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The process begins in the precincts

Posted on February 1, 2018February 10, 2018 by Ed Day

Feb. 6 precinct caucuses kick off the 2018 midterm elections.

Commentary: Student says ‘hear, hear’ for Shakespeare

Posted on February 1, 2018March 22, 2018 by Dominique Hlavac

On our first day of class, we went around and did the usual introductions: name, major, and why we were taking LIT 377 Shakespeare. Many of my fellow students said they put off taking the class until their very last semester.

Don’t swap free speech for safe space at Metro State

Posted on October 1, 2017February 14, 2018 by Guest Writer

I read with inter­est Mitesh Rai’s opin­ion piece (“Char­lottesville on my mind”) in the Sep­tem­ber 2017 issue of The Met­ro­pol­i­tan. I agree with Rai that the events in Char­lottesville on August 11 – 12 were tragic and rep­re­sented a sig­nif­i­cant step back­ward as a nation.

A hawk’s-eye view of high school

Posted on October 1, 2017February 14, 2018 by Dominique Hlavac

Sur­real. That’s the only word I can find to describe my emo­tions that day. It’s one thing if you see a dis­as­ter hit some­where else and you think, “Oh, those poor people”.

Don’t let local elections go below the radar

Posted on October 1, 2017February 9, 2018 by Ed Day

The list of issues that affect our day-to-day lives goes on and on: body cam­eras on police offi­cers; well-maintained roads; bike lanes; fair and afford­able hous­ing; prop­erty taxes; parks and libraries; garbage col­lec­tion; good schools; and the fight over the $15 min­i­mum wage.

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