Walk don’t drive to save green
Racquel Rollins, Copy Desk Chief
September 28, 2017
All year, every year I hear one major topic of complaint: parking. This topic always brings a few thoughts to my mind. According to the Quick Facts page on the CWU website, we have over 11,000 students. I have no clue the amount of faculty and staff we have on campus, but I am sure it’s a fair a...
What I learned from working in college
Susie Chavez, Staff Reporter
August 4, 2017
Filed under Opinion, Student Life
It’s common for college students to work while in being in school, but it’s also common for students to have their first job while in college. Throughout my time here at Central, I have always been accustomed to working while going to school. I had my first job when I was 13 years old working in agricultur...
Trump’s missile attack was a valid response in Syria
Ray Payne
April 16, 2017
Filed under Opinion
Over the past week, I’ve sat back rather quietly and watched as everyone and their mom voiced an opinion on the recent U.S. military military action in Syria. For those of you who don’t know, or don’t understand what has occurred, on April 6, U.S. Navy destroyers in the Eastern Mediterranean...
Did privilege win Adele a Grammy?
Ryan Kinker, Senior Sports Reporter
February 16, 2017
Filed under Opinion
The 59th annual Grammys took place Sunday night and the ceremony left me thinking about the way we all appreciate music. I’m an average, white male who has a hard time seeing every day privilege and even I was able to perceive that the Grammys created another example that privilege is tied to music...
‘Grab a Kleenex…because everything will be okay’
Ray Payne, Senior News Reporter
November 10, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Take a deep breath. Grab a Kleenex a dry your tears because everything will be okay. As I watched one of the most stunning political upsets that have ever happened. First off, to all you Hilary supporters, I know what it feels like to support a campaign and then watch as your candidate has to concede. I...
‘Love will not trump hate in Donald Trump’s America’
Ryan Kinker, Senior Sports Reporter
November 10, 2016
Filed under Opinion
I am the personification of everything that’s wrong with this country. I am an overweight, heterosexual, cis-gendered, white male with blonde hair and blue eyes. I could be the poster child for Donald Trump’s campaign; though I guess now I should say his presidency. Yet I cannot find the right words...
The life of a Yakima commuter
April Porter, Staff Writer
November 10, 2016
Filed under Opinion
An 8 a.m. class means a 6 a.m. alarm. I leave my apartment an hour ahead of time to leave for CWU. “Why?” You ask. Because I live in Yakima and drive 45 minutes to school and 45 minutes back five days a week for my education. There are just a few things I have to keep in mind because of my...
Friends and memories at North Village Café
Ryan Kinker, Senior Sports Reporter
November 10, 2016
Filed under Opinion
I don’t think there’s a single building on Central Washington University’s campus that has had as much of an effect on my life as North Village Café (“North”). I lived in Alford-Montgomery Hall my freshman year, worked as a Resident Assistant in Wendell Hill Hall B for a year, then moved...
Predator in 2005, President in 2016?
Ray Payne, Senior News Reporter
October 13, 2016
Filed under Opinion
I don’t even know where to start, what even is this election anymore? I’ve been busy lately, so I haven’t been following politics as closely as I should. So, when my newsfeed began to fill up with people complaining about the latest thing Donald Trump said and how offensive it was, I didn’t care....
OPINION: Insults don’t count as arguments
Ray Payne, Staff Reporter
August 4, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Uncategorized
Seriously, I’m tired of reading articles or posts where the author can’t find better ways to explain why Donald Trump shouldn’t be president without referencing something about his appearance or just calling him stupid. Recently I read an article on DailyMail.com by Max Hastings, titled ,“The...
OPINION: Pokemon Go and recover your common sense
Mikaila Wilkerson, Staff Reporter
August 3, 2016
Filed under Opinion, Uncategorized
We all know how big of a success Pokemon Go was when it was released–and it still is to this day. I know that I still continue to see small clumps of people walking around late at night, lost in their phones and appearing to be in search of those little critters. Pokemon Go serves to be a game that...
OPINION: ‘This was true profiling’
Ray Payne, Staff Reporter
July 14, 2016
Filed under Opinion
Think of the most preppy, non-threatening, looking black person possible and that was me. On this day I went to a scholarship interview, from there I picked up my older sister and took her to her dentist appointment. I needed to kill some time, and Lowes was nearby, so I decided to go explore there....
