Erik Thuliem, Columnist
September 7, 2016
Filed under Journal Archives, Opinion Columns
Colin Kaepernick sat through a song written by a racist man, which contains arguably racist lines, in a country whose economic foundation was built largely by black slaves, to protest the racial injustices currently faced by the...
Cole Moriarty, Columnist
September 7, 2016
Filed under Journal Archives, Opinion Columns
Louisiana made a deal with the devil and the devil has come to collect.
In the 1950s, when large oil deposits were found in Louisiana’s swamps and later offshore in the gulf of Mexico, the state welcomed the oil industry...
May 16, 2016
Filed under Letters to the editor
The article, “A Smoking Circle,” published in the May 4 edition of the paper, misrepresented the perspective of the RA’s hosting the program as well as the overall point of the program. First, it should first be clarified...
May 11, 2016
Daniel McFarland, Columnist
May 4, 2016
Filed under Journal Archives, Opinion Columns
For the first time in more than a millennium, the life expectancy will likely decrease. Ever since medieval times, the life expectancy has slowly yet steadily risen, but that trend may be coming to an end with the latest generation...
The Journal Editorial Board
April 27, 2016
Filed under Campus News, Editorials, Features, News
Joseph Pulitzer once said, “There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.”
Is the possibility of moving core classes to Friday...
Alexander Camp, Assistant Editor for Sports
April 27, 2016
Filed under Journal Archives, Opinion Columns
Monday, to maybe most of you, can be conjured as the universal weekly cesspool, the first day of what appears to be a long onerous school or work week.
To a wrestling fan like myself, however, nothing could be more of a contrarious...
Daniel McFarland, Columnist
April 27, 2016
Filed under Journal Archives, Opinion Columns
A bill has recently been introduced to Congress that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue foreign governments connected to the 9/11 attacks for damages.
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 gives legal immunity...
The Journal Editorial Board
April 20, 2016
Filed under Editorials, Features, Journal Archives
During a time such as this, where a large number of UIS students are struggling to find the funds to return in the fall, the last thing the university should be doing is adding another athletic team.
As discussed in the April...
Daniel McFarland, Columnist
April 20, 2016
Filed under Journal Archives, Opinion Columns
Last month, a Muslim advocacy group in Michigan filed federal lawsuits challenging the FBI’s terrorist watch list. Both lawsuits allege that the FBI specifically targets Muslim Americans, in that they are placed on the list...
