Lanthorn Opinion: Semester in Review
Apr 27, 2020
As the semester comes to a close, here are some of our favorite columns.
News on News: Institutional censorship is nothing new for the Lanthorn
There seems to be a stigma surrounding student newspapers, as some think that we are merely a PR platform to make the university look good.
Facebook: All of the glory, none of the guilt
On the surface, Mark Zuckerberg is just respecting our rights; he’s looking out for us, with our best interests at heart. But he’s not.
Tindér: Red and Gold
I realized that Tinder is, in fact, exactly like Pokemon. The Tinder boys are all encapsulated in a little circle, only to come out when you need them to do something for you.
Busy for Love: Shakespeare’s modern tragedy
Breaking it off was the mature, responsible, borderline-scholarly thing to do. To me, we were the loosely based modern version of Romeo and Juliet, a love story plagued in the end by tragedy.
While corporate media goads progressive in-fighting for ratings, journalism suffers
Trust in information that has merit and is provable, not information that is faulty and sensationalized.
