OPINION
Spread your love to the people who count
By ALEX FALTER | Feb. 16, 2022“If you can’t tell your homies you love them, stop callin ‘em your homies!”
Columns
OPINION
Young Dolph is not ‘just another dead rapper’
By ALEX FALTER | Dec. 8, 2021“Rip Young Dolph.”
OPINION
An argument against laziness
By Courtney Jackson | Dec. 8, 2021In the world’s eyes, I am lazy.
OPINION
‘Never leave your day ones in the gutter’
By ALEX FALTER | Nov. 9, 2021As time flies by, I can’t help but notice the different paths my friends have taken. With every passing year, we’ve all matured into someone wiser — but have also grown further apart.
OPINION
Kyrie Irving’s vaccine views will kill the Nets from within
By BRENDEN WOLD | Oct. 19, 2021Excitement quickly turned to panic among the thousands of fans gathered in Oklahoma City’s Paycom Arena to watch an NBA matchup between the local Thunder and Utah Jazz last March.
OPINION
UB should pounce at the opportunity to join the AAC
By ANTHONY DECICCO | Sep. 28, 2021Conference realignment is a cycle that always seems to repeat itself. It doesn’t always have a predictable timetable, nor does it always make sense. But when conferences shift, everything changes.
OPINION
Everyone should work at least one restaurant job
By ALEX FALTER | Sep. 28, 2021Screams fill the trenches on a recent Friday night in August.
OPINION
The art of potty training a kitten
By Delme Fernandes | Apr. 19, 2021Raising a kitten is definitely not as easy as it seems — not even close.
OPINION
Charles Barkley is saying the things America needs to hear, whether you like it or not
By ANTHONY DECICCO | Apr. 9, 2021Since becoming a TV personality in 2000, Basketball Hall of Famer and current NBA on TNT analyst Charles Barkley has never been afraid to speak his mind.
OPINION
My weaving road to self-love and acceptance
By ANUSHKA SHARMA | Apr. 6, 2021Self-love and acceptance doesn’t happen overnight. It can take days, months or even years to find the courage to be kind to yourself.
OPINION
Why are non-Black people still saying the n-word?
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Mar. 30, 2021If you read my first column questioning the necessity of the n-word, then you already know how I feel: The word is toxic.
OPINION
Streaming services are a disservice to our health and wallets
By ALEX FALTER | Mar. 18, 2021Many of our childhood memories are filled with nostalgia-packed episodes of our favorite cartoons. And we mainly found them in one place: cable TV. But times have changed.
OPINION
The hypocrisy of the NBA’s 2021 All-Star weekend
By ANTHONY DECICCO | Mar. 5, 2021For weeks, players were told to expect five days of rest in lieu of the usual All-Star weekend, as a result of the pandemic and safety concerns surrounding gatherings like the ASG. But then, seemingly out of nowhere, the league switched its stance.
OPINION
Is playing during a pandemic worth it?
By ANTHONY DECICCO | Dec. 11, 2020Everybody knew playing a college basketball season during COVID-19 was a risk. College football was the pandemic guinea pig and had over 200 games canceled this season. Basketball coaches knew this and went ahead anyway.
OPINION
Ranking college football’s small school success stories
By ANTHONY DECICCO | Dec. 11, 2020As the regular season comes to an end, it’s an appropriate time to reflect on the college football year that was 2020. While it hasn’t been an ideal year, 2020 has actually produced some of the greatest success stories in college football history.
OPINION
Mid-major prodigy: Why Jaret Patterson should win the Heisman trophy
By ANTHONY DECICCO | Dec. 2, 2020The Bulls are having the kind of season college dreams are made of.
OPINION
It’s never you until it is
By ABBY GRASTA | Nov. 16, 2020It’s been over two years and the idea of him still infuriates me.
OPINION
The rise of mental health symptoms during quarantine is caused by more than just the stress of current events
By ANASTASIA WILDS | Nov. 6, 2020I’m sitting in my bathtub with all the lights turned off. Tears are streaming down my face as my mind races at a million miles a minute. “I’m a failure, I mess everything up, I’m afraid to lose everyone I care about, I wish I wasn’t here.”
OPINION
COVID will not silence us and it shouldn’t silence you
By ALEXANDRA MOYEN | Sep. 14, 2020When classes first started, I excitedly opened the door to my new office and sat down as The Spectrum’s new editor-in-chief.
