While both traditional tests and online tests have their advantages and disadvantages, online tests are superior when the format is used correctly.
Category: Opinion
Opinion: Quirky national days offer break from routine
The celebration of offbeat national days is a great chance to break away from our routine lives and have a little fun.
Opinion: It’s okay to love pumpkin spice
It’s finally pumpkin-spice season and no matter who you are, it’s okay to enjoy warming your hands and taste buds with a nice, spiced latte.
SATIRE: “The Green” to become “The Deck”
The Green is out with the building of a new parking deck to fulfill students deepest dreams and parking nightmares.
Opinion: Current group project system breeds failure
Most group projects do not realistically teach teamwork because necessitating peer supervision can lead to unfairly disseminated workloads and post-project animosity.
Opinion: Group assignments are a necessary evil
In order for a class to be considered effective, it not only needs to teach the required material, but it also needs to constantly challenge students to improve their core skills. Even if a student forgot all of the material taught in a class after completion, they should still have grown as a student.
OPINION: New financial aid grant gives necessary relief to students
A new statewide aid initiative aims to increase access to higher education for low-income students.
OPINION: Professionalism in the classroom: combat cursing
Professors cursing in the classroom is unprofessional and can be distracting from the lesson they’re trying to teach.
OPINION: Campus safety is in your hands
It is the responsibility of students and staff to ensure that the allowances of the “campus carry” law are carried out responsibly and reliably to create a safer college community for everyone.
OPINION: Classroom cursing is normal
Moderate cursing is normal and should not be forbidden in classrooms
OPINION: Congress, DACA is your responsibility
President Donald Trump made the best decision by rescinding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, forcing Congress to do its job.
September spurs us to be mindful of mental health
Your mental health is just as important as your physical health