Opinion

Despite Twitter’s hellish descent into an app full of extremists and propagandists, it still remains a storied website. Rich with history, cultural moments and foundational texts, one of those texts being from the now-defunct account @Horse_ebooks. The account was a spambot, pulling text from e-commerce websites and posting it as marketing for books, catalogs and […]

I’ve always believed there’s more to communication than words. As a Computer Science major and writer for this newspaper, I’ve spent years parsing language, both human and machine. But a recent encounter with a turtle named Waffles changed everything. I was sitting outside the library, spiraling over a bug in my Python code, when I

People’s attitudes could be affected by a lot of different things, some common examples could be a job, the school, a sport, family, or friends etc. However, the weather could be something that does not come to mind when you think about your mood, but let me tell you that it has been proven by

By the time you are reading this, you should have caught all of our April Fools stories. First off, thank you for having a little bit of fun with the Owl staff and please email us if you haven’t already about the prize you can win! We like to think that these stories are fairly

Some people smell horrible. Like, actually, I’ve had to endure standing next to some people that definitely haven’t showered for three weeks, AT LEAST. During the winter, tons of people would either not shower or shower at night, and I know this for a fact due to the dorm bathrooms being cleaner than ever. Now

As the pile of breaking news continues to grow daily, many Americans are feeling distraught, discontent and angry. How do they cope with these feelings? Some express their frustrations to family members or suppress them, while others choose to take to the streets. Protesting is certainly not a new concept; in fact, the American Revolution

I’m going to use my ability to write an opinion piece very literally for this article. This is a long one, buckle up. About a month ago, I made a pitstop to Omaha to see someone I have long held respect for, despite him being from maybe my least favorite group of people. Independent Vermont

Firstly, what do we consider when someone becomes a regular reader? Being a regular reader does not mean finishing a long book in one week or reading every single day for more than an hour. Every person who has the habit of reading with interest and has the passion to discover and learn new things

Like many of you reading this, I am back in my childhood home for spring break. I am surrounded by my immediate family, my two dogs that insist on sleeping at all possible hours of the day and I am sleeping in a bed that has been idle while I’ve been away. There is an