No matter where you go to school, whether it’s a four-year university or your local public high school, there will always be teachers who have a glass-shattering disconnect with their students. At the...

Students can only stand to laugh with self-deprecation as the prospect of paying off their mountainous amounts of debt stares them dead in the eyes. Based on statistics from the U.S. Bureau of Labor, from...

The legalization of marijuana in Illinois is not a question of if, but when. This has been touted by legislators across the country, most recently within Illinois’ own General Assembly. Bills are being...

The minimum wage is one of the most contested economic policies of our current political atmosphere. Whether we should raise it or keep it at the current rate is a matter of partisanship. Republicans believe...

Award shows are the most pretentious, circle-jerking aspect of the art community in the United States. From the Golden Globes to the Grammys, we’re barraged with the meaningless stroking of millionaires’...

Ever since this newspaper staff can remember, we have been in a constant state of war against terrorism. Whether it was Iraq or Afghanistan, or a pledge to exterminate Al Qaeda and ISIS, we have seen images...

Over the past two years, Joseph Collins has been enveloped in the reformation period of the College of DuPage after former COD President Robert Breuder’s departure. As interim president, he did everything...

Over the past few months, following the resignation of former College of DuPage board Chairwoman Kathy Hamilton, we have learned one thing for certain: flawed leadership is better than no leadership at...

According to Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson, President Barack Obama is not black because he didn’t grow up poor. Carson claimed that Obama was “raised white” and therefore cannot relate...

Racial injustice is an epidemic. Especially for African Americans, and especially within the police force. Racism is more than mistreatment. It can be deadly, which is why activists created one simple...

No one expected a new member of the College of DuPage board of trustees would be appointed on time. Amid the chaos of missed meetings, ignored agendas and a clear division of sides between veteran members...

As a college campus, there is no better place to gauge the opinions of the millennial generation than the College of DuPage. That’s why when it comes to the upcoming presidential election, it’s not...

It’s the adult version of the silent treatment: College of DuPage Board of Trustees Members Erin Birt, Dianne McGuire and Joseph Wozniak have spent the majority of this past month boycotting scheduled...

There are a numerous sides to every argument. There are many different takes on one subject, especially when that subject is politically based. We may believe one idea simply because of the political party...

Maybe we’ve just started noticing it, or maybe it’s a growing issue, but police brutality is seemingly at its peak in America. Not since the Democratic Convention of 1968 have we seen so much footage...

The Internet is chock full of videos of police brutality. It’s sad, but it’s the truth. The minute an officer gets hostile, there’s bound to be someone recording the whole thing on a cell phone,...

You would have to be living under a rock to not know about the controversy surrounding College of DuPage. That being said, it seems as though the majority of COD students are, in fact, living under a rock. Recently,...

It’s safe to say that the College of DuPage community is worried about its future. After the chaos of this past year, there’s obvious reason to be skeptical of anyone put into a position of power at...

Former College of DuPage President Robert Breuder is like a bad cold; just when you think he’s gone, he makes his comeback. After being bought out, taking an administrative leave, and getting fired just...

In a recent report released by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), College of DuPage has been accredited with not meeting two of their 21 Core Components and being subpar on four others. The college...

At some point in our lives, we figure out how to deal with our differences. We go from fighting over the same toy on the playground to negotiating with our friends on where to go out to dinner. That’s...

Since the beginning of 2015, a mere ten months ago, there have been 297 mass shootings in the U.S, and 45 of those were school shootings. The most recent, which occurred last Thursday at Umpqua Community...

The College of Dupage is just that: a college. It exists, at its bare minimum, as a place for students. As simple as this concept is, it seems as if the administration is losing touch with the fact that...

Let it be known, the College of Dupage Board of Trustees is trying their best. After the issues the college faced last year, they’re doing an excellent job of addressing problems and coming to solutions....

It’s been a long ride, but President Robert Breuder has finally left the building. This new drama unfolded on the evening of April 28, when it was announced that starting the following day, Breuder would...

College of DuPage is a community college, and like any community college where no one lives on campus, it’s easy for students to feel isolated and detached. Commuting to school, attending class, and...

America may only be ranked second in the world in obesity, but our false pride in unhealthy dietary habits is surely the greatest in the world. We take our junk food very seriously, which is why so many...

The national government considers 18-year-olds to be adults. They can vote. They can enlist in the military. They can buy cigarettes. They can buy a house. They can be tried in court like any other adult,...

The Board of Trustees elections have come to a close and a new era, with new controversies, is soon to begin at College of DuPage. Notoriously outspoken and President Robert Breuder-intolerant Trustee...