On March 1, $85 billion in automatic spending cuts, commonly referred to as sequestration, took effect. By some estimates, these cuts are expected to slow GDP growth by 0.6 percent and cost roughly 750,000...

Friends, acquaintances, and those I don’t yet have the pleasure of knowing: I’ve been thinking about writing this letter for a while, but the time never felt right. Observing the discussion about...

I have always enjoyed “Family Guy,” a television show known for its random cutaway gags and crude humor. So when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the show’s creator,...

Northwestern’s Diversity Council has suggested a new diversity requirement for students that, if adopted, would go into effect Fall Quarter of 2015. This new proposal is needed, just based on what I...

This is my penultimate column, so I figured that now would be as good a time as any for the obligatory retrospective on what I've learned during my time at Northwestern. The answer is: Not much. There...