Category: Opinions

Ronin Reads: Books for Hispanic Heritage Month

September 15th through October 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month!  This is a month dedicated to celebrating Hispanic culture as well as highlighting Hispanic people, shows, and books created and produced by people of Hispanic heritage.  My father is Mexican and my mother is Canadian. Growing up, I didn’t see many people who were mixed like…Continue Reading Ronin Reads: Books for Hispanic Heritage Month

What’s going on in Ukraine and should the U.S. help?

Ukraine became independent from Russia in 1991, becoming the second-largest European country. Then, the Budapest Memorandum was signed in 1994. This document followed the agreement that Ukraine would transfer its nuclear weapons from the Cold War to the Russian Federation. Ukraine, the US, and Russia signed honoring Ukraine’s sovereignty and territory.  More recently, Ukraine was…Continue Reading What’s going on in Ukraine and should the U.S. help?

To Debate and Save

For 20 years, marginalized groups have been fighting a losing battle over their access to adequate mental health resources. Arriving at Model United Nations of San Antonio XXVII (MUNSA XXVII) on Jan. 5, I knew that I was about to debate this pressing subject. As my fellow delegates and I made our way into an…Continue Reading To Debate and Save

An Unexpected Finale

Disease interrupts marching season yet again COLUMN Coming in on Tuesday, Nov. 1 for practice, everything felt weird. There were over 30 people absent. Our drumline was down a couple of players, and I knew a lot of people were starting to get sick. We had been highly encouraged to mask up the week leading…Continue Reading An Unexpected Finale

Red, White, and Blue, You Should Vote Too

“I don’t like her policies!” “I wish the other candidate had won!” Voting is a civic service that all American citizens hold. It is the ability to cast a choice towards a specific candidate’s campaign. However, when you don’t vote, your opinions aren’t counted, rendering them null.  In a country with a population of 333,267,802…Continue Reading Red, White, and Blue, You Should Vote Too

COSTUME DISASTER

Popular Culture and its Skewed Ethics As Halloween quickly approaches, controversial costumes are rising into the scene – a tangible reminder of biographical crime dramas growing into popular culture. Although some may believe that dressing up as these real life people is considered ‘harmless’, we should not support that type of behavior in order to…Continue Reading COSTUME DISASTER