Opinions, editorials, and letters to the editor.
As a public forum, The Eagle invites guest columns and letters to the editor from all readers. Opinions expressed in submissions belong solely to the author(s) and DO NOT necessarily reflect the opinions of The Eagle staff, its adviser, CSC students, faculty, administrators or governing body.
Please limit all guest columns or letters to 400 words. Deadline for submissions is noon Monday for consideration in the following Thursday’s edition. The Eagle reserves the right to edit or reject all submissions.
Nebraska’s 150th statehood anniversary is approaching; many people however have forgotten many key factors about Nebraska’s entry into statehood. Nebraska was admitted into statehood on March 1, 1867, about two years after the Civil War, making Nebraska the 37th state.
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The country is a divided place more than ever right now.
People are so caught up in the political battles. It seems like the more extreme the right gets, the more extreme the left becomes to compensate and we end up overcompensating in the end to create a nasty, unneeded battle.
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Man, the struggle is real…
Being a fan of wrestling is not easy.
If you spend much time around me you will quickly realize that my only brother Jarred is my favorite person on this earth, and my favorite thing to do is watch my brother compete in all of his various sports. Jarred is a senior in high school and participates in football, wrestling, trap shooting, and best of all, baseball.
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Man, the struggle is real…
There is this cliché that goes: There are only 24 hours in a day. We all know that, and there is no way for any of us to change it, but we still complain about it all the time.
We’re all too familiar with the annoyance of Valentine’s Day. The stores put the decorations up too early, there’s all this pressure to have a valentine and to surprise them with something special; not to mention being single on this day “sucks”… but personally, I love Valentine’s Day.
Read MoreWhile President Donald Trump was at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, on a Saturday evening he faced his first nuclear crisis coming from North Korea: North Korea launched an intermediate-range ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan early Sunday morning. America and North Korea have had a rocky relationship with each other for years, things did not become easier when President Trump was elected into office.
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Taylor Dick
23, senior of Douglas, Wyoming
“It would be good but would be hard to cover cost. You could have to tax someone.”
Read MoreSocial media started as a way for friends, family, and loved ones to communicate with each other without having to pick up a phone. Billions of people have social accounts ranging in all ages from children to elderly people. What it’s slowly turned into is a place where people flaunt their lives, bully each other, or perform other careless and rude acts.
Read MoreInternet trends are always changing. The best memes too evolve and are shared across both social media and real-life platforms.
A meme, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, is “an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by nongenetic means, especially imitation.” This could be anything from “salt bae” to Spongebob on the internet.
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