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OPINION

What Warren's presidency would have meant to me

By Izzy Boudnik | Mar. 5, 2020

Liz Warren was young once. Liz Warren was considered “poor,” once. I’m the beneficiary of a full Pell grant, so me too. Our stories have a similar beginning, who knows if they will have a similar end. All I know is that beyond policy or party, it has been a tremendous honor to support her over the past few months. And even though it is hard to imagine that her campaign is ending despite so much promise, nevertheless, we persist.

Will Cioci

OPINION

Reducing the stigma surrounding food insecurity

By Izzy Boudnik | Sep. 12, 2019

The jokes about hungry students are partially a commentary on the price of a college education —there’s no money for food when you have to make a loan payment every month — but something that started out as lighthearted might not be so funny after all.

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OPINION

College admissions scandal sparks national debate over opportunity in education

By Izzy Boudnik and Kavitha Babu | Mar. 13, 2019

Some students grow up dreaming about how they will spend their college years: studying on the quad, proudly wearing their school colors at football games, and eventually walking across the stage at graduation. They wonder if will they go to college in their hometown, where mom and dad did, or if they will go somewhere out of state. But for many students, these thoughts will remain dreams forever.

Many students who receive services from the McBurney Disability Resource Center require the use of laptops in class, which can lead to a lack of privacy in a class that does not allow the use of technology.

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OPINION

No-screen policies endanger students' right to privacy

By Izzy Boudnik | Jan. 30, 2019

Syllabus week — the best time of the semester for many students who welcome the opportunity to zone out in lecture, skip discussion and go out without any next-day consequences. next-day consequences. Oftentimes, professors repeat the same policies we’ve heard before. No, I don’t know yet if the final will be cumulative. No, you cannot use your laptop in this class.

By being open about her working-class upbringing, Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez brings much needed economic diversity to Congress.

OPINION

Why Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's economic 'struggles' matter

By Izzy Boudnik | Nov. 19, 2018

Combine a willingness to accept her identities with social media savvy, and the Democratic Party has itself a new darling. Honestly, it’s hard to resist: Ocasio-Cortez combines the razor-sharp wit of a millennial with political smarts (enough to topple Joe Crowley, the fourth-ranking Democrat in the House of Representatives) so well that it’s hard to tell whether you want to be her best friend or if you want her to be president.

OPINION

The complex legacy of John McCain

By Izzy Boudnik | Sep. 5, 2018

Politicians make a career out of high-stakes decisions. Sometimes those decisions turn out well, and other times they have devastating consequences.

Badger Ready program to provide new pathway for students to finish degrees

Cameron Lane-Flehinger

OPINION

Higher education: an opportunity not to be wasted

By Izzy Boudnik | Aug. 13, 2018

Privilege is a strong word. A lot of people like the benefits that come with it... but don’t like to be told they have privilege.

News

The arrival of summer and a return to reality

By Izzy Boudnik | Jun. 12, 2018

Summer break brings with it time spent with friends and family as well as the chance to reset and prepare for the year ahead.

Dr. John McAdams put a teaching assistant in the cross-hairs through his claim that she censored a student.

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OPINION

McAdams v. Marquette not about free speech

By Izzy Boudnik | Apr. 26, 2018

Though the event that prompted McAdams v. Marquette occurred in 2014, the Wisconsin Supreme Court case it led to last week has the making of a typical story in 2018: ideological charge, selective interpretation of the facts, and peculiar characters. The case pits Dr. John McAdams, a former associate professor of political science, against Marquette University.

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CAMPUS NEWS

Culture of stress on campus is harmful and hurts students

By Izzy Boudnik | Apr. 19, 2018

How many times have you overheard a conversation that went like this: Student 1: I wrote five pages of my paper last night; I didn’t get home from the library until after midnight. Student 2, smugly smiling: Oh yeah?