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The mental health epidemic: A collegiate phenomenon
By Wade Vellky | Oct. 13, 2022We need to decrease the stigma surrounding mental health.
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OPINION
Youth at the booth: Why younger candidates should be elected over the old
By John Kulis | Oct. 6, 2022Many of our elected officials have become too old to stay in touch with new generations. This has become a problem for young voters, as they feel disconnected from their representation in the federal government. Instead, the American electorate needs to favor younger candidates to stay in touch with our younger voters.
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European governments start to favor far-right politics
By Sofia Piolanti | Oct. 6, 2022The common theme of far-right groups gaining popularity after every election year is not solely viable in the United States. This type of conservatism has planted its roots deeply in European nations.
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Maximizing the Minimum: Why America’s federal minimum wage needs a change
By Owen Puckett | Sep. 29, 2022The federal minimum wage needs to be raised to $15 an hour to support lower-class Americans. If the United States has seen such staunch economic success over the past 70 years, why is it that we are paying workers less in the present day than in the past?
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Cardinal View: Madison housing shortages, rent surges need to be addressed
By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | Sep. 29, 2022With capacity issues at dorms, and some Madison rent prices rising by up to 20% next year, University of Wisconsin-Madison students are left to bear the burden of an increasingly predatory and volatile housing market.
OPINION
Reflections on the American pastime from the concessions booth
By Graham Brown | Sep. 22, 2022As I was able to work at the ballpark this summer instead of a classic summer internship, I found insight on the superficial environment that is created by summer internships as a whole.
OPINION
Free Speech: The lost progressive cause
By Bea Millan-Windorski | Sep. 22, 2022In today’s society, social media has provided dilemmas for free speech. The hate speech and other harmful rhetoric on these websites can only be addressed by robust public debate if free speech remains unfettered and dialogue is encouraged.
OPINION
‘Aliens,’ the semantics of immigration
By Anupras Mohapatra | Sep. 15, 2022When other descriptors exist, why persist with a word like alien? The intent is clear: othering, alienation and dehumanization.
OPINION
The University of Wisconsin-Madison embraces, favors hate speech
By Ethan Wollins | Sep. 15, 2022The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s response to the recent antisemitism on campus was wrong. Instead of completely denouncing the incidents, the university favored hate speech that was publicized as a time for debate rather than condemnation.
OPINION
Performative activism at UW-Madison
By Priyanka Vasavan | Sep. 8, 2022Self-reflection on our own intents and our own capacity for harm is the gateway to change.
OPINION
The student-ticket offer: buy one, use none
By John Kulis | Sep. 8, 2022If students are spending upwards of $200 on season football tickets, we need to push for students to stop wasting their tickets and bodies on an overabundance of alcohol before games.
OPINION
Midwestern tuition reciprocity, how Big Ten schools could do better
By Lily Ernandez | Aug. 4, 2022If many Midwestern students look to attend universities in neighboring states, why should they have to pay the same level of out-of-state tuition when universities they want to attend are in such close proximity?
OPINION
The fallacies of the 21-year-old drinking age
By Ethan Wollins | Aug. 4, 2022If American teenagers are already drinking, why does our country legally restrict exposure to alcohol until 21 years old, limiting their education on drinking as a whole?
OPINION
University response to June 14 incidents appalling
By Anupras Mohapatra | Jun. 25, 2022There have been victims before him. There were other victims that night. More victims than there should ever be. There simply cannot be more.
OPINION
Mental health: The hidden pandemic
By Luke Pierce | Jun. 9, 2022The battle against mental health on college campuses has gone on for decades, but with the onset of the pandemic, many battles with mental health were pushed aside. In order to tackle these mental health issues and recourse the fight against these challenges, there needs to be a greater allocation of resources toward mental health issues.
OPINION
Steven Olikara: A new generation of the Wisconsin Idea
By Natalie Suri | Jun. 9, 2022Steven Olikara, a candidate in the Wisconsin Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, is ready to move Wisconsin forward to a new generation of the Wisconsin Idea by reforming leadership in Washington.
OPINION
Cardinal View: We support the right to choose
By The Daily Cardinal Editorial Board | May. 9, 2022As the final verdict of the Supreme Court looms, we implore fellow students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to reflect on how an overturn of Roe v. Wade impacts your body, as well as the bodies of your peers.
OPINION
Greed: A vice inherited or inculcated?
By Anupras Mohapatra | Apr. 28, 2022The seeds of greed may very well be inherited genetically. However, it is not an essential part of human nature like some may argue.
OPINION
Republicans should vote for Rebecca Kleefisch
By Tripp Grebe | Apr. 28, 2022If the Republican party wishes to defeat incumbent Tony Evers, they should support Rebecca Kleefisch.
OPINION
Amazon and the need for unionization
By Graham Brown | Apr. 21, 2022Even as many American corporations have developed a negative taste towards unions, workers for these corporations have worked tirelessly to fight back.
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