Education policy affects us, as Northwestern students, in both obvious and subtle ways. From Pell Grants to graduate school, higher education is never far from NU students’ minds. And, even though our...

Mudslinging has always been an integral part of the American electoral process. In the 1796 presidential election, Alexander Hamilton, a staunch supporter of candidate John Adams, took to the pages of...

We seek to avoid failures and mistakes. Weaknesses are personal attributes we strive to overcome. To overcome weaknesses and avoid failure, it is necessary first to acknowledge one’s weaknesses and critically...

One of the most compelling dilemmas in modern ethics posits a situation in which a train is barreling toward a group of five people on the track. In front of them is a switch which, if it is pulled, diverts...

Since it formally began more than six months ago, the 2016 presidential election has been a near-constant source of both frustration and a deeply cynical kind of amusement. But over the weekend, it...