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Heller: Why Pete Buttigieg should be the Democratic nominee for 2020

Alexander Heller September 11, 2019

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story stated that Pete Buttigieg is the first openly gay person to run for President of the United States. A letter to the editor informed that Fred Krager ran in the 2012 Republican primaries, and was also openly gay. This...

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Heller: Julian Assange is not a journalist

Alexander Heller April 17, 2019

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, had his asylum revoked by the Ecuadorian government last Thursday in London. He is now facing possible jail time and extradition to the US due to his leak of diplomatic...

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Heller: To combat fake news, we must pay for real news

Alexander Heller April 10, 2019

For nearly 15 years, news organizations have had to adapt to the growing influence of the internet, with disastrous results. Many have withered away as a result of our news becoming more accessible, while...

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Heller: Is the criticism of the media over their coverage of the Mueller investigation justified?

Alexander Heller March 27, 2019

Just as we journalism majors were enjoying some much needed downtime during spring break, the Special Counsel's office of Robert Mueller III decided to end its nearly two year investigation into whether...

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Heller: The wealthy buying their way into prestigious colleges is nothing new

Alexander Heller March 13, 2019

In the past 24 hours, news broke about how numerous wealthy families of industry and movie stars bribed prestigious colleges, such as Yale, Georgetown and Stanford, in admitting their children into those...

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Heller: It’s okay to fail

Alexander Heller March 6, 2019

College is a time in many of our lives where it appears we can't afford to fail. Failure has always been seen as a negative trait in American culture. Even at the very beginning of our lives, the thought...

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Heller: Amazon needs to invest in Middle America

Alexander Heller February 27, 2019

After New York City flat-out rejected Amazon’s second headquarters, joy spread through certain political populations and those with invested interests. Small business owners, union activists and workers'...

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Heller: What does a Bernie Sanders candidacy look like in 2020?

Alexander Heller February 20, 2019

The Twittersphere woke up Tuesday morning to what could be the most dominating beat in the 2020 Democratic presidential campaign. That’s right, folks. It’s official! The independent senator from Vermont,...

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Heller: Why the Oscars aren’t worth watching anymore

Alexander Heller February 13, 2019

The Oscars is one of the biggest nights in Hollywood and has been for nearly 90 years. Hollywood makes a big spectacle out of it, but what leaves a bad taste in my mouth throughout that night is the inevitable...

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Heller: Journalists and journalism majors must adapt to an evolving medium

Alexander Heller January 30, 2019

I know I shouldn’t start the new year all stressed out about the future, but the recent Huffington Post and BuzzFeed layoffs have gotten me worried about a career that’s looking to become smaller...

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Heller: Take a breath. It’s almost over.

Alexander Heller December 12, 2018

With the last week of the semester inching closer and closer, take a minute to realize what you accomplished this year. In what feels like an eternity, you successfully braved through an arduous semester...

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Heller: Superheroes are out. Live action Disney is in.

Alexander Heller December 5, 2018

For more than a decade, moviegoers and comic book fans have experienced a renaissance of storytelling at the box office. From the grittiness of Christopher Nolan’s "Dark Knight" trilogy to the action...

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