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Writer: Rachel Pierce

Tips for a sustainable and safe holiday season

The sustainability crisis has quietly been taking its toll on the planet alongside the COVID-19 pandemic. This holiday season, Americans should be more cautious about how they’re celebrating. Read More »

December 2, 2020 at 12:05 am

Charlie Brown is next victim of streaming monopolies

AppleTV has acquired exclusive rights to The Peanuts franchise, including the Charlie Brown holiday specials. The lack of the classics on TV is yet another sign of growing media monopolies. Good grief. Read More »

November 11, 2020 at 10:44 pm

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program expansion important for NY students

New York’s recent expansion of SNAP benefits to 75,000 SUNY and CUNY students is an important move to ensure food security. Read More »

October 26, 2020 at 11:12 pm

Syracuse University is making progress towards sustainability

Despite a global pandemic and rapidly changing circumstances, SU is making strides towards being a more environmentally friendly university, and facilitating education to ensure the environment’s future. Read More »

October 14, 2020 at 9:52 pm

Tuition increase points to lack of student input on Board of Trustees

Syracuse University raised its tuition by thousands of dollars this summer during a global pandemic and a national economic crisis. That’s a problem. Read More »

September 14, 2020 at 10:20 pm

Students should be held responsible for the spread of COVID-19

Taking a lesson from the over 2,000 case COVID-19 outbreak at the University of Alabama, Syracuse University administration must hold students accountable first. Read More »

September 7, 2020 at 9:04 pm

SU has prepared professors well for return of classes

Despite the difficult and rapidly changing circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, SU has provided adequate resources to prepare professors, and their students, for a return to learning. Read More »

August 25, 2020 at 8:41 pm

Super Tuesday illustrates Democrats' need to unify

Columnist Rachel Pierce argues that the results on Super Tuesday shows that Democrats need to unify around a single candidate heading into the general election. Read More »

March 4, 2020 at 8:03 pm

ASL should count as a foreign language

Columnist Rachel Pierce argues that American Sign Language should be recognized alongside Spanish, German, and other languages to fulfill students’ foreign language requirements. Read More »

March 3, 2020 at 9:16 pm

Katko endorsement is an example of blind partisanship support

Columnist Rachel Piece argues how Representative John Katko’s endorsement of President Trump’s second term is based on partisanship loyalty. Read More »

January 26, 2020 at 10:26 pm