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First-year students and FYI events

UTM does a tremendous job of making first-year students feel welcome and comfortable to the campus upon arrival. The campus…

First-year students should be required to live on campus

Incoming freshmen often have many things to worry about in preparation for their first year away from home. They enter…

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Fine line between over-politicizing and finding the solution

No matter what happens in today’s social media age, anything and everything will be politicized in one way or another….

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Mental health perspective for gun control debates

The tragic shooting in Las Vegas has added more fuel to the fire of the gun control debate. The shooter…

Fat shaming is alive and well

Another day, another fat shamer. One recent fat shaming offender is Real Time talk show host, Bill Maher. On the…