OPINION
Privilege and Power
By Abdullah Marei | Sep. 16, 2021Billie Eilish’s whiteness and supposed heterosexuality function as an overarching armor that resists life-altering criticism.
Opinion
OPINION
Cardinal View: New COVID-19 variants necessitate a more cautious safety plan
By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Sep. 9, 2021The return of in-person classes is a necessary step forward, but a more cautious plan is needed to ensure student, staff and faculty safety.
OPINION
Letter to the Editor: We will move forward with 'Rashomon'
By Dan Lisowski | Sep. 6, 2021"Our faculty and staff engaged in a vigorous dialogue about this production. Many works of art, including plays, feature controversial and uncomfortable depictions. It is through freely exploring complex topics that society can learn from them."
OPINION
Letter to the Editor: UW's theatre department perpetuates rape culture
By Anonymous | Sep. 2, 2021"During the play, I was recoiling in my seat, reminded of how I’ve been treated. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one."
OPINION
The Unvaccinated Gift: A Masked Campus
By Ethan Wollins | Aug. 18, 2021Undeniably, the decision to remain unvaccinated is self-inflicted. The logic in forcing the vaccinated folk to maintain strict safety protocols on campus that are just to keep the unvaccinated healthy is flawed and unfair.
OPINION
An evaluation of freshmen living amidst the housing crisis
By Ian-Michael Griffin and Em-J Krigsman | Aug. 18, 2021To help evaluate the options for incoming freshmen, Em-J Krigsman and Ian-Michael Griffin, the opinion editors on behalf of the Daily Cardinal, have offered their perspectives on their polar opposite freshmen living experiences. Em-J resided in the largest on-campus dorm and Ian-Michael selected a one-bedroom, off-campus apartment.
OPINION
Letter to the Editor: Officials must act now to stop Line 3 and Line 5
By Lily Herling | Aug. 10, 2021Stopping the Keystone XL Pipeline was a good first step, but state and federal officials must act now to stop Line 3 and Line 5 .
OPINION
Laziness and a lack of flexibility
By Ethan Wollins | Jun. 7, 2021If the solution to COVID-19 was fewer positive cases and more vaccinations, the university did an inadequate job at giving their students the liberty they work so very hard to deserve.
OPINION
Big Pharma profiteering is to blame for the ongoing pandemic
By Em-J Krigsman | Jun. 7, 2021Rising prescription costs, the opioid crisis and tax breaks — Big Pharma’s history of profit-driven selfishness is easily eclipsed as the COVID-19 pandemic prompts these same companies to delay progress, threatening hopes for international herd immunity.
OPINION
A year in review: An ongoing fight for student justice
By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Apr. 29, 2021Entering the school year, students and faculty alike were anxious for how the semester would look. How would the pandemic affect day-to-day campus operations, and could we return “safely” back to campus?
OPINION
Sen. Ron Johnson should get the COVID-19 vaccine whether he likes it or not
By Nick Rawling | Apr. 29, 2021In what has become a somewhat-regular occurrence as of late, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis, once again thrust himself into the national spotlight last week by saying something incredibly dumb.
OPINION
The strive for profits: How capitalism is destroying American media
By Em-J Krigsman | Apr. 22, 2021We may have been born a united nation, but so long as the media remains under capitalism’s grasp, we are in for a dangerous and disunited future.
OPINION
Boycott the 2022 Beijing Olympics
By Tripp Grebe | Apr. 22, 2021If the United States decides to attend the 2022 Olympics in China, they will be complicit in giving the Chinese Communist Party the same validation they gave the Nazi Regime in 1936.
OPINION
Letter to the Editor: The Human Connection
By Mark Jacobs | Apr. 15, 2021Your college success and resume are only one part of achieving the career of your dreams. The other part is the human connection.
OPINION
America needs to level the playing field for organized labor
By Philip Klinker | Apr. 15, 2021If the PRO Act passes, working people could bargain, strike, picket and agitate for the wages and conditions they deserve.
OPINION
Meditation is sorely need on the UW-Madison campus
By Abdullah Marei | Apr. 15, 2021With a clear head and the stillness of time, people can be relieved of most of their worries and begin to tap into something special, something pure, something beautiful.
OPINION
Baseball strikes out on decision to move All-Star Game
By Tripp Grebe | Apr. 8, 2021The beauty of baseball is that, despite holding onto its traditions, the game always intersects with broader American culture.
OPINION
Misinformation outside of politics: how misinformation has infected American society
By Riley Sumner and Ian-Michael Griffin | Apr. 8, 2021Misinformation has infected the world outside of politics, and if we are to make progress on a number of issues it is imperative that we work to close the misinformation divide.
OPINION
Letter to the Editor: Regarding Ayomi Obuseh's harmful comments
By Matthew Mitnick , Taylor Schofield , Kaitlin Kons , Trevor Witz , Daniel Ledin , Djamal Lylecyrus , Lourdes Puig , Natalie Ierien , Elena Haasl and Nada Elmikashfi | Apr. 2, 2021In this Letter to the Editor, some are calling for Obuseh to withdraw from the race in light of her recent comments.
OPINION
The Minnesota Supreme Court didn’t fail; unjust laws succeeded
By Riley Sumner | Apr. 1, 2021Until we make laws that support survivors, rapists will continue to get away with their crimes and the institutions meant to preserve “justice” will stand on the wrong side of that scale.
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