous.”
A Defense of Donald Trump
“Trump is brash, bold, and crass, and superficially represents everything this culture preaches—yes, but he is speaking for those who are not, those who have been put on the back-burner by our elites, those who feel that the America they knew and loved is dying.”
What is a Conservative?
“Admittedly, being a conservative is difficult in this progressive and egalitarian age.”
Seeing the Other: BC’s Road to Change
“Until undergraduates in Students for Sexual Health and the Pro-Life Club can hang banners next to each other on O’Neill Plaza, host a joint panel event, and retire to dorm spaces where they routinely interact, we can’t say that BC has unlocked the true potential of its diversity.”
The Problem of Common Core
“Using an untested, unproven method all over the country is a risky and dangerous move. Educational standards should be created then reviewed and discussed with teachers, parents, students, and local governments around the country before they become the norm.”
The Real Loser in Iowa? The Democratic Party
Of course there were obvious winners and losers in the 2016 Iowa Caucus, but the biggest loser of the Iowa Caucus was the Democratic Party.