Features

Monday, August 25th, 2008 • Features

The Problem with Biking in America

Having seen the light while studying abroad in Amsterdam, Nick Martens contrasts that bicycle Nirvana with the American cycling cesspool.

Monday, August 18th, 2008 • Features

The Times They Are A-Changing

Kevin Nguyen contends that newspapers don’t need a radical change to survive online; they just have to adapt their old success to a new age.

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 • Features

Fighting in the War Room: How Foosball Almost Ruined Me

Facing the first struggle of his post-collegiate life, Brandon Lueken fights to free himself from the addictive clutches of foosball.

Monday, August 11th, 2008 • Features

How High Oil Prices Will Save America

Kevin Nguyen argues that the oil crisis will bring out the best in America’s capitalist instincts.

Friday, August 8th, 2008 • Features

Ten Days Without Caffeine: A Love Story

Caitlin Boersma ends her affair with coffee, begging the question: What’s more romantic than tragedy?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 • Features

On Steve Jobs, and His Temperament

Apple, Inc. CEO Steve Jobs has been known for two things: turtlenecks and tantrums. Nick Martens examines the idiosyncratic mind behind Apple and how the company’s recent missteps reveal truth behind its leader.

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 • Features

The Colorado Test

In his analysis of the current Senate race in the battleground State of Colorado, Jack Eichorst argues that politicians, boring or otherwise, simply aren’t wearing enough hats

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 • Features

Notes on Camp(ing)

Jordan Barber, nostalgic for a time when he wasn’t checking Facebook compulsively, surrounds himself with the great outdoors. It turns out nature isn’t half bad.

Monday, July 14th, 2008 • Features

A Timeline of Obsolescence

Americans are afraid that their jobs are endangered by foreign competition, but in reality, the threat is not Chinese people, but robots! In the interest of choosing a suitable career path, Nick Martens outlines when and how the best human jobs will be taken over by machines.

Friday, July 11th, 2008 • Features

The Fourth of July is for Old People

The seditious Jordan Barber questions the relevance of the revelries that surround our glorious nation’s birthday.